Example sentences of "may [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may laugh at this rvolutionary theory BUT I speak from experience . |
| 2 | Variations in melt matrix or groundmass composition may evolve through selective mechanical disintegration of casts and non-modal partial melting of minerals to various degrees . |
| 3 | To be sure , from time to time the consensus may weaken in one science or another ( — the paradigm shifts ’ , as we have learned to say ) and then , for a period , matters grow more complicated . |
| 4 | The voter may of course reject the outcome ; e.g. , with local public goods he may migrate to another community ( in this sense , the minority may have an element of veto power — see Lecture 17 ) . |
| 5 | Sometimes Althusser seems to imply that different histories may range through different modes of production , at other times it appears that they are specific to each , an effect of the overdetermination of the social formation . |
| 6 | The outcomes may range from complete correction to the professional satisfaction of the engineer , to an adjustment to the areas of responsibility between the parties which may result , in extreme cases , in the engineer contracting out of further responsibility or abandoning his or her engagement . |
| 7 | This may range from small areas of earthworks within or at one end of a settlement , to large areas of earthworks with only a few farms and cottages in use today . |
| 8 | Depending on how much irreversible damage has , or has not , occurred , the results of homoeopathic treatment may range from minimal to spectacular . |
| 9 | It may range from one afternoon a week to full extension services opening daily , staffed by a paid worker and volunteers . |
| 10 | According to Jespersen ( 1933 ) , the imperative is used in requests , which according to circumstances may range from brusque commands to humble entreaties , the tone generally serving as a key to the exact meaning . |
| 11 | The plans to deal with existing problems may range from straightforward co-ordination of arrangements for a person leaving hospital , to a much more complex plan with the social worker in the case manager/key worker role ( Davies and Challis , 1986 ) , as will be described . |
| 12 | The purpose of an experiment in fluid mechanics may range from direct verification of a theory ( as in Figs. 11.2 , 15.12 and 17.19 ) to a general exploration of the phenomena that occur in a given situation . |
| 13 | Studies of sulphate absorption using ileostomists have indicated that concentrations of this anion can vary considerably in diet and that amounts reaching the colon may range from 2 to 9 mmol.day - 1 . |
| 14 | These may range from circular huts set in a farmyard , with small closes dating from the Ornamental Horizon of the Middle Bronze Age , through the hill-fort ‘ village ’ of the Iron Age , first-century Roman villa with outbuildings , to much later structures up to , and sometimes including , the twentieth century . |
| 15 | Such arrangements may range from full partnership down to " strategic alliances " designed for pooling resources and sharing expenses and generally spreading the risk between the member firms . |
| 16 | The following diagram illustrates how Sciences may relate to other areas of the catalogue . |
| 17 | Other factors which may relate to lower HDL levels include poor diabetic control , increasing age , obesity , an inverse relationship to serum triglycerides , androgens , smoking and , although controversial , a high carbohydrate dietary intake ( Ganda , 1980 ) . |
| 18 | They may relate to one institution ( a primary school ) or to several ( linking a number of primary schools to the neighbourhood secondary school ) , they may relate to primary age children within a community centre or youth club , they may simply serve as a bridge between local pre-school playgroups and the schools which the pre-school children will eventually attend . |
| 19 | The discretion given to a power-holder may relate to one or more aspects of an activity . |
| 20 | Such courses which may relate to graphic design , fashion/textile design , interior design , and product design are usually of similar duration to those leading to CNAA degrees , that is three years full-time , and the numbers taking them have grown gradually over the years . |
| 21 | Other queries may relate to specific attributes of the spatial entities , or to combinations of these attributes , to the exclusion of any locational property . |
| 22 | They may relate to one institution ( a primary school ) or to several ( linking a number of primary schools to the neighbourhood secondary school ) , they may relate to primary age children within a community centre or youth club , they may simply serve as a bridge between local pre-school playgroups and the schools which the pre-school children will eventually attend . |
| 23 | ‘ We give you charge of all the matters which may relate to this our command . |
| 24 | Core skills are not intended to be the subject of academic studies , although they may relate to academic subjects such as English , mathematics , computing , science and social studies . |
| 25 | Thus , the marked increase in tumours of the cardia may relate to past smoking habits , and may represent a cohort phenomenon as smoking increased between 1915 and 1950 . |
| 26 | There is no geographical restriction ; the information may relate to any part of the world . |
| 27 | The reactions you may experience to these drinks and chocolate , having cleansed your system of them or more importantly having overcome any addiction you may have had , may include : migraine headache irritability depression anxiety shaky nervous feeling increased passage of urine mental overactivity insomnia weight gain . |
| 28 | Thus , anger may militate against sexual satisfaction in oneself or prevent one 's allowing satisfaction to a partner by its own effect ; or the guilt underlying anger may similarly impede love-making/relationships ; or sexual pleasure may promote guilt which evinces itself as anger which … |
| 29 | The reasons given for rejecting this paper are that the brain may compensate for poor hearing by enhancing hearing in the treated ear , resulting in an overestimate of the likely effects of treating both ears . |
| 30 | Some of us may compensate for this by driving our cars like dervishes or creating dramas in our personal lives . |