Example sentences of "and may [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 27-year-old man , already serving a life sentence for one murder , has been charged with another and may hold the secret to other unsolved killings . |
| 2 | Other approaches , such as the use of human minichromosomes and the combination of the best features of the different viral and biochemical approaches , are under study , and may offer the best long term prospects . |
| 3 | We 'll certainly be offering business administration , and may offer the care award , too , in conjunction with the College of Nautical Studies . |
| 4 | A campaign for the effective use of current resources is not at all incompatible with a campaign for additional ones and may enhance the clarity with which the shortfall in support for teachers is expressed . |
| 5 | Though it is often suggested that Metastrongylus may transmit some of the porcine viruses , and may enhance the effect of viruses already present in the lungs , the role of the worm is not conclusively proven . |
| 6 | If they appear to be two-dimensional they suddenly seem less ‘ animal-like ’ and may avoid the unwelcome attentions of a hungry predator . |
| 7 | A visit in small groups to a local shop might well be a worthwhile preliminary to the introduction of a class shop and may affect the use that the children make of it . |
| 8 | For instance , monsoons may disrupt transport and power supplies and may affect the conduct of normal day-to-day business . |
| 9 | This is released by macrophages and neutrophils that infiltrate the colonic mucosa in large numbers during active ulcerative colitis and may affect the function of underlying smooth muscle . |
| 10 | According to a survey conducted for the BBC in April 1974 by Professor Richard Rose , sixty-nine per cent of the people of Northern Ireland thought that the executive should be given a chance to govern but this finding was contradicted by the results of a general election two months earlier and may reflect the general tendency of survey respondents to make statements in response to poll questions which are more moderate than their real views . |
| 11 | These findings suggest that bile salts may play an important part in the control of colonic endocrine function and may explain the increased circulating concentrations of colonic regulatory peptides that are seen in malabsorption states and after small bowel resection in humans . |
| 12 | When cleaved from laminin this protein is powerfully mitogenic and may explain the growth promoting properties that laminin has been shown to have cells expressing EGF receptors . |
| 13 | These drugs may aggravate hypoglycaemia ( Newman , 1976 ; Lager et al , 1979 ) , may result in undamped hypertensive surges secondary to hypoglycaemic catecholamine release ( McMurty , 1974 ; Shepherd et al , 1981 ) and may threaten the peripheral circulation by arteriolar constriction ( McSorley & Warren , 1978 ; Vale & Jeffreys , 1978 ) . |
| 14 | The announcement fuelled the West 's already strong apprehensions over North Korea 's nuclear capacity and may leave the isolated state 's near-bankrupt economy open to retaliatory UN sanctions . |
| 15 | They are , as I have emphasized , highly organized political formations , which tend to develop a life of their own , to some extent independent of the social interests that originally gave rise to them and of their changing environment , and may acquire the character ( or at least the appearance ) of permanent elements in the political system . |
| 16 | Next we talked about smoking during pregnancy , which reduces the blood flow to the placenta and may stunt the baby 's growth . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ I will keep her on the same round but I will keep an eye on her and may switch the rounds . |
| 18 | He missed the squad session and may miss the start of the season as well . |
| 19 | It then runs into problems of political opposition of local people , enforced differentiation between winners and losers in the countryside , and may expose the inadequacies of the agricultural extension staff , agricultural engineers , support staff and the like . |
| 20 | These characters become real , and may give the lonely viewer the benefits normally derived from being with other people . |
| 21 | Sampling directly from the pancreatic duct provides a more proximate sample for cytological diagnosis and may improve the diagnostic sensitivity . |
| 22 | This appears to coincide with the base of the granite batholith and may represent the basal Variscan thrust . |
| 23 | The cells also possess outward recrifying , voltage sensitive , low conductance Cl - channels , which are activated by histamine by a cAMP dependent process , and may represent the apical Cl - channel activated in parietal cells during acid secretion . |
| 24 | Second , it sets arbitrary amounts on the income needs of people of different ages and may underestimate the needs of children by comparison with adults ( Berthoud 1985 ) . |
| 25 | They will tend to stress long term objectives such as growth in assets , profitability , the degree and nature of diversification , earnings per share and social responsibility , and may specify the mission statement . |
| 26 | A residence order may be made in favour of two or more people who are not living together and may specify the period which the child shall spend in each household ( s10(4) ) . |
| 27 | This feature provides the student with the opportunity to pursue supervised research in a chosen accounting area and may involve the use of software packages and the design of computer-based models . |
| 28 | Can protect both partners against some sexually transmitted diseases and may protect the woman against cancer of the cervix . |
| 29 | Inevitably that produces omissions , and may lead the interpreter to stop altogether or to ask the speaker to slow down . |
| 30 | When the Secretary of State proposes to issue a code of practice to which this section applies , he shall prepare and publish a draft of that code , shall consider any representations made to him about the draft and may modify the draft accordingly . … |