Example sentences of "[conj] it may [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Herman explains , ‘ [ c ] ollective action may result from structural ties between firms that integrate their interest and facilitate coordination between them — such as a common ownership interest — or it may arise out of a recognized common interest or mutual business interdependence with minimal personal contact and communications among the companies and their officials . |
| 2 | It may stop after one or two drinks or it may go on into a spree . |
| 3 | So E is certainly an improvement upon many other substances on the market E may be a fad , or it may fall out of favour because somebody proves it makes your legs fall off or something . |
| 4 | Although it may hold back for reasons of cost and supply , and because the housing market is static , during this decade I believe we will see an increasing spread of relocation moves to those parts of the country which offer a better quality of life than London and the South-East . ’ |
| 5 | Most of us want to see ourselves on the screen — although it may turn out to be an unpleasant experience ! — but we 're not usually terribly interested in watching the performance of others . |
| 6 | Olivetti said its use of Alpha would definitely be restricted to the high-end workstation market : it ‘ has other designs ’ when it comes to servers , hinting that it may bring out a product in that area based on the parallel processing technology of Kendall Square Research Corp , the Waltham , Massachusetts-based company in which it has a stake ( see page three ) . |
| 7 | Other Unix suppliers are said to be treating the IBM-Hewlett-Packard effort very cautiously — some are worried that it may turn out to be a Trojan horse for proprietary technologies . |
| 8 | Other Unix suppliers are said to be treating the IBM/HP effort very cautiously — some are worried that it may turn out to be a trojan horse for proprietary technologies ( UX No 423 ) . |
| 9 | The company has predicted that it may run out of money as early as July without new customers or an infusion of cash from the outside . |
| 10 | The company has predicted that it may run out of money as early as July without new customers or an infusion of cash from the outside . |
| 11 | But you know the rest — this is just a tribute to three lovely unselfish children , and it may bring back some lovely memories , as it does to Pop and myself . |
| 12 | Give too much and it may bring about the very conditions it is capable of curing ; ‘ Through the like , disease is produced and through the application of the like it is cured ’ , said Hippocrates over 2000 years ago . |
| 13 | When a Steam Tank ploughs through a unit it will probably hit several models and it may run over several units in a turn if it is lucky . |
| 14 | And it may come out very akin to the er , the earlier vote . |
| 15 | Of course the numbers would be limited , and it may turn out to be a load of crap what does anyone think ? |
| 16 | President Reagan 's Strategic Defense Initiative , announced in 1983 , has always been accompanied by a strong element of criticism of existing US nuclear policy , but it may turn out to be a good deal less than the promised means of freeing the world from the scourge of nuclear weaponry . |
| 17 | The nature of the right hemisphere 's contribution has yet to be determined precisely , but it may turn out that this half of the brain has a more elevated role to play than is customarily believed . |
| 18 | The hardware to perform multiplication requires two n-bit registers to hold the multiplier and multiplicand , and a 2n-bit register to hold the product , since it may have up to ( 2n-1 ) significant bits . |
| 19 | This will enable us to ascertain whether pointing is an intrinsically social , communicative act or whether it may develop out of other non-social behaviour , such as reading . |
| 20 | Clearance applications require planning as it may take up to 30 days to obtain clearance . |