Example sentences of "may [vb infin] to [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who have recourse to the deus ex machina of lethal rays or thunderbolts from outer space may incline to the former view , but only at the expense of disregarding the abundant evidence in the stratigraphic record of a correlation between mass extinctions and physical events on earth ( Hallam , 1981c ) . |
| 2 | Also ‘ areas ’ may refer to a few kms 2 or to whole countries , so that areas or pockets of declining food production may coexist with , and have no social access to , other areas of increased food production . |
| 3 | The case roles have been modified since Fillmore 's original definition to include restrictions such as these , but the restriction lists grow to an interminable length and the technique is still unable to recognise that two expressions ( e.g. ’ the woman ’ and ’ she ’ ) may refer to the same individual . |
| 4 | Children evidently realize this quite early in the process of language acquisition , and accept the fact that different words may refer to the same entity — e.g. , our dog , Fred , that wretched animal , and so on . |
| 5 | In which case , it may lead to a dis engagement from learning . |
| 6 | This makes them rather like Health Maintenance Organisations ( HMOs ) in the United States , which receive a fixed annual sum of money to provide health care for enrolled patients ; the system subjects them to the same financial incentives and may lead to the same adverse effects . |
| 7 | Thus it appears that the acquisition of the grammar of a new variety of " the same " language is subject to the same difficulties and may lead to the same types of " error " and inconsistency as the acquisition of its phonology . |
| 8 | Starting with Aristotle , elaborate classification systems have been built up to show that things may belong to the same class ( and therefore have common features ) even if their appearance is different . |
| 9 | The baselines may amount to no more than the total number of times each behaviour is noticed in a one hour session every day for a week . |
| 10 | Two sets of words may amount to the same thing , but one set may be caught by the Act and another set not . |