Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the factors ( social or otherwise ) which may affect either the need for or the cost of delivering health care are unevenly distributed , often in small pockets , and do not present in the same way — or have the same social meaning — in different parts of Britain . |
| 2 | Thus some may remain forever the audience without the power to express their point of view . |
| 3 | It may slow down the discussion but improve its quality . |
| 4 | LICENSING difficulties may slow down the building of nuclear power plants in the United States , Britain and West Germany — but the French still press on almost untrammelled by objectors . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This may have led to some confusion and may explain why the condition , though acknowledged to be common , is not widely recognised . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Pharmacologists , on the other hand , will point out that they now can design rational drugs which may influence precisely the functioning of the relevant gene product . |
| 11 | But , as our correspondents in Europe report , this looks increasingly uncertain : The Irish may throw out the treaty at their referendum because of controversy over the ‘ abortion protocol ’ . |
| 12 | The key is turned to the left for maximum output , but if turned too far the integral cleaning needle engages and may snuff out the flame — you need to be really careful . |
| 13 | The overall picture presented in his article is a little less clear than it might be , if only because of the multiplicity of interesting observations ( fortunately Bolinger provides us with copious examples ) but it may be summarized as follows : ( a ) Adjectives may qualify either the referent of a noun or its sense without simultaneously applying to the other . |
| 14 | We may consider rather the analogy of carpets being brought periodically into a shop for display and rolled out one by one on a pile . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | TESTS MAY CLEAR UP THE MYSTERY |
| 17 | We may clear away the smoke that suffocates and remove the saturated fats that clog by making certain reasonably simple decisions , but giving the right directions , was a very different — and in my case — a far harder problem . |
| 18 | Secondly , they may send both the documentation and the program to the potential purchaser allowing a limited period during which the package can be used and evaluated . |
| 19 | Try to neutralise these tendencies by taking heed of your owner 's complaints , or you may finish up the underdog . |
| 20 | Dry sore throat with the thirst but cold drinks may bring on the cough and pains . |
| 21 | Geographically , this may bring in the concept of relative location , for instance , the distance in travel time between the corporate headquarters and a branch factory . |
| 22 | There are also fears that the increased tourist traffic will bring introduced plant and animal species which may bring about the extinction of endemic species . |
| 23 | A second role of coins in the study of portraiture lies in the help that they may give in the identification of other portraits , particularly sculptures , since it is only very rarely that the latter 's accompanying inscriptions have survived to identify them . |
| 24 | Sometimes the mirroring may comprise only the note-order , or ( conversely ) the rhythmic structure set to different notes , so that it is not strictly speaking a palindrome . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The judge may look up the meaning of a word in a dictionary or technical work ; but this ordinary meaning may be controlled by the particular context . |
| 27 | The appearance of a hawk-like bird may provide just the encouragement the potential hosts need to make them abandon the nest for a while and take cover elsewhere . |
| 28 | The problem is that on his own terms ‘ many ’ may conclude quite the reverse , however much they share his view of the Iraqi regime . |
| 29 | For example , suppose we find unc Then we may set up the regression formula unc and if we begin with |
| 30 | The court may set aside the demand if the debtor appears to have a counterclaim , set-off or cross claim equalling or exceeding the debt demanded , the debt is disputed on grounds which appear to the court to be substantial , the creditor appears to hold some security for the debt of sufficient value , or the court is satisfied on other grounds that the demand ought to be set aside . |