Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] may [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other cases , the previous reign of horror may have more recently ended and the name — or rather the nickname — will still be easily recalled by readers . |
| 2 | The contemporary meaning and significance of phenomena may have little to do with the shape and form which links them , however remotely , with the past . |
| 3 | Thus features of submergence may dominate either class : so too may features of emergence , though these will be inherited in the first class and due to recent uplift in the second . |
| 4 | However , the increased productivity of labour may help many firms to cut costs , enabling them to reduce prices and to expand their levels of output , thereby increasing their demands for all factor inputs , including labour . |
| 5 | The provisions which permit the confiscation of the literary proceeds of crime may do little to prevent this kind of journalism , which is arguably more repugnant than the profits made by offenders who may merely be pawns in a ratings or circulation war . |
| 6 | One course of study may ask much of the imaginative powers or experimental skills of a participant , while another may place emphasis on intellectual resourcefulness or strong self-motivation . |
| 7 | The existence of such a rule of recognition may take any of a huge variety of forms , simple or complex . |
| 8 | Several , indeed most , of the programs have consistently out-performed PageMaker 's typography but the launch of the latest version , 4.0 , at the beginning of February may change that . |
| 9 | But the last minute flood of applications may mean most small investors will probably be allocated fewer than 400 shares . |
| 10 | On the other hand , your need to be charge of nature may reflect some of your own fears and uncertainties . |
| 11 | I accept that this is quite a basic and simplistic way of expressing what has to be a deep and complex theory , but the story of Martin may provide more clues . |
| 12 | At that point — and discovering such identity of meaning may take some time — children should give up their form in favour of the conventional one for that meaning ( Clark , 1987 , 1988 ) . |
| 13 | If facilities for the elderly and disabled are poor , the fear of walking may lead many to become house-bound or institutionalised and , once so dependent , the cost of public service provision to the individual rises very sharply . |
| 14 | Manne now acknowledges that this argument may be less persuasive than he initially thought : ‘ [ t ] hat kind of trading may have some impact , but we can not be sure a priori how much impact it will actually have , if it will have any at all . ’ |
| 15 | However , his terms of appointment may impose some limitation on these powers . |
| 16 | The symptoms of flu may last several days , usually starting with a high temperature often with a headache . |
| 17 | The symptoms of flu may last several days , usually starting with a high temperature often with a headache . |
| 18 | Amendments made : No. 62 , in page , 47 line , 43 , at end insert — ( ) The terms and conditions on which the Secretary of State may make any grants under this paragraph may include in particular conditions — ( a ) enabling him to require the repayment , in whole or in part , of sums paid by him if any other condition subject to which the sums were paid is not complied with ; and ( b ) requiring the payment of interest in respect of any period during which a sum due to him in accordance with any other condition remains unpaid , but shall not relate to the application by the college council to which the grant is made of any sums derived otherwise than from the Secretary of State . ' . |
| 19 | The Secretary of State may authorise any person appearing to him : — ( i ) to be ‘ fit and proper , ’ and ( ii ) to have an interest in , and satisfactory procedures directed to , securing compliance by companies with the accounting provisions and for receiving and investigation complaints . |
| 20 | Estimates suggest that between a fifth and a quarter of children may spend some time in a one-parent family . |
| 21 | Small , discrete pieces of information may have little significance in isolation , but when collected together , they can be much greater than the sum of their parts . |
| 22 | This group of adopters may include those whose motivation is largely intellectual or political . |
| 23 | Merton 's success in its principal specialty , the London property world — the firm undertook search assignments in connection with Rosehaugh Stanhope 's celebrated Broadgate development , for example — suggests that such a strategy of specialisation may become more and more common in the British headhunting business in the future . |
| 24 | It is likely that immunosuppressive treatment of PSC may have some impact on coexisting ulcerative colitis , but this has never been studied . |
| 25 | A number of factors may make such a course an appropriate means of achieving the most effective remedy . |
| 26 | But , again , a low level of excitement may have several causes . |
| 27 | The occupier of land may detain any livestock which has strayed on to his land and which is not then under the control of any person . |
| 28 | Moreover , in a volatile period , such as the run-up to an election , all kinds of events may predispose some people to change their minds and their attitudes , and it may well be important to chart this movement in order to decide if it is systematic , persistent or spasmodic . |
| 29 | Theories of deviance may include some passing reference to women , but interpretations of female behaviour are uncomfortably subsumed under the umbrella of explanations geared to the model of masculine behaviour . |
| 30 | Readers unfamiliar with the study of discourse may find some initial difficulty in understanding some of the principles involved ; the best way to begin is to read Coulthard ( 1977 ) , paying particular attention to the chapter on intonation , then go on to study Brazil et al. |