Example sentences of "[noun] it may [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The standard of NHS accommodation available to trained staff is variable , and even if you are happy to put up with this in the short term , in the longer term it may have adverse effects on your personal life or hopes of a future career . |
| 2 | What is particularly frightening is that in the long term it may cause irreparable brain damage . |
| 3 | Although it is lower in fibre it may provide more calcium in the body . |
| 4 | But if I reveal details it may compromise other possibilities . ’ |
| 5 | If you have let your keyboard get into this state it may require complete dismantling . |
| 6 | Similarly : ( 10 ) I only offered her legal advice will , under one natural interpretation , refer to advice on legal matters ; and it will continue to do so even if in some rare case it is given under circumstances that mean it is offered illegally itself , for example if it makes use of secret information stolen from a government which prohibits unauthorized possession or transmission of secret government information ; on the other hand , as a phrase of English , it can perfectly well bear the other interpretation under which it means advice which is itself legal , in the sense that it is legally given , in which case it may concern any subject under the sun . |
| 7 | On the other hand it may test particular propositions about the fortunes of a particular sector , such as agriculture , or particular periods within a longer-run trend . |
| 8 | But the UN Protection Force in Bosnia said it welcomed the UN move , despite the possibility it may increase military tension on the ground . |
| 9 | This amazing posture displays its markings even more conspicuously and in this position it may advance several feet towards the attacker . |
| 10 | If a factory in the developing world releases traces of carcinogens into the sea it may face immediate credit problems , even if the carcinogenic substances are swamped by natural carcinogens such as methyl iodide , that come from seaweed in quite disturbing quantities . |
| 11 | Used as an utterance in context it may have many meanings , which , although they are connected to this context-free sentence meaning , may be extremely varied . |
| 12 | This range expresses the resourcefulness and imagination of user education librarians , but at the same time it may express some uncertainty with orientation techniques and , indeed , library orientation itself . |
| 13 | It only has the force of a recommended practice whereas I believe it should have the full force of a standard , but at least it is there and perhaps in the fullness of time it may attain higher status . |