Example sentences of "may [vb infin] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is sure , however , is that prevalence rises markedly with age ( see for example Kay et al , 1970 ; Campbell et al , 1983 ; Maule et al , 1984 ) , and may affect as many as 20 per cent of people over the age of 80 . |
| 2 | Later , he comments on this , as follows : ‘ In treating of the development of the notion of thought , we may regard as primitive the child 's conviction that it thinks with the mouth . |
| 3 | The different sense of ‘ the functions of crime ’ — that sometimes what is defined as crime includes activities that some may regard as useful and beneficial — relates to an issue that has long confronted socialists : what is the status of crime and criminals under capitalism ? |
| 4 | The buttery-hatch is open from dawn to dusk for the entire week ; everyone may eat as much as he can , and take off in a basket as much as he can carry , including clothing , ‘ for a Christian gentleman of high degree was Eustace Lyle ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ You may eat as little as you please . ’ |
| 6 | While the environmental attractions of moving out may remain as strong as ever , the financial advantage from the fact that southern prices boomed first has largely disappeared . |
| 7 | The rains may disappear as suddenly as they arrived ; the pond may dry out within a few days , and so the whole cycle of breeding activity must be completed in the shortest possible time . |
| 8 | If there are statements by the Minister or other promoter of the Bill , these may throw as much light on the ‘ mischief ’ which the Bill seeks to remedy as do the white papers , reports of official committees and Law Commission reports to which the courts already have regard for that purpose . |
| 9 | This is not to say that they may be uttered with absolute impunity for the House itself , in regulating its own procedures , may treat as objectionable whatever it chooses . |
| 10 | Of this the donor receives less than $1,000 and may make as little as $250 . |
| 11 | McHale hinted that he may make as many as four changes for the trip , but was not revealing anything last night . |
| 12 | The army may include as many Heroes as you wish within the normal limitations of the points available . |
| 13 | The army may include as many High Elf Mages as you wish within the usual limitations of points cost . |
| 14 | The army may include as many Orc or Goblin Big Bosses as you wish within the normal limitations of the points available . |
| 15 | The army may include as many Shamans as you wish within the usual limitations of points cost . |
| 16 | The army may include as many Heroes as you wish within the normal limitations of the points available . |
| 17 | The army may include as many Battle Wizards as you wish within the usual limitations of points costs . |
| 18 | Your army may include as many units of Pistoliers as you wish . |
| 19 | Voters may buy as many tickets as they wish , though no single voter may occupy more than one seat at a time . |
| 20 | Snow may linger as late as mid-July . |
| 21 | It may know as much about its suppliers ( and their Competitors ) as it does about its own markets . |
| 22 | One individual may discharge as many as 400 million . |
| 23 | If this happens the scab may bounce about with great speed and energy within the turret and may do as much damage as if the shell had actually penetrated . |
| 24 | In retrospect , the ending at this point of the long preponderance of Western Europe ( that is to say , Italy , France , southern Germany , Belgium and Spain ) — a preponderance common to the pre-conciliar Church , the Council and even the pontificate of Paul VI — in the affairs of Catholicism and its replacement by a far wider range of geographical influences , may appear as far more significant than any shift from the mildly liberal to the neo-conservative . |
| 25 | To juxtapose such sequences in natural conversational contexts , participants must be sensitive to what to the outsider may appear as quite subtle perceptual cues ( Gumperz ( 1982 : 85 ) . |
| 26 | To juxtapose such sequences in natural conversational contexts , participants must be sensitive to what to the outsider may appear as quite subtle perceptual cues . " |
| 27 | They may contribute as much as 70% of biomass and productivity locally ( El-Sayed and Taguchi , 1981 ; Yamaguchi and Shibata 1982 ) . |
| 28 | Atmospheric concentrations of CFCs are about one-millionth of carbon dioxide levels but their role in the greenhouse effect has increased dramatically in recent decades and they may contribute as much as 30 per cent of the greenhouse effect by the year 2015 . |
| 29 | TERRY Denison may quit as chief coach after Britain 's swimmers sank without trace here in Barcelona . |
| 30 | While some detectors may run as normal for some time on cheap batteries , in other cases battery life will be ridiculously short leading the operator to conclude that a detector malfunction has occurred . |