Example sentences of "[noun sg] may [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or the text may consist of connected prose passages , items of information about some aspect of British life , letters , newspaper articles and so on . |
| 2 | In fact , support may consist of saying ‘ I leave you to work out an answer to that problem ’ . |
| 3 | The notion of freedom may permit of degrees therefore ; whereas right is a right or it is nothing . |
| 4 | Second , the benefit may consist of the enjoyment by the employee of services or facilities which it is part of the employer 's business to sell to the public , for example concessionary travel for railway or airline employees or concessionary education for the children of schoolteachers ( ‘ in-house benefits ’ ) . |
| 5 | 2.15 Section 3 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 amended the 1976 Act so as to insert a new s1A , which provides that an action under the Act may consist of or include a claim for damages for bereavement in the case of causes of action accruing after 1 January 1983 . |
| 6 | I think he allows her considerable freedom over her — her weakness , you know , and so she is quite content to work for him whatever the village may say of him , and they do , to be sure , say some very foolish things . |
| 7 | Each specific protein has its own particular sequence of amino acids and a singular protein molecule may consist of dozens , hundreds or even thousands of these amino acid units . |
| 8 | For the purposes of analysing intonation , a unit generally greater in size than the syllable is needed , and this unit is called the tone-unit ; in its smallest form the tone-unit may consist of only one syllable , so it would in fact be wrong to say that it is always composed of more than one syllable . |
| 9 | Cleaning may consist of a quick dust or ‘ whip round ’ for the harassed housewife , and to some eyes at least it will still look as though the house has been cleaned — hence the expression ‘ eye service ’ ( 'I 've just given the house eye service today' ) . |
| 10 | Some evidence may consist of tightly controlled laboratory experiments on motivational systems or genetics . |
| 11 | The signature may consist of initials . |
| 12 | The page may consist of text , images , or a mixture of both . |
| 13 | In such a case , the pedagogical grammar may consist of little more than exercises and model conversations , without translations of the phrases taught , etc . |
| 14 | While clearly relevant to interpreting activities , this approach may seem of limited applicability in translation since it appears to rely heavily on phonological evidence . |
| 15 | In simple cases , this hierarchy may consist of two layers . |
| 16 | The active volcanic belt may consist of a single chain of volcanoes or form a broad belt up to 150 km in width . |
| 17 | The audience may consist of non-lawyers , who , of course , come simply to be entertained . |
| 18 | A cohort may consist of all persons born in the same year ( a birth cohort or generation ) ; but all women married in a particular year or a random sample of all cancer sufferers diagnosed in a certain month are equally valid examples of cohorts . |
| 19 | A phase may consist of two or more substances . |
| 20 | In other words , Firbas , like Halliday , acknowledges that a unit of information may consist of a given plus new element , or of just a new element . |
| 21 | Because it was felt necessary to deal with the uncertainties that this would create for those acquiring the interest of a chargee of a company 's assets , and also to enhance the transferability of charges created by companies , section 406 provides that a chargee in exercising a power of sale may dispose of property freed of any interest which has arisen because the charge has become void against an administrator , a liquidator or a person who has acquired an interest in it . |
| 22 | It is hoped that achieving greater understanding of people 's ideas on food and health may prove of practical use in seeking to improve diet , as well as refining anthropological methodology and theory in the area of food and diet . |
| 23 | In these circumstances , the larger company may dispose of its shares in the market or , possibly , arrange for them to be cancelled either by a reduction of capital or a purchase of own shares . |
| 24 | A chemical system may consist of atoms , molecules and ions or any combination of these . |
| 25 | WHATEVER the British public may think of Buzby , British Telecom 's avian advertising mascot , some of our more natural bird species are clearly impressed . |
| 26 | Thus , the pair of chromosomes in the new individual may consist of two X chromosomes , one from each parent , in which case the new life will be female . |
| 27 | As each element may consist of one or more of the elements of the line below , it is possible for a sentence to consist of a single clause which consists of a single phrase which consists of a single word . |
| 28 | These Heads of Agreement may consist of one of more copies hereof signed by or on behalf of one or more of the parties hereto . |
| 29 | Second , even if nuclear families do inhabit separate houses , they may be part of a joint family : ‘ A joint family may consist of several branches living as separate households in different residences but pooling their incomes , all the major decisions relating to finance , ceremony performances and marriages , etc. being taken jointly ’ ( Anwar , 1979 , p. 55 ) . |
| 30 | The ZNF gene family may consist of several hundred members in the human genome ( 8,9 ) , and includes examples which have been implicated in the control of cell growth and differentiation ( 10,11 ) . |