Example sentences of "may [vb infin] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some stallion owners may want a second payment in October if the mare is definitely in foal . |
| 2 | When a loan is partly paid off , the lender may make a second loan , for the same amount as the original sum . |
| 3 | At this point it is likely that we may make a second mistake and go for a purely positivist view of law , the view that the nature of law can be appreciated purely by reciting the elements of positing and applying law without reference to its objectives or functions , so that we have a legal system as long as there are institutionalised ways of selecting mandatory rules and some arrangement for an authoritative application of those rules to particular situations . |
| 4 | ‘ To the end that you may make a second and happier marriage from your father 's house — is that so ? ’ |
| 5 | You may need a third hand for this . |
| 6 | TRAGIC Hillsborough coma victim Tony Bland may win a last right for brain-dead patients in Britain — the right to die . |
| 7 | In more normal times , however , we may see a second effect of dominant values . |
| 8 | If the Apple/Microsoft system can be made to work on both PCs and Macintoshes and is actually delivered within a reasonable space of time then it may become a second standard . |
| 9 | BOXING : Chris Eubank may face a third choice opponent in next Saturday 's WBO super middleweight title defence at Manchester 's G-Mex centre . |
| 10 | In this book Intoxication , Californian psychopharmacologist Ronald Siegel claims humans may have a fourth primary instinct — we need to get high , to change the way that we feel by artificial needs . |
| 11 | Cylinder cleaners may have a fourth , and their filters are often more substantial . |
| 12 | The areas chosen are all areas where the bilateral relationship is strongly apparent , and where the impact of bilateral action upon third parties may provoke a third party response : treaty law , international judicial and arbitral procedure , and responsibility for an international wrong , with particular reference to armed conflict . |
| 13 | To these we may add a fourth , restoration growth , which is a significant category in areas which have witnessed serious church decline . |
| 14 | To these three kinds of relational information we may add a fourth , namely the relation between speaker ( and perhaps other participants ) and setting ( or social activity ) . |
| 15 | The authority may issue a second reminder notice , but it is under no obligation to do so . |
| 16 | ACTOR Roger Moore may get a second chance to sing his way to musical stardom in a movie version of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber 's Aspects Of Love . |
| 17 | Circular and linear DNA appear to be cleaved using different mechanisms , and cleavage of linear DNA may require a second endonuclease molecule . |
| 18 | Our observations suggest that the cutting of circular DNA is not dependent upon the presence of a second endonuclease molecule and that subsequent cutting of the linear DNA does not occur , therefore , this event may require a second endonuclease molecule and operate by a different mechanism . |
| 19 | For example , a couple may own a second home , with the wife having an 80 per cent share and her husband the remainder . |
| 20 | Behind these three sets of arguments about the limits to law 's powers in dealing with family matters may lie a fourth argument about law itself . |