Example sentences of "may have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ First Lady Francesca may be beautiful , she may have a sharp wit , but not the power to collect and convey secret information to some spy-master in Paris .
2 While the evidence of an expert witness or the advice of a tribunal-appointed expert may have a decisive influence , it is the tribunal of judge(s) or arbitrator(s) which makes the decision as part of its judgment or award , and not the expert .
3 The client should be asked whether they are a member of a trade union which may have a legal assistance scheme or whether they have any form of legal fees insurance .
4 It can not be an enterprise on its own , but enables its members to facilitate or develop their economic activities through a vehicle ( which may have a legal personality ) , while the members remain jointly and severally liable for the debts of the combined enterprise and are taxed directly on their respective proportionate shares of the profits .
5 If you are homeless you may have a legal right to housing from a local authority .
6 A power to nonsuit is peculiar now to the county court and is useful where the plaintiff may have a good case but " his tackle is not in order " .
7 This is because if there is a person on both wing-tips , neither may have a good grip .
8 With his own production company , Crucial Films , funded by the Beeb and with ‘ all manner of people dropping off bits of writing ’ , it seems he may have a good chance .
9 ‘ It 's the Iti 's turn to have a go at us tonight , Hitler has said that they may have a good go at us , as a reward for their help to him . ’
10 The conclusion on the whole matter seems to be that trustees , albeit only the representatives of ulterior beneficial interests , are assessable generally in respect of the trust income under Rule 1 of the Miscellaneous Rules applicable to Schedule D ; but that — just because they represent those beneficial interests they may have a good answer to a particular assessment , as regards some share or part of the income assessed , on the ground that such share or part arises or accrues beneficially to a cestui que trust in whose hands it is not liable to Income Tax , e.g. a foreigner under Case V , Rules 1 and 3 .
11 You may have a good deal of ups and downs and hard work ahead of you , but sweating on a ridge is , in my opinion , far preferable to plodding up a hillside or toiling along a zig-zag path to a top .
12 They may have a weak digestion and be intolerant of many foods yet crave pungent , bitter , spicy things , tonics or milk .
13 For instance , the traffic policeman who writes tickets for motoring offences may have a regular quota to meet ( Petersen , 1971 ; Rubinstein , 1973 ) .
14 Therefore , the evidence supports a positive connection between volume and volatility for a particular commodity , although another commodity may have a general level of volatility that is higher and a volume that is lower .
15 There are very few things take place in the world in which Fiji has a direct interest , it may have a general interest in the way things are going but it , direct interests it , it 's quite limited .
16 The godparent may have a ritual role to the child , such as participating in his wedding ceremony , and taking on certain responsibilities regarding his religious education , but the relationship that is strongest and requires respect , warmth and the obligation to help at all times , is the one between parents and godparents .
17 Sufferers from Chemical Dependency ( Alcoholism or Drug Addiction ) may have a specific abnormality in brain biochemistry .
18 If I live , I may have a crooked back like my father , but I 'll probably die . ’
19 The family may have a well-furnished house , with furniture of different sizes for each member , so the children may use each size appropriately .
20 Trade suppliers of a failed company therefore receive less of a dividend , which may have a critical effect on their own cash flow .
21 A prairie dog that knows what it 's up against may have a better chance of getting away safely .
22 Subordinates may have a better knowledge of ‘ local ’ conditions affecting their area of work .
23 Nicklaus may have a better record of second and third places , but winning is what matters !
24 Reluctantly , I think Chelsea may have a better season .
25 Mr Browning was no less solicitous but she read exasperation in his advice to turn from the Gospels to the Psalms , ‘ which may have a calming influence ’ .
26 Yet this same student may be quite good at translating from French to English or the other way round and may have a certain knowledge of the history of French literature and the critical points to be made about specified French texts .
27 Small-scale production may have a certain place within a socialist economy but as a general alternative to modern large-scale industry it is merely utopian .
28 As most pancreatitis episodes in men are caused by alcohol abuse , and as the increase in the incidence of pancreatitis discharges took place particularly in men between 25–64 years of age , and this group consumes most of the alcohol in the country , it is suggested that the increased alcohol consumption and the increased incidence of pancreatitis discharges may have a causal relation .
29 However , evidence is accumulating that , as in cervical cancer , human papillomavirus may have a causal association with anal cancer .
30 For these reasons supplements for 7 night holidays may be different from a 10 night holiday , and sometimes a 10 or 11 night holiday may have a higher supplement than a 14 night holiday .
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