Example sentences of "may [verb] or [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subsequent evidence may confirm or deny that inference . |
| 2 | We may like or dislike different activities with particularly strong feelings involved . |
| 3 | In other words , aggressive fantasy may suggest or stimulate aggressive behaviour , rather than drain off the motive to behave aggressively . |
| 4 | The ingredients of some pesticides have been found not to be injurious to fish , but when an otter consumes a large amount of fish which have absorbed those chemicals , then the otter can become affected and may die or become sterile . |
| 5 | Well , on top of the expense of maintaining the house and the car , you may want to continue any hobbies you may have or take more holidays . |
| 6 | For example , the curriculum may ignore or devalue black cultures and achievements and may also ignore racism as a structural phenomenon and as part of the daily experience of black pupils . |
| 7 | cost of training interviewers ; supervisors are needed to give assistance to interviewers and check against possible interviewer dishonesty ; travelling and subsistence must be paid even when the respondent proves to be unavailable or uncooperative interviewers may leave or become stale |
| 8 | The court may vary or discharge any order made under s34 on the application of the local authority , the child or the person named in the order ( s34(9) ) . |
| 9 | However , fewer species flower out of doors between October and the end of February , and you 'll need to plan carefully to devise a sequence of colour during these months , especially as weather conditions may spoil or interrupt normal flowering . |
| 10 | The practice in some departments whereby supervisors put their own name first deprives Ph D authors of recognition by citation , and may delay or hinder those following up known current research programmes . |
| 11 | Second , the contingent environmental events which may strengthen or weaken verbal responses are specified and an attempt should be made to identify those contingencies which will operate to maintain the target behaviours in the natural environment once they have been established through systematic teaching . |