Example sentences of "may [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Both at home and at school , methodologies may fundamentally obstruct the negotiation of meaning and , in doing so , reduce the likelihood of deaf children enriching their language skills . |
2 | The medical profession is supporting one of the main foundations of the strategy — the clinical terms project — which in the longer term may fundamentally change the way in which doctors work . |
3 | Another flawed but striking recent movie is DOA ( Buena Vista ) , an update from the creators of Max Headroom of the classic 1949 thriller of the same name , which may detrimentally alter the plot of the original but boasts nonetheless some arresting high-tech intimations of neo-expressionist atmosphere . |
4 | It follows that the Convention is not a direct protection for freedom of speech in Britain : it is a persuasive and educative force which , if media interests have the patience and determination to seek rulings from Strasbourg , may slowly shape the operation of British law in favour of public interest reporting . |
5 | These are accumulated over many years and may vigorously colour the way we respond to all kinds of situations today . |
6 | To these users , a visit to the doctor may eventually mean a visit from the police . |
7 | But perhaps , too , we go to observe our death , prefigured in the element in which we can not survive , and which may eventually cover the earth for all time . |
8 | If all goes well , you may eventually sign an agency deal so that you have someone booking your gigs and possibly arranging tours for the band . |
9 | The magisterial pronouncement of Sir George Macdonald on the Antonine Wall has now been overthrown by the brilliant study of the samian by Brian Hartley ( 1972 ) , and the work at Carpow and other Severan sites will help to stabilize the dating of the pottery of this period , so with more revisions and adjustments , we may eventually have a framework which will endure , but only possible since all the groundwork had been so carefully prepared . |
10 | With so many people who may eventually receive the training to prescribe , we can imagine the advantages that patients will derive from that training and delivery . |
11 | BELOW The use of portable computers on an excavation may eventually replace the use of record sheets . |
12 | This engrossing spectacle fascinates the predator who may eventually devour the tail , although it has little nutritional value . |
13 | On the other hand , as Acheson said in his memoirs , there are limits on the extent to which one may successfully coerce an ally . |
14 | Little mention has been made so far of those elements of material forms which relate to each other in an ordered fashion , and which may thereby influence the manner in which they are utilized in constituting cultural patterns or acting as systems of meaning . |
15 | In most material culture , the individual object is as much a type-token of the larger group of identical handbags , armchairs , spears or canoes as is the case with words , and , even when held as individual property , may thereby mark the relation of object and owner to the set of items it represents . |
16 | It must involve some acts being done in State B , over which the law of that State may properly exercise a measure of control . |
17 | The second question which arises for determination is whether the proceeding before the justice or justices , if there happens to be more than one justice before whom the person arrested is brought under section 7(5) , necessitates the giving of evidence on oath with the opportunity to the person arrested or his legal representative to cross-examine and the person arrested having the opportunity to give evidence himself , before the justice of the peace may properly form an opinion on the matters set out in paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) . |
18 | For example , a surgeon may justifiably run the risk of killing the patient if the operation is necessary to save life , whereas employers may not take a substantial risk with the lives of their workers in order to increase profits . |
19 | The sunk costs involved in building a strong market position may additionally become a barrier to entry , even if the intention was ‘ innocent ’ competition rather than a deliberate strategy to exclude potential competitors . |
20 | Little is done without reference to the mother , and the mother , for her part , may empathically share the child 's feelings , and even know telepathically what the child is doing when out of sight . |
21 | They are also the very wishes which in total welfare states lead to what we may justly term the externalization of paranoia : for in these totalitarian societies the delusions of the paranoiac become actual , tangible realities . |
22 | It is not clear that military involvement in such disputes is always undertaken willingly and , indeed , the military 's own attitude in any given situation may crucially affect the ability of the government to pursue its policy . |
23 | Her role may be restricted to advising the carers on how to treat the patient , and she may only visit the family once . |
24 | In some cases you may only choose a maximum of one unit of a specific type , for example you can only have one Mob of Big'uns . |
25 | In some cases you may only choose a maximum of one unit of a specific type , for example you can only have one regiment of Reiksguard Knights . |
26 | If the binding energy is low the ejected electrons carry most of the photon energy and can escape from perhaps a depth of 100 Å , while low-energy electrons ejected from levels of binding energy of 1000 eV or more may only reach the surface from depths as small as 1 Å : this effectively includes only the surface layer of atoms . |
27 | Also , some squares in the pattern may only match a square on the edge of the board . |
28 | This provides that a court may only make a care order if it is satisfied that the child concerned is suffering significant harm . |
29 | Without a scientific analysis public policy-makers may only make the problem worse . |
30 | This may only reflect the nature and purpose of the law-codes , but it may also point to the undeveloped nature of institutionalised commerce or the manner in which such exchange was connected only with those who issued and administered the law . |