Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [verb] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the jungle creatures may need to learn from experience that the alarm call of the langur and the chital hind denote the presence of a leopard , while the sparrows and small birds in my garden learn from experience that the alarm call of the blackbird indicates the proximity of a prowling pussy . |
| 2 | You can use DATA in conjunction with READ to include data in your program which you may need to change from time to time , but which does not need to be different every time you run the program . |
| 3 | After washing sufficient numbers may remain on the hands to cause harm and the skin may become recontaminated from taps , the towel dispenser and the exit door of the washroom . |
| 4 | First , because there are still far more betrayed women than men around : the percentage of wives playing away may have risen from 26% in the 50s to around 40% now , but a conservative estimate suggests that 60% of husbands have cheated at least once — and one US survey puts the figure as high as 82% . |
| 5 | The Carpets may have tumbled from grace with those anxious to keep pace with fashion , fallen victim to a mid-career plunge into the realms of prog rock and put out the odd dodgy single , but they 're currently looking like people whose revived self-belief is entirely justified . |
| 6 | Both these birds may have escaped from captivity . |
| 7 | It is thought he may have suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a faulty exhaust system . |
| 8 | It is worth remembering that one of Ælfric 's patrons , and the founder of his abbeys of Cerne and Eynsham , was the nobleman Ætheær who may have retired from court rather than face the growing influence of Eadric Streona . |
| 9 | What Leapor may have gained from Richard Cooper is discussed in chapter four below . |
| 10 | Not only may viruses incorporate themselves into our DNA , but there is now a suggestion that some viruses at least may have arisen from bits of our own DNA which have escaped from our cells and become so modified as to be capable of independent existence . |
| 11 | The early evolutionary stages of development of wings are still in question they may have developed from outgrowths of exoskeleton from the body that assisted gliding initially , and then acquired a propulsive function . |
| 12 | The system may have developed from seed parasitism , but it itself is now parasitized by other wasps ovipositing through the syconium wall . |
| 13 | These are just a few of the situations that you may have to tackle from time to time . |
| 14 | However , James Valentine of the University of California suggests worms may have evolved from arthropods ( jointed-legged creatures ) rather than the other way around , because they had cavities in their middle layer ( known as coeloms ) which they used as skeletons to support themselves when burrowing . |
| 15 | Hundreds of them suddenly erupt from a tiny hole in the sand and start sprinting across the dune looking for the bodies of insects that may have collapsed from heat stress . |
| 16 | But whatever else Anselm may have learnt from Hugh of Lyons , he did not learn to accept this extension of papal sovereignty at the expense of the church for which he was himself responsible . |
| 17 | The issue then is how to create viable social roles which maintain the status and security which people may have derived from employment . |
| 18 | Staples ( such as cream ) may be defined , and named foods may be protected , in which case Cornish pasties may have to come from Cornwall . |
| 19 | The tin may have come from Etruria , Bohemia , Spain , or even Britain . |
| 20 | He may have come from Somerset : one tract was dedicated to his kinsman Thomas Churchey of Wincanton , and he may be identical with the John Brayne of Crewkerne , a gentleman 's son who entered New Inn Hall , Oxford , in 1636 , aged twenty-two . |
| 21 | Some believe the exploding glass may have come from China and Eastern Europe . |
| 22 | Copper was found in Crete itself , especially in the Asterousi mountains bordering the Mesara plain , and some may have come from Chrysokamino , near the coast east of Pachyammos , but the demand for metal artefacts is likely to have been high enough for imports of copper to be necessary . |
| 23 | In addition , new data strengthen the idea that a group of nine unusual stony meteorites may have come from Mars . |
| 24 | Keep in touch if your child watches without you ; take note of any new phrases or ideas she has , and remember they may have come from television . |
| 25 | It may have come from York I do n't know . |
| 26 | Each central village was probably reasonably self-sufficient in terms of weaving for its own clothing , although the wool may have come from downland farms specialising in sheep . |
| 27 | Well if they , they may have bought from Japan or something of that sort , erm , got ta little bit stronger yesterday , one seven one three five in New York . |
| 28 | This may mean repeating from week to week a message until it is obeyed . |
| 29 | These laws , with their impersonal jargon , may seem disconnected from reality , but in fact they are a far more destructive attack on black people than any activities of the National Front . |
| 30 | The main reason why the long-run Phillips curve may have a negative slope is that workers may continue to suffer from money illusion in the long-run and so be prepared to accept money wage increases which fall short of the actual inflation rate . |