Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | This may relate to its revival in the garden , where the style , as architecture , first secured a footing . |
2 | As Hamilton points out , ‘ very little attention is paid to the conflicts of interest between groups which may relate to their structural position either in an organization or in the wider society ’ ( Hamilton 1980 , p. 49 ) . |
3 | ( d ) Action on receipt of replies Replies to a land charges search give the number of any land charge ( eg C iv ) , which may relate to your land . |
4 | This is more likely when , for example , the difficulties concern the general aspects of a relationship , or non-specific dissatisfaction a person may experience with his current lifestyle . |
5 | Be with them in peace so that we may remain with our family and children in peace . |
6 | While sexually mature males may remain in their natal troops they have little access to females , unless they are of especially high dominance . |
7 | Other students from outside the UK attending a British university for a course lasting over six months are entitled to free care for any medical condition which may arise during their stay in the UK . |
8 | Have you identified the ethical issues which may arise in your research ? |
9 | It seems realistic to expect the auditor to take such information into account in his review of the audit and the person acting as auditor also needs to be aware of other non-audit work on his client that partners in his firm may be doing such as for example tax work and they in turn should consider whether any information that may arise from their work is relevant to the conduct of the audit and where it is , they should also consider whether it is relevant to the duty to report to the regulator , the partner carrying out the audit should also if possible , discuss it with his client . |
10 | If the air becomes too humid , fungus may germinate in their stores of dried vegetable food and ruin the crop . |
11 | If your landlord fails to serve the Notice of Intention to Apply for Possession upon you then you may stay in your accommodation for another year at the same rent as the previous year . |
12 | Whatever we may think of their evocative names , ‘ Queen Elizabeth ’ and ‘ Peace ’ are much too boisterous to be given room in genteel society . |
13 | The distinction between the two concepts , the commission of a crime and the production of a literary work , is a vital one , for although it is clearly desirable to deter crimes , it is not transparently obvious that we should seek to deter the production of literary works , whatever we may think of their intrinsic merits . |
14 | Otis Ferguson was aware that the film depicted a ‘ phony strike ’ and that there was no real analysis of labour-management problems but he still felt that it had ‘ this air of life whatever we may think of its social content ’ . |
15 | Whatever one may think of its application to the particular case , there can be little doubt that Banfield has at the very least described in an ideal form a society in which thrift , enterprise , trust and cooperation are impossible , and therefore one in which political and economic development along liberal democratic and capitalist lines are grossly inhibited . |
16 | Naturally , they are worried that the Queen 's head may disappear from our currency , but if we had economic and monetary union , as we have with Scotland , nothing would stop us providing different notes , even with a different name , provided that they had fixed values that were easily exchangeable . |
17 | What is being compared ultimately is our own response to works of art and to the qualities of simplicity in early Cycladic art , which we may compare with our own feeling for the qualities of simplicity in some of this century 's art . |
18 | You may quarrel with your neighbour ; you are unlikely to quarrel with someone else 's neighbour in the next village . |
19 | They may exist in their own right or they may be illustrations in a book . |
20 | Also they do not believe that our experience ( as , for example , that a woman 's ministry feels good and appropriate ) is a reliable guide to what God may want for his Church . |
21 | It is considerably harder to characterise the form of exchange at a local level , although we may hypothesise about its nature on the basis of the organisation viewed through alternative forms of evidence . |
22 | Whatever we may make of its influences , Leonard is clear that he ‘ never recovered ’ from its dénouements ; its ‘ illumination of human behaviour ’ ; its horror ( which he termed ‘ metaphorical ’ ) . |
23 | Young people frequently dismiss remarks which older people may make about their impending or eventual death . |
24 | As the Bristol teams , and others who may build on their examples , move forward in their research and their care for families , we can begin to look forward to a time when the tragedy of loss and anguish faced by famous people like Anne Diamond and Julie Walters , and thousands of other ordinary everyday people , may become a thing of the past . |
25 | Neither would they wish to assume the responsibility in any event because of the repercussions which may fall on their heads from the council , who also rarely understand us . |
26 | Asterix inhabits a world of childlike innocence , peopled with characters such as Getafix , the venerable village Druid , Caco-fonix the bard and Vitalstatistix the brave chieftain , whose only fear is that the sky may fall on his head . |
27 | I hope you will believe me thankful and willing , at which ever distance we may be placed , to show my sense of your kindness by any offices of friendship that may fall within my power . |
28 | They spend the day concealed under stones , preying at night on smaller invertebrates , which they seize with their pincer-like claws and may paralyse with their tail sting . |
29 | There have also been hints that Tommy Thompson , chief coach at the Hopman 's Resort , where the Capriati family live , may assist in her tactical and practical training during major tournaments . |
30 | On the other hand , there are three points which may count in its favour : First , it provides a straightforward account of the very varied uses of adjectives in English , and points to a quite direct correlation between observable facts and a highly economical set of assumptions about basic grammatical relations . |