Example sentences of "[noun] may [verb] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fights may end at any stage with the retreat of one individual . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Passport and visa regulations may change at any time so always consult your travel agent or the Passport Office . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Acute cocaine overdose may occur at any stage if a package bursts . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Trainees may leave at any time if , for example , they wish to take up employment . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The module header may start at any position on the line . |
| 17 | The module header may start at any position on the line . |
| 18 | Let him think that Elinor may go at any minute . |
| 19 | Sceptics may baulk at such an idea , but given the attested presence of such equally implausible-sounding objects as a block of portable eighteenth-century soup ( ex Captain Cook ) , Inuit seal-gut underwear , African cobweb hats and other equally exotic objects , the concept of dressed fleas may seem more acceptable . |
| 20 | Any worker may eat at any of the canteens or special selection dining rooms . |
| 21 | Students may apply at any time during the academic year . |
| 22 | Some practices may balk at this degree of rigour , especially given the relative scarcity of trained counsellors . |
| 23 | Nevertheless potential reservoir rocks may occur at these shallower levels . |
| 24 | Sometimes a single class may dominate at all levels , economic , political and ideological . |