Example sentences of "may produce a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem with using them is that they may produce a self-fulfilling prophecy . |
| 2 | This may produce a vast array of physical symptoms including numbness or tingling in toes and fingers , tinnitus , headache and severe chest pains . |
| 3 | As Chapter 4 showed , the need to complete a task within a set period may produce a negative attitude towards it . |
| 4 | It is possible that previous accounting practices , although not objected to by the vendor 's auditors , may produce a disadvantageous result for the purchaser in completion accounts . |
| 5 | Sartre 's reaction to the threat that the negation of a negation may produce a detotalizing effect is to introduce a new category , a unifying force of a ‘ singularization ’ which incarnates the universal : ‘ If totalization really is an ongoing process ’ , he writes , ‘ then it operates everywhere . |
| 6 | Width often leads to superficiality and depth may produce a blinkered approach and an intellectual treadmill . |
| 7 | Just as an animal without previous experience may respond to a complex stimulus , so it may produce a complex set of movements in response to a stimulus . |
| 8 | As the organisation grows there will be a partial delegation of these functions to branches , but because the business is still run as a single unit ( even though it may produce a wide variety of products at many separate locations ) responsibility for operational matters , as well as long-term strategy , remains with top management . |
| 9 | Stress , stimulating certain hormones , may produce a small increase in metabolic rate , but this is not yet certain . |
| 10 | Where the literal rule may produce a perverse result , one of the other rules should be used in construing the statute . |
| 11 | If he does respond , the early stages of the diet may produce a remarkable improvement , which makes the subsequent stages a great deal easier for all concerned . |
| 12 | Much more pressing considerations may produce a sullen acceptance of the existing social order which entails no strong commitment to the status quo . |
| 13 | Laxatives may produce a sudden bout of diarrhoea . |
| 14 | Dryness produces tickling , leading to a dry , barking cough ; violent cough and may produce a little blood stained mucus . |
| 15 | Where the target 's share price is depressed , a buy-back at market price may produce a modest improvement in earnings per share or asset value per share . |
| 16 | As we stressed in Chapter 9 , the Rover Group may produce a large share of the motor cars manufactured in the UK but this does not necessarily mean it has significant market power . |
| 17 | the speaker may produce a large number of prefabricated ‘ fillers ’ : well , erm , I think , you know , if you see what I mean , of course , and so on . |
| 18 | His alarm call causes the females to slink off undetected while he may produce a diversionary display to confuse a predator or male rivals . |