Example sentences of "may [adv] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The French national policy of encouraging younger people into farming may slowly lead to changing attitudes as older , more traditional ways fade . |
| 2 | Since they may only return to earth by replacing one of their number with a living child , mothers warn their off-spring never to follow the lights . |
| 3 | Very often the vagina and part of the uterus can be separated into two parts by a fibrous partition and this may only come to light after difficulty when intercourse first takes place , or sometimes at the onset of pregnancy . |
| 4 | ( 3 ) On the other hand , if the buyer says nothing about his future intentions this may merely serve to fuel rumours that a full bid is to be expected . |
| 5 | The feeling is , rather , that a certain genetic vulnerability is inherited which may or may not lead to schizophrenia . |
| 6 | Those may or may not lead to training or jobs but once a person registers for an interview they are taken off the jobless total . |
| 7 | And this , as once again Wollheim argues , though it may not lead to action like that in the representation , acts as a lure to the formation of fresh dispositions to act — of fresh desires . |
| 8 | Cannabis may not lead to crime , but jailing people for drug offences does . |
| 9 | Cannabis may not lead to crime , but jailing people for drug offences does . |
| 10 | General practitioners can determine the pattern of later health care delivery in Alzheimer 's disease and may not refer to specialist outpatient care . |
| 11 | This constraint may not apply to fundholding practices where , in addition to the obvious benefits to the patient , real financial incentives exist . |
| 12 | People usually start to feel better about a problem when they have some explanation for it , but hang-ups relating to very early patterns of relating between mother and baby which we have been describing may not come to light within the time normally allowed for this type of treatment . |
| 13 | Probably if you 're having a new home built or something like that you may not have to recourse to those because while you 're having , you 're having your home built you can say to the electrician , alright I want X number of power points here . |
| 14 | He may not run to leather elbow patches , but during the Kincardine by-election , reports from several sides were very approving . |
| 15 | Recent moves to establish a world standard in memory cards suggest that this kind of publishing may soon extend to desktop computers of all kinds as well as handheld reference devices . |
| 16 | Visitors to the city may easily fail to chance upon Portugal Place which remains an oasis of timeless calm only a few paces from the crowded pavements of the city centre . |
| 17 | In enclosed basins water-loading by lakes may further contribute to subsidence , though their effect will be far more ephemeral than sediment loading as they are likely to undergo repeated phases of growth and desiccation due to changes in climate . |
| 18 | Lack of privacy , loss of security and personal identity and isolation from family and friends may also contribute to anxiety . |
| 19 | Increased thromboxane A 2 production may also contribute to thrombogenesis in atherosclerotic vessels . |
| 20 | The recognition that there are authors who have not traditionally formed part of the literary ‘ canon ’ in the past may also lead to discussion about present-day social inequalities . |
| 21 | Chronic conditions such as diabetes and weakness after a stroke may also lead to incontinence . |
| 22 | Some medical treatments , such as partial gastrectomy , may also lead to osteoporosis . |
| 23 | Additionally , changes in the money supply not only affect individual holders of money , but may also lead to inflation and so inject a degree of instability into the economy . |
| 24 | In addition the possible abuse of monopoly power in any nationalised industry which is a monopoly may also lead to inefficiency . |
| 25 | Children may also react to deprivation or lack of attention by showing difficult or aggressive behaviour . |
| 26 | The forsaken particle or antiparticle may fall into the black hole after its partner , but it may also escape to infinity , where it appears to be radiation emitted by the black hole . |
| 27 | Those who are climbing the career ladder fast may use alcohol as a booster to help them to achieve , and those who recognize that they have failed to reach the top may also turn to alcohol , in an attempt to bolster their failing self-image . |
| 28 | In contrast , 5 July saw the end of the already very limited service between Stratford and Tottenham Hale via Lea Bridge , a line which may now return to passenger use following electrification at 25kV in 1989 . |
| 29 | In the past there were high hopes for Chile , and with the country now settled both politically and economically , these may now come to fruition . |
| 30 | The dividend may be expressed as a fixed percentage of the nominal or paid up value of the shares , or may even extend to participation in any dividends declared over and above that fixed amount . |