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

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1 In other sandstones , quartz overgrowth cements do not form until after considerable solution compaction ; here the solution compaction can be the major source of silica , although reactions between clay minerals in immature sandstones may also contribute silica ( Fig. 5.28 ) ( Bjørlykke , 1983 ) .
2 In addition to the elements of a Type II system identified above , the provisions for cost-per-case contracts may also have Type II elements ( DoH , 1989c ) .
3 At the centre of the discussion is the question of whether the Chinese Wall is an appropriate , valid , and effective regulatory mechanism for neutralizing the increased potential for conflict abuse in conglomerates and one in which these corporate entities may generally place reliance upon .
4 Hence in the 1990s the user may not gain freedom of interaction with spatial data but become a captive of a particular design and control purpose .
5 Sugar addicts gain weight , rot their teeth , and in extreme cases may even develop diabetes .
6 This arrangement can be mathematical once the play is under way ; a conductor or driver may soon assume responsibility for matching passengers to seats and the children will encounter problems of too many , not enough , empty , etc .
7 Employers may also offer support and assistance to those who stay on at school or go into further/higher education .
8 Drug testing opponents may also take comfort from the surprising dissent by arch-conservative Justice Antonin Scalia .
9 There is still a lingering feeling around that if you need this sort of help there has to be something ‘ wrong ’ with you , and this admission may further attack self-esteem and seem therefore to exact too high a price .
10 As we have seen , some genetic change may not take place at random , or events may occur more quickly than Darwin believed .
11 Self assessment may also take place in a group context .
12 Now Mr. Duggan may well have video evidence of Welsh dirty play in the past and also the statements of Will Carling , the England captain , may not be quite to his liking , but please gentlemen , come on !
13 That resistance may also derive strength from a suspicion that improvisation in this context merely exploits our limited knowledge of medieval musical practices in order to establish a creative freedom for modern performers who are denied it in virtually every other kind of ‘ serious ’ music in the Western tradition .
14 According to PC Week , while the Macintosh will use Jot , Newton may not take advantage of the ink standard .
15 Bransford and McCarrell ( 1975 ) show clearly that without inference comprehension may not take place effectively in textual material , and that particular contexts produce different structures of organisation and comprehension .
16 The needs of other generations may also affect behaviour .
17 sketches may not include reference numbers or the hatch symbol .
18 Other public policies may also influence investment in the private sector .
19 No , no , I would n't , I would n't , I would n't agree there , because , because the institution may well have policy which is at variance with your council 's policy .
20 By analogy with excitation-contraction coupling , in which the large cytoplasmic head of the RYR links the T-tubule to the internal calcium store ( Fig. 2a ) , the large head of the IP 3 R may also convey information between the ER and the plasma membrane .
21 Some requesting States may only accept evidence taken in a particular way and the Convention tries to ensure that a request for a special procedure ( for example , for verbatim transcripts or , on the other hand , for a summary of the evidence in deposition form ; or for video-taped evidence ) will not be refused merely because it is inconvenient to the requested State .
22 This agent may also improve blood glucose control ( Wahl et al , 1980 ) .
23 In contrast , Article 16 provides that a diplomatic officer or consular agent may only take evidence , without compulsion , of nationals of the State in which he exercises his functions , or of third States , if a competent authority in the requested State has given its permission , either generally or in the particular case , and subject to any conditions imposed .
24 Links with industry may well involve sponsorship .
25 A slowdown in investment may not hit growth for a while .
26 His pride of heart and condition may again take place and a man who could in so little a space first love me , then hate , then banish me his house and now send for me again in such affectionate terms may still waver , may still deceive thee .
27 When Douglas MacArthur returned to America , MacArthur had not been back to America since nineteen forty one this is ten years later , he 'd been running Japan in the meantime there was one of these huge ticker-tape parades in New York , he was the welcoming hero and President Truman was seen as the villain and some analysts argue that that decision , that single decision to sack MacArthur may well have cost Harry Truman the American presidency .
28 The new abortion referendum , approved by the Cabinet last night , will probably go ahead with all speed while the Maastricht vote may not take place until the autumn .
29 Recent attention has been focused on the stunned myocardium and while established methods of assessing ventricular function are unable to detect such jeopardised myocardium , newer imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography , nuclear magnetic resonance or contrast echocardiography may further improve risk stratification in the future .
30 Inspectors may now list corporation tax delay hearings from 12 months after the end of the accounting period , rather than 15 months as before .
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