Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The student may seek escape in passivity and make only perfunctory efforts to learn the target language ; or he may express antagonism by making no effort to adopt the correct pronunciation or by a deliberate use of native language patterns in the target language . |
| 2 | They may seek consolation in alcohol or in black coffee and cigarettes . |
| 3 | An inadequate list may include reduction in infant and child mortality better employment prospects for educated children making investment in education worthwhile and therefore a cost related to the number of children ; women 's status in the household and extent of emancipation in making decisions ; education of parents and enrolment rates in education for children , and women 's participation in the formal labour force ( where pregnancy implies unavoidable loss of earnings ) . |
| 4 | ( a ) Private Bills Anyone may initiate legislation in Parliament by means of a Private Bill . |
| 5 | Abuse of justice may follow delay in investigation : . |
| 6 | First , these values may limit conflict in crisis situations . |
| 7 | If you look in your autoexec.bat or config.sys files you may see REM in front of a sentence or command line . |
| 8 | A participant , if it wishes , may provide currency in excess of the obligatory limit . |
| 9 | ( a ) Financial assistance Local authorities may provide assistance in kind , or in exceptional circumstances , in cash for the benefit of children in need ( s17(6) ) . |
| 10 | Furthermore , whilst the audited accounts may provide comfort in relation to the overall financial position of the Business , the Purchaser needs to be able to rely on the past records of the business for all sorts of other reasons — e.g. past levels of turnover , proper recording of information , etc . |
| 11 | If the costs are not paid then , except where a defence to costs has been filed , the plaintiff may enter judgment in default for them . |
| 12 | This is especially helpful to older patients who may have difficulty in learning and remembering , and who may require to visit the toilet during the night . |
| 13 | Boswell argues back that ‘ A man , as a machine , may have agreeable sensations ; for instance he may have pleasure in music . ’ |
| 14 | At present , there is not easy way of predicting who may produce gas in response to which foods , and this is a matter for trial and error . |
| 15 | There will be an equally potent fear that new , less appropriate priorities may take precedence in planning , and social services council members may fear they will be left with nothing very much to do if they delegate their decision-making to an independent body . |
| 16 | The perchlorate ion can occur as isolated , undistorted ions , or as distorted but essentially unattached ions , loosely attached through one or two oxygen atoms to one or two metal ions , or it may take part in hydrogen bonding to water molecules in hydrated salts . |
| 17 | On the one hand , the growing cult of the fact may well account for the modern American cultivation of its opposite , the surreal fiction of Heller , Pynchon and Doctorow ; if realism is captured by sociology , some novelists may take refuge in surrealism . |
| 18 | Ritualization may take place in order to make a signal more , or less , honest according to the type of signal . |
| 19 | However , acquiring a taste for less salt may take time in order to become used to a low-salt taste . |
| 20 | The argument just offered may gain agreement in principle , but it could be said that in practice it is unworkable . |
| 21 | Predators may select prey in order of abundance , as does the barn owl , for instance , in which case they preserve the original pattern of equitability , or they may select less abundant prey preferentially , as do most mustelids , in which case they change it . |
| 22 | Codification of case law ; Parliament may pass legislation in order to give legislative effect to judicial decisions in one statute . |
| 23 | JIT and FMS developments , for example , may go hand in hand or in sequence , and either development may stand alone or precede the other . |
| 24 | While assignment may go hand in hand with such assertoric force in positive statements , it clearly does not do so in questions , nor in subordinate clauses like that in : ( 34 ) I wonder if the taps were turned off Questions and such subordinate clauses show clearly that an idea of completeness which is independent of that of assertion is necessary . |
| 25 | Others may obtain approval in advance for training in unusual specialties where no formal JCHMT programme exists . |
| 26 | The judge 's decision may establish certainty in respect to S&M activities , but it adds another layer of inconsistency to the law 's view of consensual assaults . |
| 27 | Clearly , the existence of timber decay is likely to be related to other shortcomings in the condition of the building and these faults may require rectification in addition to treatment of the timber . |
| 28 | The horse may suffer anxiety in relation to one specific part of its life : shoeing , trailering , saddling , mounting , and so oh , but if it has been hurt in a number of situations , it is likely to learn to be anxious in relation to anything to do with people . |
| 29 | In many polygynous species reproductive success varies from hour to hour and day to day and this may cause variation in IRS or DRS to overestimate variation in SRS and LRS . |