Example sentences of "may [verb] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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1 | Ethnicity is not , however , always marked by linguistic distinctiveness , Labov 's work with Italian and Jewish speakers in New York City shows that such distinctiveness may persist for several generations , or conversely may disappear with the first generation of native-born speakers who nevertheless maintain a strong sense of ethnicity ( Labov 1972b : 281 ) . |
2 | Although a total prohibition exists for the third category above , special circumstances may exist for the first two services . |
3 | If they voice this concern to the general practitioner or health visitor this may result in the first step being taken in the identification of a visual problem , but unfortunately there can be instances in which the defective vision is not detected until the child has a pre-school medical . |
4 | So a week or so may elapse between the first and the last eggs hatching . |
5 | Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that users may transfer from a first access term to related terms , and to broaden or narrow the search parameters . |
6 | What we may see as the first classical statue of a draped woman , corresponding to the naked male of the Kritian boy , is likewise from the Acropolis and could likewise have been set there just before or just after the interruptions of 480/79 . |
7 | Dickson suggested a further stage , briefly dipping the stained slide or surface into Alizarin red solution alone , but this is not often needed and indeed may detract from the first stain . |
8 | You may hear in the first syllable of ‘ photography ’ , in the second syllable of ‘ photograph ’ and in the third syllable of ‘ photographer ’ , but the brain recognises links between these a vowels and , and respectively , and supplies underlying vowels which change into the appropriate sound as the stress pattern changes . |
9 | Likewise , the reactive home medic may panic at the first sign of trouble , fail to diagnose the true cause of the problem and , in adding a so-called ‘ remedy ’ , do more harm than good . |
10 | It 's quite clear of course that though Diodati may belong to the first class , Milton belongs to the second . |
11 | It may start with the first glimpse she gets of the man she is destined to love , or the man she believes wrongly that she is destined to love . |
12 | How important this single factor is in maintaining traditional agricultural management in the French uplands is impossible to estimate but , if the proposal remains as it is , more small French farms in the LFA may intensify for the first time . |