Example sentences of "it may [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may snap off from the arm |
| 2 | Other areas where it may break down are areas of high biological activity for example tropical reef flats very high biological activity there , very high demand for calcium carbonate to build all those coral skeletons , so carbonate will be stripped out . |
| 3 | Well it may , it may stand out like a sore thumb , yeah . |
| 4 | It may disintegrate on impact or , if it survives that , it may carry on some distance under water . |
| 5 | Or maybe blue … they say it may clear up later , but people say that all the time in Scotland . |
| 6 | As Herman explains , ‘ [ c ] ollective action may result from structural ties between firms that integrate their interest and facilitate coordination between them — such as a common ownership interest — or it may arise out of a recognized common interest or mutual business interdependence with minimal personal contact and communications among the companies and their officials . |
| 7 | Since one never knows when it may flare up again , there is good reason for watching the area . |
| 8 | If there is a fracture it 's possible it may show up more clearly now , in which case I 'm afraid we wo n't have any choice but to put it in plaster . |
| 9 | Although it may hold back for reasons of cost and supply , and because the housing market is static , during this decade I believe we will see an increasing spread of relocation moves to those parts of the country which offer a better quality of life than London and the South-East . ’ |
| 10 | True , poverty often dwells in hidden alleys close to the palaces of the rich ; but , in general , a separate territory has been assigned to it , where , removed from the sight of the happier classes , it may struggle along as it can . |
| 11 | It may set out the general terms on which the firm will be prepared to deal , its right to refuse to deal and the fact that any deals that it undertakes will be on the customary terms of the market concerned . |
| 12 | Thus the death of his father is not an event that impinges on a child only at one particular point : it may go on producing shock waves through its continuing effect on the mother , which in turn may bring about a different relationship with the child ; in addition there may be economic difficulties as a result of which the mother has to go out to work , a new home has to be found , and an altogether new lifestyle adopted . |
| 13 | It may stop after one or two drinks or it may go on into a spree . |
| 14 | It may go on after half term because she may not be able to come down on those two days , if that happens then I 'll have other back up material for them |
| 15 | Erm , medium status it may go up to more like five minutes , very high status it may be approaching ten minutes , okay ? |
| 16 | Otherwise , if the wind is squally it may end up with the wrong wing down in a fierce cross wind . |
| 17 | ‘ It may start out like that — I 'm going to take this knife because when I produce it they 're going to crap themselves and run away . |
| 18 | It may slow down the discussion but improve its quality . |
| 19 | Olivetti said its use of Alpha would definitely be restricted to the high-end workstation market : it ‘ has other designs ’ when it comes to servers , hinting that it may bring out a product in that area based on the parallel processing technology of Kendall Square Research Corp , the Waltham , Massachusetts-based company in which it has a stake ( see page three ) . |
| 20 | But you know the rest — this is just a tribute to three lovely unselfish children , and it may bring back some lovely memories , as it does to Pop and myself . |
| 21 | Give too much and it may bring about the very conditions it is capable of curing ; ‘ Through the like , disease is produced and through the application of the like it is cured ’ , said Hippocrates over 2000 years ago . |
| 22 | It may lay off up to 20 drivers if the bills are not settled . |
| 23 | It may throw up pieces of plasterwork , shellwork and panelling , fragments of windows and evidence of colour schemes . |
| 24 | Even then , if a file is very large , it may spread over a number of disks . |
| 25 | The hardware to perform multiplication requires two n-bit registers to hold the multiplier and multiplicand , and a 2n-bit register to hold the product , since it may have up to ( 2n-1 ) significant bits . |
| 26 | Do not expect instant results , especially if the baby has diarrhoea or colic — it may take up to two weeks for the baby 's digestive system to return to normal . |
| 27 | It may take up to eight weeks to evaluate your program , so please be patient . |
| 28 | In fact , it may take up to a week before your bank actually receives the money . |
| 29 | It is considered that after large trees are felled it may take up to I 2 months for the sub-soil to achieve stability . |
| 30 | Clearance applications require planning as it may take up to 30 days to obtain clearance . |