Example sentences of "they may [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , they may enable some people to play who may not otherwise be able to do so . |
| 2 | It 's got nothing to do with national security ; it 's that they may embarrass some dear old buffer who did a lot of damage . |
| 3 | They may draw some comfort from a survey revealing recession-hit parents are still prepared to spend out on youngsters . |
| 4 | They may draw some comfort from a survey revealing recession-hit parents are still prepared to spend out on youngsters . |
| 5 | Even if they are not inhibited from applying for special treatment they may suffer some loss of self-respect in receiving the service free . |
| 6 | This consists of small beads ( a litre has an R.R.P. of £13.95 — 21 and 51 also available ) Which must be washed ( when they may generate some heat ) then placed in one of the last sections of the filter . |
| 7 | Working with district health authorities they may offer some new solutions to longstanding problems , give greater priority to local need , and enable the development of services with the capacity to respond to changing needs over time . |
| 8 | They may create some interesting ideas for soloing but in terms of composition the keyboard still controls everything . |
| 9 | long time to remember what 's going to happen in three months ' time , but if it 's something related to an event like Christmas or Easter or something like that , a lot of , a lot of press people are always thinking ‘ What the hell am I going to do that 's different for Christmas or Easter or so forth , ’ so if you do a signal , lay on a special event related to a , a time , in other words a sort of custom , a calendar custom-type event , they 're going to appreciate that notice because they may do some forward planning which would actually help them in that respect . |
| 10 | No books or videos are likely to be totally adequate to prepare one , for example , for the first day at ‘ big ’ school , but they may provide some insights and ‘ structures ’ so that the experience is not overwhelming . |
| 11 | The producers of all these programmes are inundated with cassette tapes from bands , so they may take some time before listening to them all . |
| 12 | The charges are not intended as a pollution tax per se , although the NRA acknowledges that they may cause some businesses to review polluting activities . |
| 13 | Further north they may need some protection to establish and thrive . |
| 14 | They heard the judge say they may find some of those verdicts diffcult to understand ; that was no reflection on their credibility as witnesses . |
| 15 | If conservationists manage to save the leopard , bobcat and alerce , they may lose some of the battles that will be fought over dozens of other issues including proposals to increase protection for hair seals and whales , to decrease protection for Nile and saltwater crocodiles , and to weaken controls in the trade in ivory and sea turtles . |
| 16 | Even worse , they may develop some auto-immune disease . |
| 17 | The conclusion on predators is therefore that they have minimal effects on small mammal populations when numbers are high , that they have no braking effect when numbers are increasing , that they may have some effect when numbers are declining , but their major effect is when numbers are low , when they may also delay the recovery phase of the population cycle ( Southern , 1979 ) . |
| 18 | Students have the opportunity to develop areas of interest with which they may have some familiarity from secondary education but they will also experience new attitudes , techniques , materials and concepts . |
| 19 | Phyto-oestrogens are thus unlikely to represent an important factor in the development of breast cancer , but they may have some contributory effect in younger women . |
| 20 | Inevitably , doubts have been expressed about the credibility of such statements , but they may have some significance nonetheless . |
| 21 | Differential ownership of mechanical aids , and differences in the possession of amenities , may affect the way housework is done , and they may have some influence on attitudes to work tasks , but they do not appear to affect satisfaction with work . |
| 22 | Many humans have taken ‘ objects ’ , that is , in this case , people , of the same sex , and although they may have some experience of heterosexual intercourse , they may prefer and may frequently perform homosexual acts . |
| 23 | They may have some specific items that are to be bought but they also have a general readiness to look around and be tempted by what they might see . |
| 24 | The experiential approach therefore tries to get pupils in communication with the depths in themselves so that they may have some idea of what that is like for other people , as well as helping them to be more truly " present " in what they are studying . |