Example sentences of "may [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may most easily reveal the power of these influences on Dicey 's thought by posing what from a contemporary perspective seems to be a major difficulty with Dicey 's theory : how do we reconcile the twin principles of parliamentary sovereignty and the rule of law ? |
| 2 | Henley is keen to consult nominating organisations to determine how candidates may most usefully develop themselves and benefit their organisations . |
| 3 | To our interjection that on the evidence from Poland and other European countries under Russian domination , applied Marxism had neither created the wealth nor allowed the freedom to enable the purpose , as it is perceived in the democratic west , of the State to be realised — that is , to provide the circumstances in which the individual may most fully live a life of his or her own and so fulfill his or her potential for awareness and creativity , he would reply that that perception was mistaken ; and go on to remind us that he had attached supreme importance to the State . |
| 4 | Similar strategies may eventually also allow screening for NHPCC , peutz-jeghers , and juvenile polyposis one the responsible genes have been identified . |
| 5 | Although many patients are quite fit when admitted to the ward , they will become completely dependent when they have an anaesthetic and may only slowly return to independence after a surgical procedure . |
| 6 | The user may find a book on a subject but it may not be what he really requires or may only partially satisfy his needs . |
| 7 | But , instead of being able to sit back and enjoy this baby , she has also to look after the other children who may only just have left the baby stage themselves . |
| 8 | For example , you may only ever include one general model . |
| 9 | For example , you may only ever include one Warlord model . |
| 10 | For example , you may only ever include one General model . |
| 11 | Referring to variations in the legislative environment , Grant and Wallace explain that , under the Canadian industrial relations system , strike may only legally occur after a compulsory waiting period has expired and a conciliation board has met to discuss the difference between workers and employers . |
| 12 | A horse that is returned to the paddock after working may only visually check that its normal companions are there , even if they are some distance away , before starting to eat the grass . |
| 13 | Perhaps such cases do not occur with the frequency one may so readily believe or that such cases do not get reported in the national press with the frequency that one might have expected ; or alternatively , perhaps the police are much more successful in capturing the so-called sex maniacs than we sometimes are led to imagine . |
| 14 | It should also be pointed out that Donoghue v. Stevenson established a principle of wider application than it may so far have appeared . |
| 15 | But it may all not have been necessary . |
| 16 | Among other things , frequent births and short birth intervals may obviously also induce some physical hazards for mothers , however , the effect is not well documented . |
| 17 | But we hope that these impressions will at least bring some encouragement to the many friends we made who are working there , and that they may perhaps even help them by opening their eyes to some new possibilities based on experience elsewhere . |
| 18 | It should be a close , hard game but Cushendall may perhaps just have the edge . |
| 19 | With the lack of time county selectors may normally only select from those players nominated from either schools and clubs . |
| 20 | It 's a question of giving them help in areas where they may not traditionally have had expertise . |
| 21 | For example , the period 1945–51 has come to acquire a retrospective glow which it may not altogether deserve . |
| 22 | He may not exactly obey every letter of the law . |
| 23 | The publicity may not exactly have gone to his head but it certainly set fire to his ambition . |
| 24 | Experience shows that clients may not immediately express the real reason for their visit but need to be given a chance to raise further problems . |
| 25 | To do this will involve discussion of concepts which you may not immediately associate with volcanoes : the fact that Africa and South America were once joined and later drifted apart ; that the direction which is customarily thought of as ‘ north ’ would , a few million years ago , have appeared to be ‘ south ’ on an ordinary magnetic compass . |
| 26 | A long established firm in a small country town may not immediately detect any need or have any desire to increase the local population 's awareness of its existenceuntil , that is , some larger , more publicity conscious firm begins to make its presence felt by offering a wider range of services at " competitive " prices . |
| 27 | There is much to be said for the inclusion of a procedure for suspending with immediate effect a partner whose conduct has given ground for expulsion ( Clause 19.02 ) when the surrounding circumstances may not immediately indicate whether it would be in the interests of the firm that the power to expel should in fact be exercised . |
| 28 | But a loss of control by a constitutional government may not immediately deprive it of its status , whereas an insurgent regime will require to establish control before it can exist as a government . |
| 29 | If you do n't plan , you 'll get stressed out , you wo n't be running your business properly , it causes stress , it 'll kill you it may not physically kill you , but it 'll kill you in this business . |
| 30 | Any course you choose to undertake before updating is made mandatory may not later satisfy the Boards if you decide to delay return to nursing or health visiting in the meantime . |