Example sentences of "[coord] may [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The adviser may feel inadequate to discuss the problem or may justify a referral using the many benefits cases waiting in the waiting room as an excuse . |
| 2 | ( A dog may have a birth abnormality , or may lose a leg in an accident . ) |
| 3 | Department stores operate personal service , and may offer a variety of other customer services , including credit facilities , delivery services , lifts and/or escalators and restaurants . |
| 4 | ( g ) Adjournment The court may adjourn proceedings at any stage and may fix a date , time and place for the resumed hearing or leave this to be determined at a later date . |
| 5 | Satisfactory explanations for these reductions in mortality from circulatory diseases have not yet been arrived at and may reflect a change in the disease , improved medical care or changes in lifestyle habits . |
| 6 | It is probable that the economic situation in the industrial countries will deteriorate further in the longer term as some of the constraints upon growth which I discussed earlier take effect ; and there will then be a much greater likelihood of conflict among the rich nations themselves in the struggle for natural resources , markets and some kind of economic growth , while the poorer developing countries will experience increasing hardship and may reach a point of economic collapse . |
| 7 | Under section I of the P. & C.E. Act the police can stop and search : ( a ) any person or vehicle ; ( b ) anything which is in or on a vehicle ; for stolen or prohibited articles ; and may detain a person or vehicle in order to conduct such a search . |
| 8 | The difficulty for the vendor is that , as a result of the sale , the vendor may be left with no facilities to perform obligations under such contract and may face a claim from the party to that contract for breach . |
| 9 | Insurance Companies can provide advice and may send a surveyor to inspect your security arrangements and make recommendations |
| 10 | The millimetre to centimetre scale alternations , which record periods of more or less intense upwelling , represent time scales of several years to several tens of years and may represent a response to some internal oscillations of the equatorial Pacific such as El Nino . |
| 11 | Thus , the marked increase in tumours of the cardia may relate to past smoking habits , and may represent a cohort phenomenon as smoking increased between 1915 and 1950 . |
| 12 | Such triangular set-ups provide a means of regulating distance in a marriage , and may represent a bid to retain freedom and independence . |
| 13 | Cunnilingus is a marginal case but since it involves genital contact and may involve a form of penetration , there is a case for placing it within the more serious category . |
| 14 | These tend to be used by very large companies , by companies or organizations where group decisions and committee work are a noticeable feature , and by very small organizations where everybody is regarded as equally important and may want a say in what is going on . |
| 15 | Leicester lie sixth in the First Division after a midweek defeat at Charlton and may make a change of captaincy . |
| 16 | Ask Computer Systems Inc warns that it will only break even , and may make a loss for its fiscal third quarter , adding that the poor profit forecast results from its failure to close about $10m in sales in the period but that does not necessarily mean the company permanently lost those sales ; the company said a significant amount of software licence sales it had expected for the quarter did not close in time . |
| 17 | This activity will tend to put greater downward pressure on sterling and may cause a depreciation to occur which is greater than is necessary to offset the inflation . |
| 18 | Sir Ranulph , 48 , also has visited a London hospital for medical opinion about his foot , which is severely frost-bitten and may require a skin graft . |
| 19 | One possibility is to seek a parent company or preferably a bank guarantee , though this will involve the purchaser in some expense and may require a deposit to be made with the bank . |
| 20 | Thus , for example , regulations may govern the composition or design of goods , may require goods to conform to a certain standard ( e.g. a British Institute Standard ) and may require a warning or instructions to be given with the goods . |
| 21 | This dense material would more commonly be seen in aquarium filtration , and may require a pre-filter brush set-up to avoid frequent clogging . |
| 22 | Healers use their own crystals to treat other people , and may practise a form of crystal ‘ massage ’ , which involves holding the crystal two inches above the patient and rotating it in small clockwise circles over the entire body surface . |
| 23 | Although a therapist should avoid being too directive , as this is likely to encourage dependency and may discourage a patient from developing his coping skills , it is quite often appropriate to offer advice . |
| 24 | The M r approximately 36.5 K myelomonocytic L1 protein complex belongs to the S-100 protein family and may play a part in the regulation of cellular proliferation and differentiation . |
| 25 | Oct-3/4 is expressed in primordial germ cells , unfertilized oocytes and in the inner cell mass and may play a role in early developmental decisions ( 47 ) . |
| 26 | and may write a book . |
| 27 | Many women have difficulty becoming appropriately assertive , rather than submissive or domineering , in our male-orientated society and may find a mini-group of women helpful to examine this problem and process their reactions to it . |
| 28 | The following grouping of Stage 2 modules may form a core for vocational programmes and may provide a route to Advanced Further Education and Higher Education : |
| 29 | The following grouping of Stage 2 modules may form a core for vocational programmes and may provide a route to Advanced Further Education and Higher Education : |
| 30 | Certainly some of their art , such as cave paintings , survives and may provide a clue as to how they thought . |