Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We recently found that this luminal lytic activity is highly correlated with in vivo proliferation of colonic epithelium , which indicates that these soluble surfactants may affect therisk of colon cancer . |
| 2 | It is possible that this effect on ileal motor activity may facilitate absorption of bile salts in the ileum by the ‘ ileal pump ’ mechanism by slowing intestinal transit time . |
| 3 | CD8 + CTL , initially identified in unnatural host-parasite combinations in rodents , were found in volunteers immunized with irradiated sporozoites : however , in the latter situation the abnormal termination of liver-stage parasite development may facilitate access of parasite antigens to the hepatocyte cytoplasm . |
| 4 | The argument that ‘ conversion ’ to tuberculin positivity by BCG may hinder diagnosis of tuberculosis should surely be set against the laborious surveillance by periodic tuberculin testing and treatment with ( not entirely innocuous ) drugs if positivity should develop . |
| 5 | Juvenile — juvenile subject to maximum term of twelve months ' detention in a young offender institution — effect of sentence in excess of twelve months ' detention in young offender institution — whether Court of Appeal may substitute sentence of detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 section 53(2) |
| 6 | In other words , the potential plaintiff may withhold payment of money which is due to the potential defendant , as an alternative way of obtaining the benefit of the expert 's decision . |
| 7 | Such dresses may have been worn over a sleeved under-dress which generally received no fastenings , with some exceptions which were secured at the wrist with a clasp which may carry evidence of braid ( Crowfoot 1952 ) . |
| 8 | Smoking may prevent healing of oesophagitis by reducing salivary epidermal growth factor secretion and reduces the rate of healing in response to anti-reflux medication . |
| 9 | In addition , the physical effect of thickening of the arteriolar walls in the kidney may prevent release of renin from the juxtaglomerular apparatus ( Schindler & Sommers , 1966 ) . |
| 10 | Nisbet and Sadler ( 12 ) further point out that school closure may bring loss of employment , loss of rates through migration out of the district and loss of resources due to disinclination to develop together with decline of existing services such as transport . |
| 11 | Quartz grains may also contain solid inclusions , the mineralogy of which may give evidence of provenance ( e.g. sillimanite inclusions are excellent evidence for a metamorphic source area ) . |
| 12 | It may give evidence of trade , since coins were used as objects of trade . |
| 13 | It may give awareness of traffic and slamming doors but certainly will not respond to a skylark . |
| 14 | Financial constraints may limit maintenance of safety in the home : for example , an old person may not be able to afford to replace worn carpets or an ageing electricity system and both are potential causes of accident . |
| 15 | Contracts with the company 's major suppliers or customers may have change of control provisions . |
| 16 | The insufficiency of long chain fatty acid assimilation in carnitine deficiency may produce lack of energy , weakness , difficulties in gaining weight , and muscular hypotonia . |
| 17 | The infection can involve the prostate gland and the seminal vesicles and this may produce urgency of micturition or haematospermia ( the finding of blood in the ejaculate ) . |
| 18 | Assessment of the extent of such mutation in a given tumour may permit assessment of prognosis or predict whether distant metastasis has already occurred . |
| 19 | The director of a haulage company who would like to retire as soon as is practicable and leave much of the management of the firm to his children may take advantage of retirement relief . |
| 20 | The choice is varied and students may take advantage of tuition in many sports or alternatively may organize their own programme of activities and book the various sports facilities at times which suit their academic timetables . |
| 21 | The marketer may take account of personality variables in the following way . |
| 22 | Of course , you might have very large wrists because you are extremely overweight ; the measurement may indicate thickness of fat rather than bone size . |
| 23 | ( n ) The significance of instructions and warnings Instructions placed on the goods may indicate unreasonableness of reliance . |
| 24 | How far should Nonconformity work to avoid the type of praise given by the Bishop of Ripon in his 1892 article on Spurgeon : ‘ The Puritan type may mean heedlessness of culture and loss of sweetness and light , but it also means seriousness , earnestness and a courageous bearing . ’ |
| 25 | Another problem facing single women about to retire is that retirement may mean loss of home and a completely new way of life — for instance , nurses or community workers whose jobs may have been residential . |
| 26 | Now , with Musicale , strong favourite for the 1,000 Guineas , and Rodrigo de Triano , whom he believes may displace Pursuit of Love at the head of the 2,000 Guineas market if the ground firms , he has first-rate prospects of Classic success after an eight-year gap since El Gran Senor 's 2,000 Guineas win . |
| 27 | Porosity in the substrate , even in a layer not more than microns thick , may allow absorption of soil which forms a key for further deposition . |
| 28 | Dietary sulphate may allow growth of sulphate reducing bacteria which inhibit the growth of methanogenic bacteria . |
| 29 | Gus Ferguson , a depute water and drainage director at Lothian Region , said residents of Alnwickhill , Liberton , Gilmerton , Burdiehouse and high areas may notice loss of pressure or water discoloration . |
| 30 | When employees fail to turn up for work today , it can often cause huge management headaches , particularly in labour intensive industries where absence may require reallocation of production line work and potential bottlenecks in the system . |