Example sentences of "and [noun sg] may [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | River , meadow , and woodland may lead the spectator to predict ‘ Arcadia among fertility , loveliness , industry and wealth ’ , but the illusion can be sustained only by those who keep their distance , for such ‘ picturesque villages are generally the perennial hotbeds of fever and ague , of squalid penury , sottish profligacy , dull discontent too stale for words ’ . |
| 2 | And prayer may span the divide between the mundane and the transcendental : |
| 3 | Its locality , outline and centroid may define a town centre , a kitchen , a command module or a cassette player , but within it a hierarchy of players and activities will emerge . |
| 4 | Patients with high risk rectal cancers who undergo curative surgery and receive adjuvant therapy with 5-flourouracil and radiotherapy may expect an improvement in survival . |
| 5 | Excavation of sand and gravel may scar the landscape but it does increase habitats for wildlife . |
| 6 | The distinction between subjectivism and attitudinism may seem a mere verbal subtlety . |
| 7 | Consultation items are placed on formally separate agendas , but in practice the distinction between consultation and negotiation is blurred and the relative strengths of the unions and management may determine the agenda on which a particular item is placed , especially at LDC level ( see Edwards and Lloyd 1981 : 21–5 ) . |
| 8 | Therefore , both over-confidence and under-confidence may play a part in creating an environment in which accidents happen more readily . |
| 9 | In families where they are able to identify good characteristics at the beginning of treatment the parents and child may have a sufficiently positive relationship to move directly into this phase . |
| 10 | A subsequent pregnancy and child may require the midwife or health visitor to talk with the mother about any unresolved grief , to provide practical information about tracing and suggest contacting a self-help group for information or expert counselling . |
| 11 | In this country , age-related factors such as ill health and retirement may initiate a move to climatically favoured areas such as the south-coast resorts . |
| 12 | The skin on your face and body may seem the same but facial skin actually has more sebaceous glands to secrete natural oil and keep skin supple . |
| 13 | ( In the following cases , the corresponding phrase using prenominal position only would be fully acceptable ) : ( 50 ) the handbook useful is in your out-tray a story interesting would be hard to find ( 51 ) the only handbook useful is in your out-tray a story less interesting would be hard to find Even here , the distinction between qualification and assignment may have a part to play in the explanation . |
| 14 | Also , the constant political process of pressure and compromise may produce a law which satisfies no one . |
| 15 | Although manicurists in salons often do , the new thinking is do n't ; soap and water may soften the cuticles but can be a cause of brittle nails . |
| 16 | Question analysis and planning may produce a few ideas . |
| 17 | Smoking and alcohol may promote the reflux inflammation lower oesophageal sphincter dysfunction cycle in those without a hiatus hernia . |
| 18 | If these occasions are known , the worker and supervisor may make a joint decision that only one member of staff from the Department may go . |
| 19 | Thirdly , certain vitamins and mineral may influence the production of thyroid hormones . |
| 20 | See what marriage and repentance may bring a man to . |
| 21 | He also included cauliflowers , artichokes and sweet fennel ( as opposed to the herb ) , all of which were fairly recent imports from the Continent , suggesting that with such a range of vegetables ‘ a Country Gentleman and Farmer may have every thing at home , and set out a Table fit for a Prince , without being beholden to the Markets ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ A Country Gentleman and Farmer may have every thing at home , and set out a Table fit for a Prince , without being beholden to the Markets ’ |
| 23 | Width often leads to superficiality and depth may produce a blinkered approach and an intellectual treadmill . |
| 24 | However , to assert that there is a very great deal remaining to be said about the mutual effects of semantics and syntax may seem a bold claim , perhaps even a surprising one , given the number of those who have worked on both areas and the many publications with titles suggesting that the two have been linked inside their covers . |
| 25 | Both formulae and legislation may influence the conditions within which members of the professional community seek to enhance the effectiveness of their schools . |
| 26 | This contrast may be more apparent than real , however , for new technologies of birth and reproduction may alter the biologically given so as to make possible a changed perspective that would have been inconceivable in the past . |
| 27 | Attitudes in excess of 80° in pitch and roll may cause the gyro to topple and some minutes will be required for it to re-erect. bearing friction and other causes , as well as the rotation of the Earth will make the gyro wander . |
| 28 | Further time and effort may produce a fountain giving extra interest and a pleasing sound . |
| 29 | The most plausible mechanism by which punishment may be thought to achieve this aim is general deterrence , although other reductivist effects such as instrumental denunciation and incapacitation may make a secondary contribution . |
| 30 | For example , the son who is chosen by his family to go and earn money in a town and city may achieve a certain status in the joint family — he has been chosen , after all , for his abilities and strength of mind — but he has to suffer months , even years , of separation from his wife and loss of all contact with those who love him . |