Example sentences of "may [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other more ‘ enlightened ’ strategies are possible , and may in the long run prove more profitable . |
| 2 | ‘ They are anxious that they should not go on running a system which may in the long term be at a loss , ’ he said . |
| 3 | But any solution that involves disconnecting activity from true values may in the long term take an even greater toll . |
| 4 | Nurses and phlebotomists are more willing to comply with universal precautions than the medical profession , whose example may in the long term compromise the safety of other health care workers who are not in a position to assess the risk . |
| 5 | What may in the first instance be attributed to physical causes and treated by an herbalist may , if it persists or grows more severe , be redefined as caused by mystical forces requiring treatment by a diviner ( see Horton 1970 : 142 ) . |
| 6 | Claims may not include mesne profits as they may in the High Court , but are confined to claims for non-payment of rent . |
| 7 | To identify English as peculiarly problematical should not weaken the general defence of humane values in education , and may in the longer run help to strengthen them . |
| 8 | If staff find themselves having to implement policy which they have no part in making , they may have little commitment to it and may in the longer term become alienated . |
| 9 | It will require constant monitoring of the technological situation and may in the longer term necessitate several changes of format to keep pace with changes in storage devices and technique . |
| 10 | 5.2.2 the Tenant 's Certificate has not been issued by the expiry of the period of immediately following the Possession Date then the provisions of clause 5.4 shall have effect immediately upon the expiry of the relevant period ( or upon the expiry of such extended period as the parties may within the relevant period agree in writing ) |
| 11 | And I 'd like to erm try and get you all to see what you can tell by simply observing the building , and I 'd like to concentrate if we may on the central part of the building , because there are a number of changes that have been made to that building erm which tell a story . |
| 12 | Relatively inexpensive , it may on the one hand inspire confidence in the wearer and on the other act as a tactile reminder that he/she has a bad knee . |
| 13 | She may be ecstatic and radiant ; she may on the other hand feel tired and depressed . |
| 14 | This is challenged by Hart who suggests that , far from simply being an example of the law enforcing a moral principle — for example the sanctity of human life — it may on the other hand ‘ perfectly well be explained as a piece of paternalism , designed to protect individuals against themselves ’ . |
| 15 | One may on the other hand consider that the ancient traditions and methods of training for the Bar are worthy of preservation . |
| 16 | The secret I find and you may over the next day or day and a half to a couple of days you may well see me just do that occasionally I 'll just throw my hands back down to me side . |
| 17 | While anger may stimulate the courage to do something , it may at the same time cloud the perception of what to be courageous about . |
| 18 | But in the process of renewing their legitimacy they may at the same time uphold general labour rights . |
| 19 | A woman 's attitudes to the housewife role may be positive — she may feel herself to be a housewife , and agree with the idea that housewifery is an appropriate role for women , but she may at the same time dislike doing housework . |
| 20 | ‘ On sentencing any person convicted of murder to imprisonment for life the court may at the same time declare the period which it recommends to the Secretary of State as the minimum period which in its view should elapse before the Secretary of State orders the release of that person on licence under section 27 of the Prison Act 1952 … |
| 21 | Further , large waves of destructive type , although combing the beach down , may at the same time fling shingle up above high water mark and so form beach ridges . |
| 22 | We shall see that although the uncertainty principle places limitations on the accuracy of all our predictions , it may at the same time remove the fundamental unpredictability that occurs at a space-time singularity . |
| 23 | The discovery suggests that nature can absorb fresh genetic material — such as the products of biotechnology experiments — without harmful consequences , but may at the same time reinforce fears that " foreign " DNA can find its way into native species , a process known as transformation . |