Example sentences of "may [verb] [adv] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there are national interests which may override even City interests , for a time , at any rate . |
| 2 | This latter point may explain why XLA carrier females show completely skewed X-chromosome activity in their B-cell lineage . |
| 3 | In 1939 fashions were similar to the 1960s vogue , which may explain why Mr Cross believed the girl was real rather than an apparition . |
| 4 | Mr Brandreth was President of the Oxford Union in 1968 and stayed on the following year , a high profile position which may explain why Mr Clinton remembers him . |
| 5 | A report from US National Park Service scientists has argued that the proposed use of underground water systems by the city of Las Vegas may dry up water supplies in a large area of the National Park system . |
| 6 | Rangers may buy back chris Woods from them as Andy Goram is still out for a while , and Maxwell is shit ! ! |
| 7 | When the systems manger is stressed by complaints about the slowing access times on the system he may send out warning messages and then complete a tape dump of all documents last accessed before a certain date . |
| 8 | Breathing can be affected : people suffer from shortness of breath or panic attacks in which they are unable to catch their breath at all ; stress may bring on asthma attacks if people are prone to them . |
| 9 | An excess of meats and spices cause aggression while too great a consumption of dairy foods and those with a high fat content may bring about depressive tendencies and lethargy . |
| 10 | A diet which is bizarre or extreme may bring about weight loss if strictly adhered to but , as the brain draws on its reserves to make up for the deficiency in vital nutrients , the dieter is likely to become edgy , easily upset and to experience difficulty in making decisions . |
| 11 | ‘ As you may remember when Peter Lipscomb spoke to you last year , we have embarked on a £53 million investment programme . |
| 12 | American firms , for instance , may set up EC subsidiaries . |
| 13 | Even the attentive parent may wonder why F. D. Eastman 's Are you my mother ? or the current number of The Dandy has such a hold over their child . |
| 14 | ‘ You may wonder why Queen Margaret does not return . ’ |
| 15 | People listening to this Question Time may wonder why Opposition Members wish to drown out the subject . |
| 16 | TWA may take on Chicago route |
| 17 | England may call up Yorkshire wicketkeeper-batsman Richard Blakey for the fourth game at Lord 's tomorrow . |
| 18 | But rail users say the cost of running the scheme may force up ticket prices . |
| 19 | On the other hand , if they restrict development , this may force up house prices and exclude lower-income local inhabitants anyway . |
| 20 | If I may come back Mr Chairman an and er express a view on behalf of Darcy . |
| 21 | You may recall out phone conversation some time ago about Age Concern Lancashire . |
| 22 | Reporting requirements may push up compliance costs |
| 23 | I it does n't speak very highly if I may say so Group Captain , for R A F discipline if what you 're telling me and telling the committee that you think that pilots should be using this facility , would be using this facility when they 're ordered not to . |