Example sentences of "may [vb infin] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The diplomatic or business historian may gaze at the e-text archive and ask who decided what , but in situations which involve rule based elements in a Decision Support System ( DSS ) , the historian may well ask whose decision ? |
| 2 | As pointed out by the collector and historian van Mander writing in 1604 , ‘ Whoever so desires nowadays has only to go to Prague to the greatest art patron in the world at the present time ; there he may see at the Imperial residence a remarkable number of outstanding and precious , curious , unusual , and priceless works . ’ |
| 3 | A curriculum audit may look at the following : |
| 4 | So I may look at the Indy Car World Series in America and see what opportunities are available if any . ’ |
| 5 | This may occur at the exposed soil surface as raindrops selectively erode fine clay particles , leaving heavier sand particles : with time this process can affect deeper parts of the soil profile , impairing its water-retaining capacity to such an extent that even after agriculture has been abandoned the forest may be unable to recolonise . |
| 6 | We would suggest that an altered metabolism ( possibly related to gut transit time ) may occur at the large polyp or cancer stage . |
| 7 | Furthermore , loss of a spouse may occur at the same time as other bereavements . |
| 8 | Apart from the dollars spent , one may wonder at the concealed costs of taking so many consultants away from their patients and research workers from their laboratories and clinics . |
| 9 | The algorithm may arrive at the wrong one , and miss the true goal with maximum worth . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Although the demand for other goods and services may increase at the same time , this does not immediately help the obsolete ship-builders . |