Example sentences of "may have the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The type of laboratory study , frequently used in the social psychological study of attitudes , may have the benefit of greater precision than the use of historical examples . |
| 2 | In some situations the presenting problem may have the function of balancing a particular relationship , i.e. the ‘ well husband ’ may feel slightly inadequate but when his wife takes on the ‘ sick dependent role ’ , he starts to feel more adequate , needed and important . |
| 3 | This override may even enable you to make full picture fades ; alternatively , you may have the facility of a separate fade button which will fade both picture and sound simultaneously . |
| 4 | He may have the measure of the John Gosden-trained Anshan , running from stall 15 . |
| 5 | I may have the idea that makes me start putting the brush strokes down , but at some point the canvas will take on a life of its own and lead me off in a direction I never expected to go . |
| 6 | They sense they may have the luck to see a teacher break down , actually self-destruct . |
| 7 | What reason could we produce to allow that she may have the capacity to act autonomously while denying her the capacity-to-act-autonomously ? |
| 8 | Whichever way she attempts to retreat she may have the back end of a rabbit preventing her moving either way along the hole . |
| 9 | Pip may have the wealth and social standing of a gentleman though he is a false one whereas Joe lacks both of these though it is he , along with Herbert that I would call the true gentleman of this book . |
| 10 | Below that age , a child may have the competence to consent or withhold consent but it is a matter of judgement to be exercised in each case by the person responsible for carrying out the examination or assessment ( Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [ 1986 ] AC 112 ) . |
| 11 | It may not occur ; pupils may be resilient enough to deal with negative social encounters themselves , or may have the kind of personality that makes them unlikely to arise . |
| 12 | The owners of such land may be unaware that circumstances have changed and the developer may have the edge in being able to acquire the site . |
| 13 | In this area , TI may have the edge inasmuch as its reinsurance treaties have been in place for much longer . |
| 14 | Women may have the advantage of being less fixed in the way they can express the creative light . |
| 15 | Neither approach seems entirely satisfactory , although the latter may have the advantage of facilitating a simple architecture , with a uni-directional flow of information from the bottom upwards . |
| 16 | And by the way , Laurence advises you to hurry back , as you may have the chance of a part . |
| 17 | Older people may have the scope for choice , but how they use it depends on the resources which they have built up over their lives . |
| 18 | Heavy smokers may have the oxygen carrying power of their blood cut by as much as 15% [ 6 ] . |
| 19 | Heavy smokers may have the oxygen carrying power of their blood cut be as much as 15% [ 6 ] . |
| 20 | The garrison finally capitulated at 4 pm , enabling the Duke to write complacently : ‘ Now we may have the happiness to say that this part of the kingdom is clear of all the rebels . ’ |
| 21 | What is more , financial intermediaries may have the expertise to be able to assess just how risky a loan is . |
| 22 | British Aerospace , the lead British contender , may have the backing of the Department of Trade and Industry but it is almost certain to face fierce opposition from the Ministry of Defence . |
| 23 | In marital therapy it is often noticeable that although a couple are asking for help to sort out their problem , so that they may have the closeness and intimacy for which they yearn , fear overcomes hope , and whenever things start to improve one of them can be relied upon to start up the next quarrel . |
| 24 | That 's why I feel Jeremy may have the winning of the Cork Dry Gin Ulster Cesarewitch at Downpatrick on Monday 's Bank Holiday card . |
| 25 | Currie , who may have the assistance of Irishman David Beggy for the sevens , have Bruce Macnaughton at scrum- half for the injured Rory Dickson , and Mark Blair could return at lock . |
| 26 | By contrast , a body may have the ability to do X without having legal authority to do it : the doing of X may lack visible means of legal support . |
| 27 | They may have the ability to decide how to allocate scarce resources , whether they are finances , promotions or new equipment . |
| 28 | The loci controlled the mucosal immune system are likely candidates for investigation , in particular , those that may have the ability to suppress the generation of an effective immune response to the multiple antigens normally present in the intestinal lumen . |
| 29 | The Black Swan Literary Quiz Book which may have the Sunday Times names somewhere in the tittle too |
| 30 | You may have the rest that you covet as soon as I am able to make it over to you . ’ |