Example sentences of "[noun] may [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Objects may appear at infrared wavelengths because they are cool , because they are obscured by dust that transmits only longer wavelengths , or because their intrinsic mechanism of radiation cuts off at wavelengths shorter than infrared . |
| 2 | Fights may end at any stage with the retreat of one individual . |
| 3 | To summarise so far : a ) False sensations or sensory illusions may occur at any time in a pilot 's career and in fact commonly do occur in the normal course of events . |
| 4 | In fact , illegal migration may increase at first under the trade agreement , as hundreds of thousands of peasants displaced by recent land reforms in Mexico look for new jobs in the north . |
| 5 | The telephone may ring at any moment and an account executive will be expected to know when a client can see the " Answerprint " of their new commercial or proofs of the latest press advertisement , so complete knowledge of the minutiae of the client 's business ready at his finger tips is required . |
| 6 | In this way of analysis , the importance of changes in economic and social relations is retained — particularly at the level of the situation , where homologies , in the sense defined earlier , may be thought to operate — while relative autonomy for cultural and ideological elements is especially noticeable at the conjunctural level , for these elements may change at differing speeds , in differing ways . |
| 7 | Eisenhower 's comments to reporters on the outcome at Geneva may hint at more than a desire to present a brave face to the world . |
| 8 | The period may start at different times for different companies . |
| 9 | The lesions may present at any age and they have always been recorded as solitary , except in one case , and possibly in anothr , in which a second polyp was resected from the site of anastomosis of the previous operation six months before . |
| 10 | Passport and visa regulations may change at any time so always consult your travel agent or the Passport Office . |
| 11 | That it should have been modelled on the Temple of Solomon may seem at first sight presumptuous , but it was an age that relished allusion , and Solomon , son of David , was of royal descent , anointed by Zadok the priest , and the king par excellence . |
| 12 | The foregoing indemnities shall be in addition to any rights that any Indemnified Person may have at common law or otherwise and shall remain in full force and effect not withstanding KPMG 's engagement hereunder may be terminated . |
| 13 | We simply do not know the answer to this question but brief mention of the complexity of a human individual 's environment may suffice at this point to indicate how elaborate the considerations will have to be . |
| 14 | Arguments may continue at varying levels about what completing the internal market does or should mean . |
| 15 | Depending on the activator , a single excited mineral may radiate at several different wavelengths ; for example , apatite CL may be green , yellow , pink , violet or white , with a variety of rare earths acting as activators . |
| 16 | Such a definition may appear at first sight not to add much to Lord Macnaghten 's . |
| 17 | Or partners may look at each other across the breakfast table once the children have left home and ask themselves what they still have in common . |
| 18 | To marketing departments the technological challenge associated with such an approach may appear at first quite daunting . |
| 19 | Other species may occur at higher levels such as Triglochin maritima , Spergularia media , Plantago maritima and Armeria maritima . |
| 20 | The sphere is the configuration with minimum energy consistent with a fundamental ‘ exclusion principle ’ that states that each momentum state may contain at most two electrons . |
| 21 | Acute cocaine overdose may occur at any stage if a package bursts . |
| 22 | In general , the working man may function at any level from the senior partner in high technology operations to the provider of muscle power in physically demanding jobs . |
| 23 | She said Copper had a 50:50 chance but that his leg may break at any time , not to mention all the problems that come with keeping a horse standing up and not moving for what could be months rather than weeks . |
| 24 | Trainees may leave at any time if , for example , they wish to take up employment . |
| 25 | Results of a secondary analysis of statistic presented in the WHO collaborative studies ( Omran and Standley , 1976 ; 1981 ) for communities in nine developing countries suggest that the minimum risk of late fetal mortality may occur at higher birth orders in developing than in developed countries ( see Appendix , Table A.11 ) . |
| 26 | This monocausal approach had the advantage of clarity of distinction but it could be highly misleading as a guide to macroeconomic policy since it is perfectly conceivable that classical and Keynesian unemployment may coexist at one and the same time . |
| 27 | Such personations may operate at several levels , so that the speaker may create a persona for another individual who is talked about , while at the same time animating several personas which represent him or her self . |
| 28 | Because expression may exist at various levels of abstraction ( for example , in the program 's structure ) the courts have to be able to distinguish between idea and expression . |
| 29 | The module header may start at any position on the line . |
| 30 | The module header may start at any position on the line . |