Example sentences of "and may [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This applies especially with larger breeds , such as the Great Dane , because they will grow up rapidly , and may bowl over young children . |
| 2 | Recent studies have shown that rapid molecular events occur in the spinal cord after noxious peripheral stimulation and may explain why pre-emptive analgesia is often difficult to show . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The infection is usually blood-borne and may infect almost any organ in the body . |
| 5 | The inclusion of the full range of work with old people would reduce uncertainties about the equivalence of the client samples , and may reveal more marked differences of social work approach . |
| 6 | However , such arguments will be more successful in a hearing before the European Commission on Human Rights ( and not only because of the European Convention ) , and may provoke even greater interest amongst academic lawyers attempting to overcome the limitations of the dominant positivist approach to legal problems , and amongst the wider non-legal public . |
| 7 | If the dice roll is 2 or more the unit passes the test and may fight normally this turn . |
| 8 | RULES OF ENTRY : Applicants should be 18 years old or over and may submit only one entry . |
| 9 | RULES OF ENTRY : Entrants must be 18 years or over and may submit only one entry . |
| 10 | It is generally longer for a first baby and may take around 1620 hours . |
| 11 | The parties to the proceedings may claim to be unaware of this wider dimension , and may challenge any third party procedural claims . |
| 12 | Other ways in which outcrossing may result include the consequences of the aggressive behaviour of some of the pollinating bees , which may force other pollinators to withdraw from a particular tree and seek another , though short-distance pollinators are often territorial and may see off new arrivals , thus reducing crossing . |