Example sentences of "may [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , the more directly political approach argues that the manner in which the state may compensate for the misery of the periphery is crucial and warrants serious investigation since under certain circumstances it may be possible for state intervention to operate with beneficial , net long-term effects . |
| 2 | Other propositions may not be testable even in principle but may remain for the time as a necessary component of an overall paradigm . |
| 3 | Others , such as a chemical explosion involving the release of a toxic gas , may persist for a week or more , have delayed consequences , may affect a future generation if the toxic chemical is mutagenic and may have a significant impact on plant and animal populations . |
| 4 | IT IS now a little more than three years since four biologists caused a minor uproar among molecular geneticists by publishing in Nature two papers in which they argued that a substantial proportion of the DNA of animal cells may exist for no higher purpose than its own propagation . |
| 5 | Although a total prohibition exists for the third category above , special circumstances may exist for the first two services . |
| 6 | Other types of work may qualify for a discretionary grant , which means it is up to the council whether you get a grant . |
| 7 | You may qualify for a ‘ do-it-yourself ’ divorce if all the conditions below are met : |
| 8 | SOME disabled people may qualify for a new parking facility which means they could always reserve a space outside their home . |
| 9 | Also , if you/re older or disabled you may qualify for a free British Gas safety check . |
| 10 | If you have been saving under the Homeloan scheme for two years or more you may qualify for an extra £600 loan and a cash bonus of £110 , provided you buy a house or flat below a certain price limit for each region . |
| 11 | A leaflet explaining how disabled people may qualify for the new disability living allowance , which came into effect on Monday , has been produced by Stockton Borough Council for distribution to 75,000 households . |
| 12 | Time is the final significant factor since karren developed under a relatively humid climate may survive for a period after a change to a more arid climatic regime . |
| 13 | ‘ An order under section 6(2) requiring the third , fourth and fifth defendants to pay such sum as the court thinks fit to the plaintiffs or alternatively into court or alternatively to each and every investor who was a party to a transaction referred to in paragraph 30 or , alternatively , to each and every investor who was a party to a transaction referred to in paragraph 31 in such manner as the court may direct for the purpose of restoring persons who entered into transactions with the first defendant in the course of contravention of section 3 by the first defendant to the position in which they were before the transactions were entered into . |
| 14 | ‘ An order under section 61(1) that the third , fourth and fifth defendants and each of them pay such sum as the court thinks fit to the plaintiffs or alternatively into court or alternatively to each and every investor who was a party to a transaction referred to in paragraph 30 or alternatively to each and every investor who was a party to a transaction referred to in paragraph 31 in such manner as the court may direct or alternatively that they take such other steps as the court may direct for the purpose of remedying the contravention by the first defendant of sections 47 and 57 . |
| 15 | A solicitor employed by a non-lawyer may not carry out professional work for any person other than his employer ( ie working directly with the employer 's clients is not permitted ) but may act for a company or other organisation controlled by the employer or over which the employer has substantial control or for a company in the same group as the employer or which controls the employer . |
| 16 | Alternatively , GM may opt for a mix of new shares and shares bought in the market . |
| 17 | Then the algorithm may opt for a particular child C on the basis of the gradient of f at N , but the gradient is misleading and in fact f ( C ) is much less then f(N) . |
| 18 | The real problem is that , because of the infighting between various entrenched interests , the Scottish Office may opt for a quiet life and the status quo . |
| 19 | ( Employees may opt for the higher quote but can expect to pay the difference themselves . ) |
| 20 | Alternatively , is any use made of elegant variation — the avoidance of repetition by the substitution of a descriptive phrase ( as , for example , " the old lawyer " or " her uncle " may substitute for the repetition of an earlier " Mr Jones " ) ? |
| 21 | If I may speak for the Law Officers of the Crown , we are scrupulous in bearing that vital principle in mind . |
| 22 | Defendants are entitled to give evidence of their honest state of mind , and to explain why their dominant motive , irrespective of any dislike they may feel for the plaintiff , was to comment on a matter of public interest . |
| 23 | The Pre-Raphaelites may do for the Victorians . |
| 24 | This may succeed for a week or two but in the end is bound to be as banal as the preacher 's brain , returning with monotony to well worn paths and well worked passages . |
| 25 | Small bruises may appear for no apparent reason under the skin , and the skin itself can become hard and have a tendency to crack . |
| 26 | Speakers told the jokes on Friday at a dinner honouring a former Virginia representative , Stan Parris , who has said he may campaign for a congressional seat next year , the Washington Post reported yesterday . |
| 27 | Usually parents are permitted to stop using the alarm if the child has had fourteen to twenty-one dry nights , but need to be warned that the child may relapse for a short time . |
| 28 | But although this strategy may work for a few years , there are few parishes which have the physical space for more than two or three new congregations . |
| 29 | Slipping between the pages of a magazine may work for a sachet of shampoo or for a soup mix , but the product can very easily slip out again and the end purchaser may not receive the sample . |
| 30 | That may work for a lottery system where the buyer buys the fun of expectation but it does not — or should not — apply to opportunities . |