Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twentieth century readers may think of the eighteenth century as a time when dirt was everywhere , and that personal hygiene was abysmal . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | Although a total prohibition exists for the third category above , special circumstances may exist for the first two services . |
| 4 | There are literally thousands of Latin words occurring in texts of interest to the local historian — and these may date from the sixth or seventh centuries down to the seventeenth . |
| 5 | The minor age differences between zircons and other kimberlite minerals may result from the second magmatic pulse required to account for the disruption and deformation of MARID nodules before they are incorporated in the final erupted kimberlite . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | So a week or so may elapse between the first and the last eggs hatching . |
| 8 | Hooks are found on segments after the second branching but they do not form complete rings until beyond the third or fourth branch ; in juvenile specimens the rings may appear after the second branch . |
| 9 | Students whose performance is exceptional may transfer to the second year of the BSc Honours Computing and Information Systems course at Jordanstown ( see page 159 ) . |
| 10 | Students who successfully complete the course may transfer to the second year of the BSc Hons Mathematics , Statistics and Computing course at Jordanstown . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Making concessions to Lenin 's Indian and ‘ Asia-First ’ opponent , M N Roy , the Commission had , throughout the theses , replaced ‘ bourgeois-democratic ’ by ‘ revolutionary ’ and the result was , as one may see in the sixth thesis , that the revolutionary-liberation movement in backward countries or among backward nationalities was invited to determine what forms this alliance should take . |
| 14 | The same discounting may occur with the next moves , probably involving the lifting of the three-year-old state of emergency and the formal unbanning of political organisations . |
| 15 | The Committee normally meets fortnightly for the first eight weeks each term ( weeks 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 ) and may meet on a fifth occasion ( in week 10 ) . |
| 16 | Irregular things may happen on the next stage , the 200 kilometres to Strasbourg . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But as one commentator has remarked , ‘ the trouble is some of these directives look as if they may take until the 21st century to be adopted let alone implemented ’ . |
| 19 | Students who have performed well in Year II of the BTEC HND in Mathematics , Statistics and Computing ( code JN 1111 ) ( see page 168 ) may proceed to the second year of the honours degree course . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It 's quite clear of course that though Diodati may belong to the first class , Milton belongs to the second . |
| 23 | So we may come to the third proposition of this book : THE SEDIMENTARY PILE AT ANY ONE PLACE ON THE EARTH 'S SURFACE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A TINY AND FRAGMENTARY RECORD OF VAST PERIODS OF EARTH HISTORY . |
| 24 | At this point we 're only bringing in the Cherokee and the Viper , but ultimately we 'll bring in the Grand Cherokee and the minivan [ MPV ] , although we wo n't do those until we have right-hand drive versions , which may come before the next generation models . |
| 25 | If not are not interested in Media Action , could you let me know what other kind of publicity you may require over the next four to six weeks . |
| 26 | Ethylene overcapacity may extend over the next 3–5 years and ‘ potentially could be with us throughout the decade if many of the plants now under study phase come to fruition ’ . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |