Example sentences of "[noun sg] may [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , illegal migration may increase at first under the trade agreement , as hundreds of thousands of peasants displaced by recent land reforms in Mexico look for new jobs in the north . |
| 2 | The telephone may ring at any moment and an account executive will be expected to know when a client can see the " Answerprint " of their new commercial or proofs of the latest press advertisement , so complete knowledge of the minutiae of the client 's business ready at his finger tips is required . |
| 3 | The period may start at different times for different companies . |
| 4 | The foregoing indemnities shall be in addition to any rights that any Indemnified Person may have at common law or otherwise and shall remain in full force and effect not withstanding KPMG 's engagement hereunder may be terminated . |
| 5 | We simply do not know the answer to this question but brief mention of the complexity of a human individual 's environment may suffice at this point to indicate how elaborate the considerations will have to be . |
| 6 | Depending on the activator , a single excited mineral may radiate at several different wavelengths ; for example , apatite CL may be green , yellow , pink , violet or white , with a variety of rare earths acting as activators . |
| 7 | Such a definition may appear at first sight not to add much to Lord Macnaghten 's . |
| 8 | To marketing departments the technological challenge associated with such an approach may appear at first quite daunting . |
| 9 | The sphere is the configuration with minimum energy consistent with a fundamental ‘ exclusion principle ’ that states that each momentum state may contain at most two electrons . |
| 10 | Acute cocaine overdose may occur at any stage if a package bursts . |
| 11 | In general , the working man may function at any level from the senior partner in high technology operations to the provider of muscle power in physically demanding jobs . |
| 12 | She said Copper had a 50:50 chance but that his leg may break at any time , not to mention all the problems that come with keeping a horse standing up and not moving for what could be months rather than weeks . |
| 13 | Results of a secondary analysis of statistic presented in the WHO collaborative studies ( Omran and Standley , 1976 ; 1981 ) for communities in nine developing countries suggest that the minimum risk of late fetal mortality may occur at higher birth orders in developing than in developed countries ( see Appendix , Table A.11 ) . |
| 14 | This monocausal approach had the advantage of clarity of distinction but it could be highly misleading as a guide to macroeconomic policy since it is perfectly conceivable that classical and Keynesian unemployment may coexist at one and the same time . |
| 15 | Because expression may exist at various levels of abstraction ( for example , in the program 's structure ) the courts have to be able to distinguish between idea and expression . |
| 16 | The module header may start at any position on the line . |
| 17 | The module header may start at any position on the line . |
| 18 | Let him think that Elinor may go at any minute . |
| 19 | For example , the worker may pause at one point and scratch his nose , this may indicate that a critical decision is being made or it may indicate simply that his nose was itching . |
| 20 | Any worker may eat at any of the canteens or special selection dining rooms . |
| 21 | Intangible though bargaining power may seem at first , it has several important features . |
| 22 | Delirium may start at 9 pm and last all night like the fever . |
| 23 | Sometimes a single class may dominate at all levels , economic , political and ideological . |