Example sentences of "may [vb infin] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The transition from glass to crystals in a basalt may cover a few centimetres , but in andesites and rhyolites it is much broader , and large thicknesses of glass may be present . |
| 2 | As the start of the season is very close I wonder if I may make a few points for other readers to think about ? |
| 3 | In some cases , a company may need a dozen licences from a dozen universities for any particular genetically-engineered product . |
| 4 | ‘ Even so , you may need a few stitches . |
| 5 | And Dicky can take over as a footman — he may need a few lines changed here and there . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I may need a few shots before I find the mark , Khan . ’ |
| 7 | We may choose a professional sports person as our referent and bemoan the fact that our salaries do not compare despite the fact that we may have as much talent in our chosen fields . |
| 8 | Once each has had a turn , the group may spend a few minutes discussing possible methods of achieving any identified learning needs . |
| 9 | You may remember a few months before Christmas , I think , that the five District Councils in Oxford County joined together to say that they felt that Government housing policy was failing to deal with the growing housing crisis in Oxfordshire . |
| 10 | The high society platinum beauty brought up in a secluded hot-house may look a million dollars on the show stand , but is all too liable to fall flat on her face at the first pinprick of adversity and does not stand a chance unless she is cocooned in protective sprays . |
| 11 | The new show-stopper may look a million dollars on the show bench and the exhibition stand , but be of little value in your garden . |
| 12 | Some organisations may have a special appeals procedure , with problems or grievances referred to an independent arbitrator . |
| 13 | You may have a dozen doctors er how many has it got in there for instance , oh it 's just got four all right . |
| 14 | Partial matches with the lexicon may have a few characters from the beginning of a word , together with approximate word shape information ( see also section 6.3 ) . |
| 15 | Question analysis and planning may produce a few ideas . |
| 16 | Reversion , complete only when all of the moorland plants return , may take a hundred years . |
| 17 | But not all badgers instantly discover a taste for peanuts : it may take a few visits on your behalf before they catch on that these small pellets are good to eat . |
| 18 | For a complicated shape this may take a few minutes but it is much more controlled than some of the automatic methods . |
| 19 | Their flights may take a few hours or many days . |
| 20 | Though osmone may take a few days , if not weeks , to work , and not everyone can detect the smell , its action is gentle but effective , claims Dr Todd . |
| 21 | Large volumes of small files may take a few seconds to be processed by the HC VERIFIER . |
| 22 | It may take a few years yet , and some unlikely cohesion in banks ' own lobbying . |
| 23 | This may take a few iterations to achieve a good balance , but should eventually make the zero crossings correspond to more or less zero field . |
| 24 | If Sotheby 's is lucky , the judgement that Japan is ‘ coming back strong ’ may sell a few paintings . |
| 25 | Though the adult worms are never numerous , they are very fecund , and an infected pig may pass a million eggs per day . |
| 26 | And at the moment no one is prepared to give evidence against the driver of the truck … but police hope an increased reward of forty thousand pounds may change a few minds . |
| 27 | Children can learn that food is available only at the table so they may manage a few minutes sitting down to eat and then get up and run around . |
| 28 | My choice of heating equipment may raise a few eyebrows , ranging as it does from the advanced to the primitive . |
| 29 | I feel that although on the modern piano we may lose a few colours , we ultimately gain more : a wider expressive range , increased dynamics , the possibility to suggest a full orchestra , and much greater ability to permit cantabile in the higher region of the instrument . |
| 30 | In addition , the adventurers may get a nasty colds unless they take cover or have special protections ( such as a long-duration Protection from Rain spell ) . |