Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [conj] the [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Chernenko 's departure from the scene , it may appear that the immobilistes have lost their final defence . |
| 2 | However , delays may occur if the authorities have failed to make contingency plans to meet the change in circumstances , and consequently prolonged discussion may be necessary before a decision is made to use particular instruments in a certain way . |
| 3 | It will not be enough to define a term as a " condition " or " warranty " , for a court may decide that the parties did not intend any breach of a term labelled a " condition " to give rise to a right to withdraw , and thus disregard the label given to the term by the parties ( Schuler AG v Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd [ 1974 ] AC 235 ) . |
| 4 | First , different description types ( noun/name ) may suggest that the individuals depicted in the descriptions concerned are to be contrasted . |
| 5 | If we imagine the knight of Richard 's time riding into battle with a padded gambeson ( quilted body-armour ) , chain mail shirt and hose , topped by the huge helm , and swinging a heavy longsword — all in the blistering heat of the desert and against a much lighter-clad adversary — we may wonder that the crusaders managed to win any battles . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm scared of what may happen when the children go back . |
| 7 | Subsection ( 2 ) shows that the relevant information has to be intellectual property in order that section 72 may apply and the plaintiffs submitted that the relevant information here is ‘ commercial information ’ within the meaning of subsection ( 5 ) . |
| 8 | The fact that the Ward documents may contain the identity of sources may indicate that the informants had already been compromised and were no longer active by 1984 , when the latter of the two memoranda was apparently written . |
| 9 | There is also consumer resistance to products that do not have an immediate effect on the pest populations several days may pass before the bacteria have a noticeable effect on the pest . |
| 10 | The treaty language may reveal whether the parties shared such intentions . |
| 11 | Employers , for example , may complain that young people can not convert from fractions to decimals , while teachers may question whether the operations tested are essential for the job or in tune with current educational thinking . |
| 12 | " We may regret that the Commissioners did not pursue a more spirited foreign policy and visit the United States of America , where , beyond a doubt , they would have seen results which would have qualified their condemnation of the combined system . |
| 13 | In either case , the court may declare that the accounts do not comply and may order the directors to prepare revised accounts . |
| 14 | Alternatively , the purchaser may accept that the vendors have limited joint and several liability in that it can only recover limited accounts from each vendor . |
| 15 | You may find that the pieces do not quite fit together perfectly , this is because large areas of metal sometimes warp very slightly in the casting process . |
| 16 | However , as building societies enter the area of unsecured lending , they may find that the banks have the advantage of greater expertise . |