Example sentences of "[adj] may [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I 'm sure that it will be only a short time before the imaginative gentleman of this funeral business ( or after-care service , as it apparently now likes to be called ) will overcome these problems that in any case may be outweighed by one great advantage to which he points with pride : namely , that it is above all discreet , in that the girlfriend of the departed may view at any time , giving any name , and the wife and family will be none the wiser ! |
| 2 | We can not enjoy a happy life with God unless we are willing to be disciplined — unhappy though that may appear at first . |
| 3 | Some may baulk at such a suggestion but it is only making explicit what archivists do implicitly . |
| 4 | This may start at any position in the line . |
| 5 | Change from one state of a system to another may occur at different rates at contrasting levels . |
| 6 | Some of the latter may excel at specialised subjects such as engineering or finance . |
| 7 | Kay O'Neill , who lives in the street , said her house was worth much more than one may think at first glance . |
| 8 | Further thrusting may develop at this stage through sliding of large rock masses under the force of gravity along the flanks of the uplifted orogen ( see Section 7.3 ) . |