Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the 1978 Act , which incorporates the terms of the Redundancy Payments Act 1965 , redundancy may arise if the work needed to be done by an employee gets less or becomes unnecessary ( in changed economic conditions ) or is expected to diminish or come to an end . |
| 2 | A double tax charge may arise if the company sells its assets and the vendor wishes to extract the realised profit from the company . |
| 3 | Problems of confidentiality may arise if the client does not want everyone present to hear all that is discussed . |
| 4 | The situation may arise where the taxpayer is on the face of it chargeable to tax under Case V of Schedule D and also caught by Part XV of the Taxes Act 1988 . |
| 5 | Problems may arise where the foreman is bribed or negligent and excessive hours are claimed by the sub-contractor . |
| 6 | Thus situations may arise where the acquisition of companies with relatively small turnover may nevertheless have a Community dimension . |
| 7 | The necessity to offline may arise when the storage disks are becoming full , or if a certain package/package structure does not need to be stored online because it has been superseded or is no longer part of a live project . |
| 8 | A further dilemma may arise when the individual whom professionals are trying to help has a very different interpretation of his or her circumstances , aspirations and prospects from those of relatives , or where the individual is suspicious and distrustful and does not want even close family to know what has happened to him or her . |
| 9 | Of far greater practical importance are questions which may arise when the company 's articles of association impose restrictions on the freedom of transferability of its shares . |
| 10 | A similar problem may arise when the tenant allows someone else into occupation of part of the demised property , either as a subtenant or by way of licence or franchise agreement . |
| 11 | In deciding whether to give assistance the Commissioner may consider whether the case raises a question of principle , whether it is so complex that it would be unreasonable to expect an individual to proceed alone and whether the issue is a matter of substantial public interest . |
| 12 | By about the fifth month they will be able to hear the baby 's heartbeat with a stethoscope , and may feel if the baby moves — in any case , they will check with you that you can feel movements . |
| 13 | Accessibility may improve when the tumour grows towards the oesophageal lumen , but matters become more complicated when growth is primarily directed in the opposite direction , towards the surface . |
| 14 | It must be said that our test tractor was fresh off the stocks , so fuel consumption may improve as the engine loosens up . |
| 15 | So , in a sense , it gives forewarning ( though no more than that ) of one problem which may emerge when the disclosure regulations make them increasingly familiar with APR and the cost of credit . |
| 16 | Apart from legally required publicity there is media publicity which may occur whether the company wants it to or not . |
| 17 | However , in the case of parish , town and community councils , the power to exclude the Press and the public applies to council meetings and committee meetings only , and may occur where the council formally resolve to exclude the public on the grounds that publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted , or for another special reason stated in the resolution and arising from the nature of the business or the proceedings . |
| 18 | Within this very general framework a number of variations may occur though the range of possibilities is not really very great . |
| 19 | Anoxia may occur because the mother is over-anaesthetised , or because the umbilical cord is wrapped round the windpipe . |
| 20 | This irregular plural ending may occur when the word comes directly into English from Latin rather than via French . |
| 21 | This irregular plural ending may occur when the word comes directly into English from Latin rather than via French . |
| 22 | Problems may occur when the sequence of learning in the school does not correspond to clinical practice . |
| 23 | There is , however , a problem : the judgment of the republics of , for example , Byelorussia , Ukraine and Kazakhstan may alter if the Republic of Russia chooses to remain a nuclear state . |
| 24 | Once the constable has told that person of both types of specimen and has listened to anything that that person has to say as to which type of specimen he would wish to provide , the constable may decide whether the specimen to be provided should be a specimen of blood or urine . |
| 25 | ( Although the user may recover before the ambulance arrives , it is better to be safe than sorry . ) |
| 26 | Locals look elsewhere in the ex-Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and fear what may happen if the row accelerates . |
| 27 | The indirect customer rules may apply whether the firm is acting as the customer 's broker or as a counterparty . |
| 28 | Other rates may apply where the development is acquired second hand , or is merely a refurbishment of an existing industrial building . |
| 29 | Modern society may collapse unless the atmosphere of science becomes generally apprehended . |
| 30 | Name of the security or stock ; this is the name of the issuing company and may indicate whether the security is something other than an equity . |