Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [Wh adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The involvement of additives may explain why the incidence of hyperkinetic syndrome seems to have increased dramatically in the last 20 years — a period that has seen the meteoric rise of ‘ junk food ’ , take-aways and instant-everything . |
| 2 | The lack of vitamins in the British and Scottish diets , in particular , may explain why the incidence of heart disease is higher here than in the Mediterranean areas where blood cholesterol levels may be as high , but there is much less heart disease . |
| 3 | The cause was never known but affected soldiers all had close contact with soil — which may explain why the cavalry and officers were rarely affected . |
| 4 | This may have led to some confusion and may explain why the condition , though acknowledged to be common , is not widely recognised . |
| 5 | This means that leaded bronze is relatively weak and may explain why the statuette in Figure 5.2 , which has a particularly high lead content of about 30 per cent , was broken at the neck . |
| 6 | This may explain why the French , on the same number of overdue days as the UK , make a profit , whereas the latter incurs a substantial loss . ’ |
| 7 | If Euclidean space-time stretches back to infinite imaginary time , or else starts at a singularity in imaginary time , we have the same problem as in the classical theory of specifying the initial state of the universe : God may know how the universe began , but we can not give any particular reason for thinking it began one way rather than another . |
| 8 | As you may remember when the flood bank was built the local residents were very disappointed that Lancashire County Council could not see their way to install a footway along or beside the flood bank . |
| 9 | Some may wonder why the government should be able to stipulate the limits of judicial control of the government by embodying ouster provisions in statutes which courts are , by virtue of the doctrine of Parliamentary supremacy , bound to apply . |
| 10 | Perceptive students may wonder why the cover features left-handed DNA helices . |
| 11 | At first glance , you may wonder how the history of a single event could possibly be spun out to fill a 255-page epic , but this is far from a specialist lap-by-lap potted report of each race . |
| 12 | They may question why the terms ‘ blind ’ and ‘ partially sighted ’ , still used in the BD8 Form and defined in the Schools Health Services Regulations ( 1945 ) , are not now used to give precise definition of the educational needs of pupils . |
| 13 | The age of the father is much less important , but the incidence may increase where the father is over 60 years old . |
| 14 | The expert clause may say how the fees and expenses are to be apportioned : if not , this must be decided . |