Example sentences of "[noun sg] and may [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professional : The family member may give progressively less attention to his or her own work because of the problems at home and may even change employment in order to have more time or opportunity to supervise the worsening chaos at home . |
| 2 | Either a whole form is completed by a single coder who then has an overall picture of the response and may thus spot inconsistencies , or each coder concentrates on all responses to a particular question , thus developing considerable skill at that particular task . |
| 3 | And Oxford fans will be taking heart that the side 's enjoying a good run at the moment and may yet avoid relegation . |
| 4 | The findings support other evidence of the importance of doctors ' attitudes towards helping patients to achieve good glycaemic control and that skilled strategies to support dietary change can make an appreciable contribution to glycaemic control and may even affect survival . |
| 5 | This greatly impairs proper business planning and may well paralyse investment by the tenant in the property . |
| 6 | Our visitors today , Botham Wanderers , are without a win so far this season and may possibly face liquidation before its end . |
| 7 | Although highly effective for rapid rehydration when given by mouth , standard glucose electrolyte ORS do not reduce the volume or duration of the diarrhoea and may actually increase stool volumes . |
| 8 | Traditional rape laws , therefore , also involve some sort of gradation and may well encourage plea-bargaining . |
| 9 | Indeed , it is perhaps not overly optimistic to think that the view of the relation between an event and its support put forward here may be applicable , mutatis mutandis , to the -ing form and may even throw light on the vexed question of gerund vs participle . |
| 10 | The effect of trees on foundation design was discussed earlier but a physical inspection of the site should include the location of all major trees , particularly where they are required to be retained under a tree preservation order and may therefore affect layout and density . |
| 11 | Unfortunately the conscientious student who reads the official reports will find no mention either of the Hotspur or of the Félicité and may naturally experience doubts as to whether there ever was a Captain Hornblower , but if he once accepts Hornblower 's existence he may at least agree that Hornblower 's action in this case displayed remarkable self-denial as well as the clarity of vision worthy of a hero of fiction . |