Example sentences of "may [verb] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It may need hosing at high pressure to get rid of any surface slime . |
2 | A plan may be designed as a five-year plan and may need changing after one year . |
3 | Even then you may consider relying on outside designers to create the masters while your operators simply fill in the gaps . |
4 | In fact , as we have argued , governments may have hidden agendas and their priorities may fluctuate according to political cycles . |
5 | Offending policemen frequently receive no more than a dishonourable discharge , and may resume killing in plain clothes , Mr Santos said , while some adolescents — who under Brazilian law are not criminally responsible - are also employed to kill other children . |
6 | For example , under a clerical system , producing a short list of candidates with suitable qualifications for a particular job may mean searching through personal files , and consulting various lists . |
7 | It may mean operating with associate companies , where the bulk of the brewing operations are carried out through licensed brewing agreements . |
8 | Moving may mean leaving behind many memories of your pet that can be difficult to abandon . |
9 | Though infrastructure provision may vary according to local circumstances , there are a number of underlying policies which should be consistent from place to place . |
10 | While fruit and cereals may seem appealing to some of us for breakfast , others may prefer fish or even bacon and tomatoes . |
11 | He may start sitting like this in preparation for moving into the supine lying position ( on his back ) or , more rarely , into the prone lying position on his stomach . |
12 | There is also a need for a power supply and if the hardware used is not readily portable it may discourage recording in real time . |
13 | The approach to such provision is not yet uniform , however , and so entry requirements and any formal assessment of your competence at the end of the course may differ according to local recommendations and practices . |