Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even after ‘ drying out ’ , they may feel strongly pulled back into the drug world . |
| 2 | They may feel particularly threatened , especially if they think that their power and responsibility may be given to the specialists involved directly with the technology . |
| 3 | People 's energy levels vary : they may feel persistently wiped out . |
| 4 | If the chronic form of inflammation occurs simultaneously all over the body , as can happen in rheumatoid arthritis , the sufferer may feel physically weakened by the strength of the reaction . |
| 5 | You may feel so attached to your baby that you loathe the thought of leaving him . |
| 6 | Aspects on the 5th and 30th suggest another turning point has been reached , and although this may involve the home front , you may feel personally challenged by events . |
| 7 | It seems as though every area of your life is poised for some new influences , but because of your cautious nature and natural attachment to the past , you may feel somewhat overwhelmed by the rush of momentous events . |
| 8 | Thus a considerable proportion of the fabliaux may appear less inhibited in expressing their underlying desires than the more sophisticated sexual joke envisaged by Freud . |
| 9 | It may sound far fetched , but it 's true . |
| 10 | In other instances the parents will need help or the session may become completely disrupted . |
| 11 | But a declining fish population may become increasingly dominated by young fish or , more often in lakes , a few large old fish . |
| 12 | Compaction may cause fine particles to move into direct contact with their neighbours so a high initial porosity may become drastically reduced with burial . |
| 13 | People who come into frequent contact with domestic animals may become transiently infected but the symptoms do not last for any appreciable period . |
| 14 | Subsequently some of these cells may become fully transformed and hence express an ‘ abnormal ’ phenotype visible different from surrounding cells by promotion of dysplastic clones , in part , by expression of oncogenes especially c-erbB2 . |
| 15 | For instance , a child may become so fascinated by watching a car backing up the drive that she fails to realize the danger of being in its way . |
| 16 | But some people worry that the private sector does not have enough cash to mop up much of this vast sale , while others fear that the government may become so involved with selling the state 's assets that it forgets about the pressing problem of widening its tax base . |
| 17 | If a particular monkey is chased and harried for as long as ten minutes , it may become so stressed that eventually it gives up trying to escape and sits to face its death without screaming or even resisting when the hunters finally seize it . |
| 18 | Female squid do not extend any parental care of protection to their eggs and may become so exhausted by the act of reproduction that they die shortly after . |
| 19 | Certain minerals are very susceptible to irradiation damage , and may become permanently coloured after removal from the electron beam . |
| 20 | The person seeking autonomy may become extremely frustrated and angry because of the number of controls head office is imposing . |
| 21 | Relatives ' support groups have such a full agenda that they may become almost swamped by shared suffering unless they have a facilitator who can help ease the ‘ tension upon tension ’ one group member described . |
| 22 | All that will happen is that one or both dogs may become seriously injured . |
| 23 | The gastrointestinal tract , however , is another are that may become severely affected by autonomic neuropathy . |
| 24 | Teenage children , admitted by almost all teachers as the most difficult to teach , may become better motivated and better behaved if they have a short-term goal , passing the next grade on the ladder , and if they are working alongside people who are both older and younger than themselves . |
| 25 | Taxes Act 1988 , ss671 and 672 apply where any person has power to revoke or otherwise determine a settlement or any provision thereof , and the settlor or his spouse may become beneficially entitled to all or any part of the settled property or income thereof as the result of such revocation or determination . |
| 26 | the bankruptcy of some person who is or may become beneficially entitled to any such property or income ; or 2. an assignment of or a charge on any such property or income being made or given by some such person ; or 3. in the case of a marriage settlement , the death of both parties to the marriage and of all or any of the children of the marriage ; or 4. the death under the age of 25 or some lower age of some person who would be beneficially entitled to that property or income on attaining that age . |
| 27 | The point at which two veins diverge may become gradually pushed towards the margin of the wing until the latter is reached , and only a single vein remains evident . |
| 28 | Elderly people may become socially isolated because of the lessening of family ties , bereavement , physical infirmity , restricted mobility and ever-increasing difficulties of transport . |
| 29 | Fringing reefs may occur directly exposed to the sea or may form on coasts within barrier reefs : the former often have a zonation similar to barrier reefs and atolls , but the latter have no algal ridge and often very abrupt outer edges . |
| 30 | If care proceedings arise from a s37 investigation ( see Chapter 3 , 1(b) ) it should be remembered that the court may have already made a first interim order when making the direction . |