Example sentences of "[pron] may [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them may involve social policies ; others may involve environmental policies on which we shall have to give ground during the next 10 , 15 or 20 years . |
| 2 | The three quarks inside a proton normally do not have enough energy to change into antielectrons , but very occasionally one of them may acquire sufficient energy to make the transition because the uncertainty principle means that the energy of the quarks inside the proton can not be fixed exactly . |
| 3 | Despite the fact that neither the Model Code nor the Take-over Code have the force of law , they do represent important statements of commercial morality and at times breach of them may have legal consequences . |
| 4 | I may feel guilty because my father died young , because I masturbate , because I earn too little or too much , because I have wind . |
| 5 | Your Royal Highness , Mr Chairman , Commodores , Ladies and Gentlemen , I am not absolutely sure whether this microphone system will work if I stand what I do know is , however , that I would be a larger target for you and under the circumstance I will , if I may remain seated . |
| 6 | I may prove useful . |
| 7 | I 'm not , I may look daft . |
| 8 | I may have other problems one of these days , but overweight is never again going to be one of them ’ … |
| 9 | Hence , I may have great difficulty in answering a relatively simple question like ‘ Why do you put so much energy into your career ? ’ and I would have even more difficulty in deciding how much energy 1 should put into my career and how much into my family . |
| 10 | ‘ Thee I invoke , oh our Emperor , ’ he prayed , the formula glowing neon in his mind 's eye , ‘ that thou wilt infuse these cards this hour ; that thereby I may obtain true insight of things hidden , to thy glory and to the salvation of humanity — ’ |
| 11 | Indeed , the more they play the more I may say drugged you become with the sound and the beating of it until you have to prevent yourself swaying around with the natives . |
| 12 | Stainless steel cleaners : Many products so described are polishes or include substances which may leave undesirable residues on food contact surfaces . |
| 13 | We will try and take we will er as usual send young children definitely under the age of sixteen into shops to see if people will sell fireworks to them and if they do then er we will take the appropriate action which may mean criminal proceedings . |
| 14 | Erm , if we are asking Mr to look at the long-term viability and the ways of preserving that , those options may be other than option one which was what you moved , and I think it 's rather premature to actually go down a road that says we preserve it in it 's present form with some disposals , when , we are asking for a report for it 's future viability , which may mean complete disposal , or may not , and I think , that , that 's why I 've seconded Mr 's amendment , because it 's right we should wait for that that report to come to property , know the full facts , and then we can make a decision as to which option we want for the County Farms estate . |
| 15 | There may also be short-cuts that the machinist could take in doing the work which may mean slight deviations from the specification in the drawing . |
| 16 | Moreover , frameworks are being sought which may open new doors . |
| 17 | A system of managed floating enables exchange rates to be determined essentially by private market forces , but governments intervene in the foreign exchange markets to try and moderate any short-term fluctuations which may arise due to destabilizing capital flows or other factors . |
| 18 | This is due probably to the fact that people suffering from aphasia are more likely to come to the attention of a neurologist than individuals suffering from certain kinds of right hemisphere damage which may pass unnoticed by the individual himself such that he does not seek medical attention or is not referred for neurological investigation . |
| 19 | Any dangerous elements in large halls and playgrounds should be pointed out , as should the changing effect of shadows which may create false edges and hide certain landmarks . |
| 20 | Less work has been carried out on copper , but the little that has ( e.g. Manser 1977 , pp. 22–3 ) indicates a very wide range of composition , matched by the range found in Roman copper alloys which may suggest extensive use of scrap such as that found in bags accompanying skeletons ( Myres 1978 ) . |
| 21 | This study also confirms the presence of low serum IGF-I concentrations in children with Crohn 's disease , which may reflect depressed energy intake . |
| 22 | This form of communication must not , however , be equated with the formal , structured monologue which may reflect classical Greek influence rather than the Judaic-Christian tradition . |
| 23 | The main side-effects of zidovudine are related to toxicity to bone marrow ( which makes blood cells ) , which may necessitate regular blood transfusions , reducing the dose or even stopping the drug . |
| 24 | As a contributor to a recent survey on ‘ comparability in social research ’ , published under the auspices of the British Social Science Research Council , sagely observes : ‘ a great deal can go wrong at the recording stage which may make subsequent analysis difficult or even impossible ’ . |
| 25 | Within the first class of évenements , for example , are the brief spans of individual lives ; within the second are economic trends and cycles lasting several generations ; and in the third , the longue durée , are factors such as population size which may remain unchanged over long periods . |
| 26 | The conduct of a professional person towards a client , or an employer towards a worker , are also matters which may attract legitimate public interest . |
| 27 | A related problem involves the environmental impact of onshore oil and gas extraction , an issue which may achieve added prominence with the discovery of significant reserves in some of the most beautiful parts of southern England . |
| 28 | These include an effect on gastric emptying and intestinal transit time , the reduction of intraluminal pressure and colonic faecal transit , all of which may alter central blood pressure regulation via afferent nerves from the gastrointestinal tract ( Anderson , 1981 ) . |
| 29 | Regulation of pH i is of major importance to cell homeostasis because many physiological phenomena are pH dependent ; diverse examples include the rate of glycolysis , the level of intracellular calcium , and plasma membrane K + permeability which may regulate intracellular electrical potential . |
| 30 | Thus , while the principal economic function of state enterprises is usually quite well-defined and stable over time , they also perform many other economic functions which may place complex and often contradictory demands on them . |