Example sentences of "may come [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An unsuccessful fishing is a most discouraging event to the dwellers in these remote western isles : hundreds leaving every year for the east coast ; when fortunate , they will be able to bring home with them , after clearing all expenses for board , etc. , more than enough to pay the rent of their crofts ; but in a bad year they may come away in debt to the curer . |
| 2 | The biographer may come up against problems of concealment , both written records and works having been destroyed . |
| 3 | ‘ She may come down on Saturday if I get through to the final . ’ |
| 4 | Liquidity risk — problems may come about through changes in asset prices , a badly matched balance sheet , or withdrawal of credit lines by other financial institutions . |
| 5 | The application of sophisticated mathematical techniques and other Blue Skies approaches in engineering may come about through collaboration , but the important point to realise is that once formal or rigorous methods have been developed and applied successfully in one field of engineering , they may be applicable , suitably modified , to others and perhaps lead to more reliable specifications and designs in general . |
| 6 | They may come out with oddities , and again we may judge this negatively or positively . |
| 7 | Another may come along for advice and you 'd tell him to leave the horse alone : ‘ But he looks all right ! |