Example sentences of "[noun sg] may have [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A user may have a deep knowledge of business problems , but knowing little about computers , has no idea how they should be tackled . |
| 2 | Maternal nutrition may have an important influence on programming . |
| 3 | Alternatively a double-sided board may have an inherent capacitive characteristic when you consider that copper tracks on both sides of the board , separated by the board itself , may give rise to a dielectric effect . |
| 4 | A divided assessment may have the added advantage of allowing the valuer to claim that certain areas have now become common to two occupations and should be omitted from the valuation . |
| 5 | Any chariot may have an additional giant wolf to pull it at a cost of +4 points . |
| 6 | For instance , an ill-judged price reduction may have an opposite effect to that desired . |
| 7 | I did , however , manage to express my views as a practitioner , as one who actually nurses in the system of which she is so poorly informed , and I suggest that if more of us did the same , then perhaps our collective expertise may have a greater influence . |
| 8 | Possibly photography may have a new life as trompe l'oeil . |
| 9 | The Hector 's story may have a happy ending , as the establishment of entanglement . |
| 10 | There are of course some deliberately emphasized exceptions : destitution , like that depicted in Alton Locke and Mary Barton , precludes decency ; moral turpitude may have the same effect , as in the case of Mrs Brown in Dombey and Son — ‘ In an ugly and dark room , an old woman , ugly and dark too ’ . |
| 11 | Finally , if agencies are able to ‘ control the agenda ’ by offering only one expenditure programme as an alternative to the ‘ reversion level ’ if the plan is not accepted , then variations in the reversion level may have a perverse effect on spending . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , an inacurrate plan that prevails over the verbal description may have the same effect as a verbal misdescription . |
| 13 | An industry inside the bloc may have a comparative advantage and benefits may be reaped from internal economies of scale , learning effects , and inducements to alter production processes . |
| 14 | Hence , just the introduction of backflush accounting may have a significant effect in reinforcing the JIT ( low stockholding ) philosophy . |
| 15 | We also agree that hysteroscopic biopsy may have a useful role to play in the investigation of these patients . |
| 16 | Robespierre 's experiment was , scarcely surprisingly , a dismal failure ; and while the delicious dream of a universal , natural and reasonable religion may have an understandable attraction for those who are influenced by but not wholly committed to Christian ( or some other ) belief , it does not appear capable of offering any very stable resting-place , or any adequate defence against the more radical challenges to religion as such which have been raised from without and within Christian theology in modern times . |
| 17 | Such thinking may have a particular appeal to Catholic Christians , who tend to think in terms of an evolving revelation . |
| 18 | We fear , too , that the proposed change in the Tax System with regard to the Mining Industry may have a detrimental effect on the Industrial Development Programme , by discouraging foreign interests from establishing planned new industries here unless they are assured of a continuation of the tax incentives and grant aid already in operation . |
| 19 | The significance of this was discussed in Chapter 1 , and it might be added here that there is some evidence to suggest that concentration may have an adverse effect on the level of invention and innovation in the economy . |
| 20 | Land sold at auction may have a reserve price and the site will only be sold when bidding reaches the reserve , the auctioneer advising at that point that the site is ’ in the market ’ . |
| 21 | Recognising that relocation may have a worse effect on married staff than on single workers , it is not unusual to find that they receive higher allowances . |
| 22 | A. The partnership may have an advantageous cash basis for accounting for profits without any work in progress calculations . |
| 23 | Law : A bad system for tackling hackers : Proposals to curb computer crime may have the opposite effect , argues Mary Fagan |
| 24 | The problem is that although the typeface may have the same name — indeed it may even come from the same original — it may not have been coded up in the same way . |
| 25 | Some problems such as the ( possibly labelled ) gap between utterance onset and the first phoneme may have an obvious solution . |
| 26 | The child may have a low tolerance to frustration and his or her emotional reaction may erupt out of control . |
| 27 | Similarly , an only child may have a tough time leaving home without the support of brothers and sisters . |
| 28 | But the Chancellor may have a hard time explaining why the pound has to shadow the Deutschmark . |
| 29 | While the evidence of an expert witness or the advice of a tribunal-appointed expert may have a decisive influence , it is the tribunal of judge(s) or arbitrator(s) which makes the decision as part of its judgment or award , and not the expert . |
| 30 | An expert may have no contractual relationship with the parties , either directly , or indirectly through an appointing authority . |