Example sentences of "may at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Journals can and do change , and their contents may at one period reflect the leading edge , whilst in another they may become review journals , or more ephemeral in nature . |
| 2 | As with transcendence and immanence , this may at first sight appear to represent a flat contradiction in terms . |
| 3 | At the presentation , Sir Humphry did not pass up the chance to impress upon the business world the great value of science to their endeavours : ‘ Science , gentlemen , is of infinitely more importance to a state than may at first sight appear possible ; for no source of wealth and power can be entirely independent of it ; and no class of men are so well able to appreciate its advantages as that to which I am addressing myself . |
| 4 | The austerity of the positivist programme may at first sight seem highly scientific , with its rigid adherence to what can be measured and its banishing of all that is not the immediate fruit of experience . |
| 5 | The franchise is a form of business which has grown up in recent years and offers the would-be entrepreneur what may at first sight appear to be an easy way to start up in business . |
| 6 | Thus what may at first sight appear to be something that facilitates competition can actually be a form of legal collusion . |
| 7 | So far I have discussed two attempts to distinguish the different types of political system in terms of an evolutionary scheme ; one of them ( that of Spencer ) being so abstract as to have little value in establishing a precise historical sequence , while the other ( that of Marx ) possesses less of an evolutionary character than may at first sight appear and leaves unsolved many problems in the construction of an adequate typology of precapitalist and capitalist societies . |
| 8 | Accordingly , it may at first sight seem advantageous to a landlord to grant such a tenancy . |
| 9 | Individuals may at various points in their lives experience discrimination in the allocation of resources either on the ground of being too old or too young . |
| 10 | Just as teachers found the knowledge explosion and the publications explosion causes of considerable difficulty , so certainly did librarians , and a brief examination of some of the problems may at this point be instructive . |
| 11 | We may at this stage , however , rest the case on the changing structure of employment ( Figure 3.1 ) : this is basic to our study because , as we have said , Primary , Secondary and Tertiary sectors of the economy tend to have different locational patterns , and a shift from one sector to another may thus have fundamental effects on the geography of employment — and therefore of population . |
| 12 | Gaps in numerical sequences may be identified and samples lacking clear labels may at this stage be returned to their correct sequential position . |
| 13 | In a multinational empire such as that of the tsars , the divisions between Great Russians , Ukrainians , White Russians , Poles , Georgians , Armenians , Jews and the hundred other national minorities may at different times be of infinitely more significance than the divisions between classes . |
| 14 | Even while the system remains capitalist it may at different phases be dominated by differently organized social and economic structures . |
| 15 | Even though it was suggested that such crises may at some point lead to a collapse of the system , this is not inevitable nor even highly probable . |
| 16 | So whichever sort of practice you 're going into , you may at some point be required to advocate in some sort of court setting . |
| 17 | The SASPAC package may at some point become obsolete , and a more worrying prospect is whether the current 5-year licence under the CHEST deal will be renewed , and in what form . |
| 18 | First , the stable closed orbits may at some energy become self-intersecting and second , at a given energy these orbits may form more than one sequence . |
| 19 | A prerequisite to making such an order is that the court is satisfied that the transaction was entered into by the debtor for the purpose either of putting assets beyond the reach of a person who is making , or may at some time make , a claim against him , or of otherwise prejudicing the interests of such a person in relation to such a claim : subsection ( 3 ) . |
| 20 | So in spite of the fact that guilt under Section 28 revolves around the intention of the authority and hence the librarian , it is possible that the homosexual nature of the content may at some stage be the focus of attention if it is believed to have no artistic or literary merit . |
| 21 | Those who may at some stage look at VSEL 's order books may care to consider that , even if the fourth submarine is constructed , the consequences for employment in such constituencies will remain severe because of what the Government have done in relation to naval and submarine construction . |
| 22 | At one point , the prospectus states : ‘ A Water Service Company may at any time require the Director General to determine whether , and if so how , K should be changed where other circumstances which would not have been avoided by prudent management action , have a substantial adverse effect on its water or sewerage business . ’ |
| 23 | In respect of any claim or series of claims for which this cover provides an indemnity to an Insured Person against his/her legal liability , the Insurer may at any time pay to the Insured Person the limit of indemnity after deduction of any sum(s) already paid as compensation or any lesser amount for which such claim(s) can be settled , and upon such payment being made , the Insurer shall relinquish the conduct and control of and be under no further liability in connection with such claim(s) except for payment of costs and expenses recoverable or incurred prior to the date of such payment . |
| 24 | Standing Orders of the House thus provide that any Member ( although it will usually be a Member of the government ) may at any time in any debate move ‘ that the question now be put ’ . |
| 25 | DW may at any time replace , modify , alter , improve , enhance or otherwise change the Program . |
| 26 | To pay all rates taxes assessments charges and outgoings which now are or may at any time hereafter be imposed assessed or charged upon the premises whether payable by the owner or occupier thereof |
| 27 | The official receiver may at any time after the bankruptcy order has been made and before the discharge of the bankrupt apply to the court for the public examination of the bankrupt ( s 290(1) ) . |
| 28 | The trustee may at any time give notice to a secured creditor that he proposes at the end of twenty-eight days to redeem the security at the value placed upon it by the creditor in his proof . |
| 29 | Moreover , it may at any time be varied or revoked by an ordinary resolution even if that involves an alteration of the articles . |
| 30 | Under section 224 a company may at any time before the end of nine months from the date of its incorporation give notice to the Registrar specifying what its accounting reference date is to be . |