Example sentences of "[adj] may [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The declaration should be prepared in duplicate , so that both parts can be signed by both parties , so that each may hold one part , or leave them with you to hold . |
| 2 | In part that may reflect real changes in public opinion but to a large extent it merely reflects sampling and other administrative errors . |
| 3 | Even that may represent some revival after its Viking sufferings ; in 955 king Eadred had bequeathed 400 pounds to relieve the people of the south , the money to be distributed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and his clergy . |
| 4 | It presents a host of problems — medical , moral , ethical , and legal — that may confront any patient , relative , and doctor when coping with death and dying . |
| 5 | The final way of getting on to the Council in a given year was by being an ypilachó0n or stand-in , and that may explain some instances of ‘ carpet-baggers ’ , i.e. political adventurers who offered themselves as Councillors for demes other than their home deme . |
| 6 | And that may introduce new considerations not available to us today . |
| 7 | That may take some time , and in a waterway as busy as the Thames a floating body is likely to be seen . |
| 8 | Right , in the long run , they 've got to cover all their costs , right , they will be driven out of business , but that may take some time . |
| 9 | That may tempt more Governments to introduce more Bills there . |
| 10 | ‘ What happens within this house after that may have considerable repercussions . ’ |
| 11 | And then , and that , that may solve all sorts of problems for you , if you were going to do that sort of seven days a week , let's say from seven in the morning until , I do n't know , nine at nigh , at night or something . |
| 12 | That may cause practical problems in detecting the consequences , but this is a thought experiment after all , and we can assume that technical ingenuity will prove equal to the task of providing adequate amplification of the signal . |
| 13 | That may include public liability , product liability and bad debt insurance . |
| 14 | Actually seeing her physically pregnant may increase this response , and so when she has had her baby and gone back to her usual size , it is easier to relate to her as a daughter again . |
| 15 | Some may have stronger bones to start with or there may be a protective effect from exercise or other factors . |
| 16 | Some may argue that balance sheet numbers like these are not important for people businesses . |
| 17 | Department of Employment Jobcentres have branches in most towns and cities and some may display nursing vacancies . |
| 18 | Like the House of Lords , he acts as a brake upon what some may call intrepid progress , and others think foolhardy innovation . |
| 19 | Although a few may achieve this goal , better racing would result if fewer ‘ classes ’ were created and there was stronger support for just one or two of the better examples . |
| 20 | This may offer some evidence for a possible overlap of integral groups ( a ) and ( b ) : for the Ashcroft mosaic is certainly one of the most impressive saltire arrangements ( the constituents of group ( b ) ) . |
| 21 | This may offer some protection , although it is difficult to disinfect plastic and is no substitute for sterile works . |
| 22 | This may offer significant tax savings . |
| 23 | The alkalinity is increased , and this may disturb some textile processes . |
| 24 | She sounds motivated and this may lead other people to consider applying for jobs with the company . |
| 25 | This may lead some health workers , families and older people themselves to believe that there is little to be done to improve the circumstances of people with care needs . |
| 26 | Shallow wells generally contain much water that has reached them from the surface , and this may bring varying amounts of contamination . |
| 27 | In time this may bring improved relationships between company and the community and between employer and employees . |
| 28 | Again , this may explain that phenomenon which is central to the relevance of discourse analysis to language teaching : how is it that a student with an advanced proficiency in pronunciation , grammar , and lexis somehow fails to use these language skills to communicate successfully ? |
| 29 | This may give limited reassurance that the increasing numbers of preterm babies kept alive in neonatal units will not have greatly increased death rates as adults . |
| 30 | This may give some clues on how overheating contributes to cot death . |