Example sentences of "[noun] may [verb] [noun sg] to " in BNC.

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1 A mattress used with the wrong base may cause damage to the mattress , be uncomfortable and would invalidate the guarantee .
2 ( 3 ) The contract may limit liability to certain heads of damage : if the goods prove defective our liability is limited to the refund of all payments made by the Buyer or if the goods prove defective our liability is limited to the cost of repairing or making good the defects in the goods , provided that , if the cost of repair exceeds the contract price , we may at our option replace the goods or refund all payments made by the Buyer and such replacement or refund shall be in full satisfaction of all our liability under this contract .
3 Equity , however , stepped in , and said that if there had been a variation of a deed by a simple contract ( which in the case of a lease required to be in writing would have to be evidenced by writing ) , the courts may give effect to it as is shown in Berry v. Berry [ 1929 ] 2 K.B .
4 In seeking to interpret the Constitution , the courts may have recourse to works by constitutional experts .
5 The settlement may lend money to X Ltd ; that will be an associated payment ( TA 1988 , s678(1) ( a ) and ( 5 ) ) .
6 For example , self-help and community projects may provide support to parents and families , empower vulnerable people and develop informal networks in neighbourhoods ( Collins and Pancoast , 1976 ) .
7 ( 3 ) In considering the grounds for refusal mentioned in paragraph ( a ) of subsection ( 1 ) above , the licensing board may have regard to any misconduct on the part of any person mentioned in that paragraph , whether or not constituting a breach of this Act or any byelaw made thereunder , which in the opinion of the board has a bearing on his fitness to hold a licence .
8 ( 3 ) In considering a complaint under this section , the licensing board may have regard to : ( a ) any misconduct on the part of the holder of the licence , whether or not constituting a breach of this Act or any byelaw made thereunder , which in the opinion of the board has a bearing on his fitness to hold a licence ; ( b ) any misconduct on the part of persons frequenting licensed premises occurring in those premises or any misconduct in the immediate vicinity of licensed premises which is attributable to persons frequenting those premises .
9 In considering a complaint under the section , the board may have regard to the factors specified in subs .
10 Certain cash flows may give rise to multiple IRRs or no solution at all .
11 the Chairman may withhold consent to publication or disclosure where it can be demonstrated that publication or disclosure is contrary to the commercial interest of any of the Parties provided that ins such cases
12 The different approaches necessarily adopted by professional groups may give rise to stereotypical ‘ cardboard ’ images of each other .
13 It is also important to remember that a single impairment may give rise to numerous disabilities .
14 Before mating , pairs may join belly to belly either in an upright position , or with the female lying motionless belly-upwards just beneath the surface .
15 This provision may cause confusion to clients as they will not understand that it only relates to a late completion date .
16 The holder may supply liquor to persons taking table meals on the premises , to residents or private friends of residents being bona fide entertained by them , to the private friends for their own or the resident 's consumption , and to a resident for his own or a private friend 's consumption with a meal supplied at the premises but to be consumed off them .
17 These rules may give rise to larger provisions than the directors may otherwise have made .
18 Football fans may have clue to Moira mystery
19 As indicated in SP10/91 , the Revenue may have regard to other factors , such as changes in manufacturing methods , pricing policies and so on .
20 In literature , as we have remarked already , uncertainty may give rise to cruces , to disputed texts .
21 These sequences may give rise to a kind of play , in which they are exaggerated , inverted or otherwise re-ordered in such a manner that a regular pattern or rhythm emerges in the finished product .
22 Active engagement may give way to the skills of contemplation and reflection .
23 All Queen 's Bench proceedings are reviewed , in relation to the new s 40 of the County Courts Act , within seven days of setting down when the master or district judge may give notice to all parties ( Forms PF 200 or 202 ) as to proposal to transfer .
24 Precipitation on the surrounding mountains may give rise to streams which quickly disappear where they reach the basin , as in the Taklamakan desert of the Tarim basin ( Stein , I933 ) The basin often consists of gentle slopes of graded sediments derived from the surrounding mountains leading to a central saline lake or swamp .
25 In practice , the LPA may offer advice to the chief constable on matters of policy , but he is under no legal obligation to accept it .
26 Although staff may have been appointed to a post With fixed hours and work schedules , a change in circumstances may give rise to a request for change .
27 Any number of circumstances may give rise to a fluctuation in workload thus upsetting staffing predictions .
28 In certain situations a single set of facts and circumstances may give rise to both a civil claim and a criminal prosecution .
29 Members of this genus are common parasites of the small intestine in very young animals and , although generally of little pathogenic significance , under certain circumstances may give rise to a severe enteritis .
30 There is also a risk that a closed question may bias response to a later open question by directing thought in a particular way .
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