Example sentences of "[noun] may [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though their skills may date back thousands of years , faith-healers and spiritual healers continually come under fire from the medical profession and lay people alike . |
| 2 | In the county court district judges nominated to deal with public law cases may carry out many of the procedural functions of the court ( see Chapter 4 , 2 ) . |
| 3 | Progress does not have a financial stake in Object Design as reported ( UX No 420 ) — confusion seems to have arisen over a plan under which Progress may take over all rights to Object Access . |
| 4 | Moreover , the knitting may turn out stiff and boardlike . |
| 5 | Block loans through the public library service will have an important part to play , and it will be advantageous to both sides if the teachers have provided a detailed breakdown of likely sub-themes and activities for the library staff to use ( although their own examination of stock may throw up additional possibilities which could be suggested ) . |
| 6 | Apologists wishing to stress the harmony between science and religion may gloss over those facets of Christianity as it was that distinguished it from Christianity as they now wish it to be . |
| 7 | However , vaginal deodorants , douches , or antibiotics may kill off these bacteria , which gives the thrush spores free rein to multiply . |
| 8 | Only the Gas Board or a CORGI ( Confederation for the Registration of Gas Installers ) registered contractor may carry out any work at all on gas service pipes or equipment . |
| 9 | It is , though , well worth remembering that snow may cover over some of the bolt-holes , maybe even entrances too , so that some become difficult to locate whereas others will be plain to see . |
| 10 | Practitioners concerned that the other parties may hold back supplementary evidence unless obliged to serve supplementary witness statements can attempt to agree arrangements for exchange of further statements and apply to the court for appropriate directions in the absence of agreement . |
| 11 | As I will show later , the child may play off that side of you that is exhausted and wishes to take the ‘ line of least resistance ’ , against that part of you that wishes to make a stand on an important matter of principle . |
| 12 | In fact cold may bring on most troubles . |
| 13 | Noades plan may set up fresh battle |
| 14 | Without prompt action , Cumberland warned Wade , ‘ these villians may escape back unpunished , to our eternal shame ’ . |
| 15 | Therefore , the duplication may extend over several hundred kilobases . |
| 16 | The great issue of British opposition politics in the next few years may revolve around this question : is the principal alternative to Conservatism to be a form of consumerism , which might unite many in both principal opposition groupings ? |
| 17 | According to Bueche the polymer molecule may drag along several others during flow and the energy dissipation is then a combination of the friction between the chain plus those which are entangled and the neighbouring chains as they slip past each other . |
| 18 | First , is the restraint on the business activities that the vendor may carry on wider than is necessary to protect the value of the business transferred ? |
| 19 | That said , the offeror may get around these limited exceptions by revising its initial bid . |
| 20 | Some dogs may become over excited when taken out in the car , associating this with walks . |
| 21 | Consistent with this , the results of recent research on Kuwait oil fires indicate that the smoke did not appear to be rising high enough to reach the stratosphere , where transport may occur over considerable distances with soot particles remaining for months . |
| 22 | Precisely the same sorts of divisions of opinion plague policy making in less developed countries , though in many the lines of demarcation may lie along racial lines or involve the role of the traditional elites . |
| 23 | ‘ But if we move against him openly , and him the King 's friend , the King may call out all the clans against us , with the promise of our land as prize for them when they 've destroyed us ; and we 've unfriends enough would jump at the chance . ’ |
| 24 | They are found at various points on plants , including fruits as on those of Crescentia spp. and in 15 other genera of Bignoniaceae , and the nectar may make up substantial parts of the ant diet as in the case of the extrafloral nectar of Caularthron bilamellatum ( Orchidaceae ) of Central America , which comprises up to 48% of the associated ants ' diet at some times of the year . |
| 25 | — The problem of more training within one 's job means that people may take on more responsibility and will need regrading |
| 26 | The manager may take on that role but the new volunteers may find that they lack support as the manager is likely to be too busy with other duties to carry out the in-bureau training task thoroughly . |
| 27 | Now researchers think that the sudden drop in oestrogen-type hormones after she gives birth to her baby may spark off rheumatoid arthritis |
| 28 | The treaty may lay down transitional provisions for the successive stages of EMU according to the circumstances of the different countries . " |
| 29 | Bilateral agreements may hold out more promise , if only because they are easier to administer . |
| 30 | In improvisations of a very different kind , a composer may write out different blocks of material , to be played in any order , as the performer wishes . |