Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] may [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this had been the case I may possibly have been offered some cosmetic surgery , but this wo n't happen because it 's a natural part of pregnancy . |
| 2 | This sort of personal experience adds a potent deterrent effect to more objective considerations which may already be swaying lenders against a particular group or class of potential customers . |
| 3 | Even though the individual shopper will often find some functional justification for his or her particular choice , as being especially practical , other reasons , some of which will be analysed in later chapters , may be adduced , relating to social rather than functional considerations which may more convincingly account for the majority of purchases . |
| 4 | Politically the post-1945 world has not been unified , but bi- polar , and organised round two superpowers which may just be describable as jumbo-sized nations , but certainly not as parts of an international state system of the 19th-century or pre-1939 type . |
| 5 | The hippocampus receives a large cholinergic innervation which may also play a role because LTP can be enhanced by the cholinesterase inhibitor physostigmine but is reduced by the anticholinergic agent scopolamine . |
| 6 | We would suggest that in neuropathic pseudoobstruction it is more likely that the tachygastria is induced by loss of intrinsic inhibitory innervation which may normally modify the frequency of polarisation of the plasmalemmal membrane of the gastric smooth muscle cells . |
| 7 | You worry in the here and now about things in the future which may never happen . |
| 8 | The need to survive is , after all , the most basic instinct we have , and it is necessary to use one 's powers of intuition to detect the change of mind which may well accompany the facing of possible extinction . |
| 9 | In the first part of the chapter I shall look at some of the similarities which characterize both policies and then turn to some of the contradictions which may well result in significant problems for both of the initiatives . |
| 10 | Hypotheses , then , help us to refine theory by bringing more details into consideration in areas of research which may previously have only been explored in a rather sketchy way . |
| 11 | The infant formula brouhaha created a monster which may yet check and balance the dread corporation : the multinational pressure group . |
| 12 | In schools which may outwardly appear formal , children may be following a curriculum in which traditional academic studies are encouraged , but are integrated under a ‘ topic ’ or ‘ project ’ umbrella . |
| 13 | Biochemical aspects which may also be important include further elucidation of the metabolism of HDL and its subfractions , the apoprotein B composition and its effect on LDL metabolism , and the interrelationships of serum lipids with other factors , for example , platelet function . |
| 14 | While there can be no objection in principle to allowing foreigners access to the English courts , it is doubtful whether they should be permitted to recover damages for defamatory words which may freely circulate in the country where the plaintiff 's reputation would be most affected . |
| 15 | Making a video record of the drive both makes it possible to check the accuracy of memories and to record driving variables which may also be related to memory . |
| 16 | Lewis fuses a blend of soul , jazz and rock to haunting effect which may well make him the hottest new talent since Seal . |
| 17 | This would be mediated via cytoskeletal proteins which may then influence nuclear and cytoplasmic events by as yet undetermined mechanisms such as changes in nuclear and cytoplasmic pores or direct interaction with nuclear matrix . |
| 18 | The pieces of DNA transduced by bacteriophages may carry one or two whole genes , but they are often smaller fragments which may nevertheless modify genes already present in the recipient . |
| 19 | But for all that and all that there have been some interesting stirrings in the undergrowth which may well have the effect of concentrating the minds of the opposition party leaders . |
| 20 | The value of reports on one or two skeletons is not to serve as the basis of any theory of morphological relationships , but to provide standardized data which may eventually be built into a general picture of population at one period or through time . |
| 21 | As well as simplifying the relations , normalisation also reduces anomalies which may otherwise occur when manipulating the relations in a relational database . |
| 22 | The toddler age group is particularly prone to this type of behaviour problem and parents may seek help from GPs and paediatricians who may just say that the child will grow out of it ( Christopherson 1986 ) . |
| 23 | when you start learning a language you are constantly collecting new words , so even if you have a computer and intend to use it for producing a dictionary you may still wish to have your vocabulary in a more accessible form than on a computer disk , at least for the first few months . |
| 24 | When removed from the toy-town world of textbooks , information about investment and calculations based on an understanding of interest rates can be illuminating for the young mathematician who may also be studying geography , business studies or economics at school . |
| 25 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 26 | Despite the slow non-aggresive course of gastric lymphoma , these patients behave as immunocompromised subjects who may eventually develop immunodeficiency-related secondary neoplasias . |
| 27 | As early as 1707 Hugh , first Earl of Cholmondeley [ q.v. ] , was advised by a surveyor in London that the Smiths did a ‘ great deal of busness in the Contry and they have done a great deal of work thearabout & in Warwick you may easy hear of them ’ ; and when in the 1730s Sarah , Duchess of Marlborough [ q.v. ] , was building a house as far away as Wimbledon , Surrey , she stipulated that ‘ Mr. Smith of Warwickshire the Builder may be employed to make Contracts and to Measure the Work and to doe every thing in his Way that is necessary to Compleat the Work as far as the Distance he is at will give him leave to do . ’ |
| 28 | Then encourage the others to do the same ; in most two-storey homes you may well be able to catch ‘ suspended ’ children in your arms . |
| 29 | However , it is generally assumed that rug-weaving was brought into China , probably from Turkestan or Mongolia , some time before the reign of Emperor K'ang Hsi ( 1661–1722 ) , a noted patron of the arts who may well have encouraged its assimilation into Chinese artistic life . |
| 30 | So next time a lazy Sunday rolls around and you ca n't face the performance of getting together a roast , try a vegetable alternative you may even convert grandma ! |