Example sentences of "this may [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a fragment is stuck badly , a solvent should be used to loosen it again , but it is advisable not to use force for this may result in fresh breaks . |
| 2 | That this may lead to strange results can be illustrated as follows . |
| 3 | This may lead to huge bonuses being paid to the manager . |
| 4 | This may lead to catastrophic results in a few cases of late syphilis when the cardiovascular or nervous systems are involved . |
| 5 | For the project this may lead to suboptimal results and for the engineer to suboptimal progress in the company . |
| 6 | Computer technology spreads into all sorts of other technologies and this may lead to patentable inventions , even though the computer technology itself is not new , if the application of the technology is new . |
| 7 | This may range from small areas of earthworks within or at one end of a settlement , to large areas of earthworks with only a few farms and cottages in use today . |
| 8 | This may come from existing reserves , bank facilities , a rights issue or a cash underwritten alternative . |
| 9 | This may occur for various reasons ; the suspect may have died or be below the age of criminal responsibility , the victim may not wish to press charges or a witness may be unwilling , or unable , to give evidence or a person already in detention after conviction admits to further offences . |
| 10 | Speeds of 8 km/h ( 5 mile/h ) with waves 3 m ( lo ft ) high are normal , while speeds of double this may occur in severe storms . |
| 11 | Ridd ( 1973 ) showed from evidence obtained by surface mapping and shallow drilling that in the Poxwell anticline in Dorset the surface structure was offset to the north by accommodation in the incompetent Upper Jurassic clays ; this may apply to other examples . |
| 12 | This has been the most fastest growing part of the holiday taking in this country over the past two or three years and I 'm hoping it will continue and so does our industry — in other words the hotels and accommodation , the tourist attractions — all are hoping , you know , that people are going to continue to do this erm and I think this may apply to certain sectors of the community erm and we just hope that that will grow . |
| 13 | However heartless and unfair this may seem to human eyes , the end result is more likely to achieve the parent owl 's purpose of successfully launching a new generation . |