Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [prep] all [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 A cohort may consist of all persons born in the same year ( a birth cohort or generation ) ; but all women married in a particular year or a random sample of all cancer sufferers diagnosed in a certain month are equally valid examples of cohorts .
2 Abnormalities of gastrointestinal motility may occur in all forms of amyloidosis and intestinal pseudo-obstruction has been reported in secondary or primary amyloidosis , including amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma .
3 Sometimes a single class may dominate at all levels , economic , political and ideological .
4 When a particularly difficult and obscure accident occurs , the aircraft manufacturer may suspect the possibility of the failure of a particular component , and acting in a responsible manner and with the highest possible motives may circulate to all operators of that type of aircraft a design for modifying the component just in case it was the one that failed .
5 Friendship is the channel by which the knowledge — the joys — the faith — the hope which belong to one class may pass to all classes .
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