Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The induction of apoptosis by p53 following genotoxic insult may act as a defence mechanism to protect the organism from the propagation of cells that have sustained mutation . |
| 32 | The module may act as a foundation for students wishing to pursue their studies in the area of law . |
| 33 | This may act as a disincentive to penetrating other national markets . |
| 34 | The long drive north may act as a deterrent to some , yet for those willing to make the effort the rewards can be breathtaking . |
| 35 | Double glazing may act as a deterrent , and may firms fit window locks as standard . |
| 36 | He suggested that Hungary may act as a support centre for Data General 's entire Eastern European operations , while a local manufacturing site could help the company secure more of the large projects currently being financed under the European Community 's PHARE scheme — European-based suppliers are favoured under PHARE criteria . |
| 37 | A new form of treatment , or a new and more enthusiastic doctor , may act as a morale-booster which has a beneficial effect on the immune system — the sort of effect that the psychoneuroimmunologists are currently studying . |
| 38 | During the breakdown of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins in plasma , the C-apoproteins are lost from the particle and associate with HDL which may act as a reservoir for them . |
| 39 | In such cases , the object , in this case building form , may act as a kind of material ‘ ideology ’ , but the meaning of this term is open to considerable dispute . |
| 40 | I have argued that if we allow our concept of special educational provision , and hence of the support teacher 's role , to be limited to the ‘ individual ’ approach then the danger is that , not only will our own sights be limited in the measures we adopt to meet special educational needs , but our work may act as a substitute for more fundamental changes that are required . |
| 41 | It is able to recycle material which is now being expensively destroyed in incinerators or dumped into the sea , where it may act as a source of marine pollution . |
| 42 | Thus , for a profession-orientated list server , messages may act as a record of the change in theory and practice and as such deserve good records management and perhaps long term retention . |
| 43 | It has been argued that the existing investment in interactive video may act as a barrier to the use of other future multimedia platforms in training . |
| 44 | While such Parkinsonian notion has an attractive simplicity it has so far eluded empirical verification ( see Blumstein , Cohen and Gooding , 1983 , for the refutation of one such claim ) , it is clear that under certain circumstances capacity may act as a brake on population expansion . |
| 45 | Hence the social value of a salient feature , in terms of its associated stereotype , may act as a brake on accommodation where a speaker is concerned with preserving his/her own identity , but may promote accommodation where the speaker is eager to identify with the other-dialect speakers . |
| 46 | The relationship of settlements to cemeteries can be considered using the results of large-scale excavations as a control , and the actual distances between such features may act as a guide even when a relationship can not be directly inferred . |
| 47 | Barkaloff said that a Polish government agency is also thinking of developing pen-based applications , and may act as a reseller of the GRiDs to the public sector . |
| 48 | You may act as a role model and a mentor to others . |
| 49 | Hunt suggests that conflict of this kind may act in a group of individuals to : |
| 50 | I may object on a point of fact ( ‘ There are no gibbons there now ’ ) or by appealing to some other end or principle ( ‘ You ought not to put that problem off any longer ’ ) . |
| 51 | A Central Authority may object to a Letter on the ground that it does not comply with the Convention , for example because the contents are insufficiently full , whereupon it must promptly inform the sending authority . |
| 52 | Alternatively , GM may opt for a mix of new shares and shares bought in the market . |
| 53 | You may speak to a woman volunteer if you wish . |
| 54 | ‘ If I may speak in a spirit of complaint , David , I might point out that it 's easy for you to talk and even easier to talk tough . |
| 55 | This also highlights the way in which a court may choose from a number of doctrines in coming to a solution . |
| 56 | It is possible that the settlor may benefit under a beneficiary 's will . |
| 57 | A tank may benefit from a change of position in the event of a problem where everything else has failed . |
| 58 | Some patients may benefit from a stress management programme , while severe cases may require the multidisciplinary services of a pain clinic . |
| 59 | Where we may feel at a disadvantage compared with moral absolutists with fixed standards is not in the claim to objectivity but in the sense of certainty . |
| 60 | Individuals who could be held responsible for the negligence in question ( for example , if it were an audit , those who were in charge of it , and perhaps the head of the audit function in the firm , and even its managing director ) might still be sued individually ( managing partners may feel as a result that they personally would have little to gain from incorporation ) . |