Example sentences of "[coord] may [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The model for this part of Marx 's theory therefore seems to be a system in which an imbalance between two parts may lead to compensatory adjust-ments at other levels or may lead to a major reorganisation of the whole . |
| 2 | It is also true that there may be some doubt whether the privilege against self-incrimination can be used as a shield to prevent a process being set in train ‘ which may lead to incrimination or may lead to the discovery of real evidence of an incriminating character : ’ see Sociedade National de Combustiveis de Angola U.E.E. v. Lundqvist [ 1991 ] 2 Q.B . |
| 3 | Thus , directors may receive substantial compensation for premature termination of their employment contracts , or may benefit from a ‘ golden parachute ’ , that is , a contractual provision authorising a generous additional severance payment in the event of take-over . |
| 4 | The physiotherapist may sit or stand in front of the patient , or may kneel on the plinth behind him , according to the type of guidance she intends to give him . |
| 5 | The amount of such compensation is equated to a fair share of the economic benefit which the employer has derived or may derive from the invention which the employee conceived and developed . |
| 6 | They may be unable to afford appropriate housing , or may live in an area where such housing does not exist in the private sector , and thus would look to the local housing authority to solve their housing problem . |
| 7 | A defendant to any action may wish to dispute all or part of the liability asserted by the plaintiff , or may disagree with the amount claimed whilst admitting liability , or may wish to dispute the claim and make a counterclaim against the plaintiff . |
| 8 | As the child that comes or may come from a sexual encounter between a man and a woman differs from the child born from that man and some other woman ( or from the same man and the same woman on another occasion ) , so every genuine poem is the unique product of one unrepeatable encounter between the artist and an unearthly partner who may be called ‘ Muse ’ or ‘ goddess ’ . |
| 9 | The person from whom documents are requested may , where appropriate , deny that he has possession , control or custody of the requested documents , or may object to the exhibition and copying of the documents , in accordance with the rules of the Convention . |
| 10 | Be careful during team matches if you are heavier than your opponent , because what seems like a light tap to you may prove a sledgehammer to him , and may result in a penalty . |
| 11 | The remedial works specified in an abatement notice sometimes require planning permission , for example , the erection of a tall chimney , and may result in a clash of opinion with local planning authorities . |
| 12 | Early encashment values are not guaranteed and may result in the amount received being less than the original investment ( please refer to the table below ) . |
| 13 | ( i ) The presence or absence of residual ischaemia ( ii ) The safe heart rate to which the patient can exercise ( iii ) The likelihood of arrhythmias developing during exercise ( iv ) The blood pressure response to exercise ( some patients show a paradoxical fall in blood pressure with exercise , and this is an adverse prognostic feature and may result in the patient developing quite severe orthostatic hypotension after an exercise session ) ( v ) Current fitness level from which the patient 's exercise tolerance can be derived Most hospital-based or community-based exercise programmes for coronary patients are based on circuit training . |
| 14 | Action on redevelopment at Aberystwyth is imminent and may result in the station being pushed eastwards . |
| 15 | It has been alleged that the assumption that only fiscal considerations are important ‘ makes the voting by feet hypothesis somewhat unrealistic , except in a setting where people work in the inner city and may choose among the suburbs for residence ’ ( Musgrave and Musgrave 1989 , p. 453 ) . |
| 16 | The scent of male lemmings communicates their social standing , and may change after a fight . |
| 17 | Fragments of moss and algae that land on snow surfaces survive well in the moist environment , and may settle through the remaining snow to colonize the ground beneath . |
| 18 | Recent interferometric observations of NH 3 emission from the molecular cloud to the south of Sgr A show that some of the neutral gas in the south may be flowing toward the Galactic Centre in the form of a thin streamer and may settle into the circumnuclear molecular disk . |
| 19 | The two rifts in the Benue Trough in Nigeria went through a phase of opening followed by later closing , and of the remaining rifts ten became inactive before the spreading stage and nine are currently active and may spread in the future . |
| 20 | Social workers can give advice on financial help and may arrange for a Home Help to visit . |
| 21 | Thus , NCp7 may be present in the HIV-1 preintegration complex and may bind to the newly made DNA , adopting a chromatin-like structure which could protect the provirus from cellular nucleases during its transport to the nucleus . |
| 22 | The potential for change is therefore always present in variation , and may appear as a progressively greater or lesser favouring by the speech community of particular linguistic variants from among the variants that are available in the community at some particular time : to that extent change can be said to consist of change in community norms . |
| 23 | The five stories which catch our eye will win the author a pair of tickets and may appear in the magazine in future months . |
| 24 | This may be underneath the chapel , or behind or beside it , and may consist of a church hall , meeting rooms and offices . |
| 25 | Therefore we think that GH5 has a primary DNA-binding site , which is similar to that of CAP , and a secondary binding site that is less structurally defined and may consist of a group of basic residues interacting with phosphates on a second DNA duplex . |
| 26 | They have variable compositions and may consist of a single phase in which case they are called homogeneous . |
| 27 | The limitation is that the people under observation may well feel rather acutely that they are being observed and may react against the observers , act unnaturally and perhaps even lie . |
| 28 | All this evidence suggests that the InsP 3 /calcium signalling pathway is activated by mitogenic stimuli and may contribute to the changes culminating in DNA synthesis . |
| 29 | Systemic endotoxaemia correlates positively with the presence and extent of intestinal ulceration and with the activity of the disease ; and may contribute to the disease activity , the development of toxic megacolon , abnormalities of liver histology and other extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease . |
| 30 | The duties of a trustee may be indefinitely varied by the terms of the instrument which creates the trust , and may range from a mere duty to make a legal conveyance to the beneficiary at his request , and in the meantime to permit him to possess and enjoy the property , to extensive and onerous duties of management , sale , investment , and application of capital and income . |