Example sentences of "may come [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may come through ecstatic utterance , as when the Spirit of the Lord came upon King Saul and he joined a band of wandering prophets . |
| 2 | Truman was reminded that it was an agreed military estimate that if Indo-China falls , ‘ very likely all of South-East Asia may come under communist domination ’ and , although it might not have seemed a very credible danger , it was pointed out that the Philippines were less than 800 miles from Indo-China . |
| 3 | Pope John Paul 's outspoken words on behalf of a church which he deems to have been ‘ driven into the catacombs ’ reflect a worried assessment by the Secretariat of State , the Vatican 's Foreign Office , that Mr Gorbachev 's authority may come under increasing threat and that the Church should therefore exploit Soviet liberalisation for all it is worth . |
| 4 | Other directors of the play and readers of the novel may come to different conclusions . |
| 5 | ‘ Stallions , bulls , rams , rats , guinea pigs , porcupines , cats , dogs , Apes , and males of other species may come to full erection almost instantaneously upon contact with a sexual object , ’ reported Kinsey . |
| 6 | It is conceivable that quotas may come into future use to encourage or limit the numbers of certain types of applicant . |
| 7 | ‘ a person who signs a document , and parts with it so that it may come into other hands , has a responsibility , that of the normal man of prudence , to take care what he signs , which , if neglected , prevents him from denying his liability under the document according to its tenor . |
| 8 | Alkaline waters may come from hard-water sources or from the softening processes . |
| 9 | Just as often , however , it may come from other benefits , such as lower working capital or reduced energy consumption . |
| 10 | The initiative for a change of landlord may come from prospective landlords , the local authority or from tenants themselves . |
| 11 | Silica may be derived from natural sources or may come from water-treatment chemicals or detergent mixtures . |
| 12 | This may come from existing reserves , bank facilities , a rights issue or a cash underwritten alternative . |
| 13 | Some of the opposition to liberalization may come from multinational companies used to low interest rates and to a protected local market . |
| 14 | Some chloride may come from natural sources , with occasionally large amounts from salt-bearing rock strata , but its presence is usually taken as indicating sewage contamination of the supply . |
| 15 | Flooring material for one customer may come from different production and store areas and Mal has responsibility for the collation of all orders leaving the Coventry plant . |
| 16 | ‘ We may come from different parts of this great nation of ours . |