Example sentences of "[noun sg] it may [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if an application is made to patent a computer-controlled furnace it may well succeed and be granted a patent . |
| 2 | ‘ Childcare is increasingly becoming a necessity and not the optional extra or luxury it may once have been considered , ’ said Coun Frank Robson , chairman of the council 's personnel sub-committee . |
| 3 | Even if the bidder does have sufficient authorised but unissued share capital and a directors ' authority to effect the bid it may nevertheless wish to pass the appropriate resolutions replacing the share capital and authority used in implementing the takeover . |
| 4 | Unlike the previous deals involving the Scottish life industry , this one will not involve a straightforward demutualisation and takeover — although in practice it may well amount to a ‘ creeping takeover ’ . |
| 5 | Having decided to invest in new and expensive equipment it may then be appropriate to market actively for more work in a particular field in order to maximise the use of the equipment and enable more staff to become proficient in its use . |
| 6 | If you care for a relative or close friend on a long-term basis and feel unable to return to full-time work it may still be possible to make alternative arrangements in order to work for one or more days or nights a week . |
| 7 | However , even if the bureau has the typeface it may well not appear on the output due to the vagaries of Apple 's font numbering system . |
| 8 | If your house was built before the Second World War it may still have lead piping . |
| 9 | Mr Sheffield said as Mr Elderfield was not complying with his medication it may well be that he had some form of epileptic fit but it could not be said with complete confidence . |
| 10 | They came to the conclusion that trusts offered a significant advantage only in their Republican days ; in that period it may well be that peregrines and other disadvantaged classes made good use of them . |
| 11 | It may be months or years before his work today makes an impact : in the case of a project failure it may never do so . |
| 12 | If you are getting a ‘ low light ’ warning in the viewfinder , take a careful look at the picture before giving up on the shot ; if the light is only marginally below par it may still be worth taking despite the warning . |
| 13 | Indeed , for the first time computerization of a business it may well represent a better bet than the over-featured products such as Framework and Symphony . |
| 14 | ( e ) Limited contracting-out It may still be possible to contract out of the implied obligations owed under supply contracts . |
| 15 | Thus , in the National Health Service it may well be the consultants that always seem to get their own way and the nurses rarely so . |
| 16 | In the civil service it may well be the small number of Permanent Secretaries heading government departments that make decisions . |
| 17 | In the case of the ‘ ordinary ’ person it may just be pleasant to record what has happened each day so that one can at some time in the future spend a nostalgic hour looking back on times past . |
| 18 | When it strikes the surface it may either rebound , thus repeating its motion , or it may start saltation in another sand grain by impact . |
| 19 | That , too , may have been reactive to Modernism and Bloomsbury , which were certainly coteries , though in a land traditionally sceptical of manifestoes and cynical about self-advertisement it may as easily have been the reassertion of an ancient mistrust . |
| 20 | When asked if it was the Ministry 's intention to sell the aircraft in an airworthy condition , the spokesman explained that the aircraft was airworthy , but felt there was a good chance it may well go to a museum who would want to road the airframe away . |
| 21 | As I think you will agree when you have looked at all the evidence it may well not have been quite so simple in this case to determine what was the best for the girl , as we , looking back on events from this point in time , may think . |
| 22 | Where government withdraws or reduces its direct contribution to welfare it may still make an indirect contribution if the social security system subsidizes private provision , or it may have to acquire a new range of regulatory concerns about the quality of private services , or it may face increased problems in the other areas of concern because of the new pressures placed upon individuals and families . |
| 23 | If any relationship did exist between recall and previous knowledge it may simply have been obscured by the binary nature of scoring junctions as either known or not known and the fact that most of the subjects actually knew most of the junctions previously . |
| 24 | Within a longer time frame it may also become more apparent what is likely to be the impact of the Community Care Reforms on the more general features of social work itself . |
| 25 | To facilitate easier access it may also be necessary to add other pointers ( Figure 5.10 ) , such as a pointer to the beginning of the list or to the previous record as well as the next one . |
| 26 | with the baby it may just be possible to trick him two more times . " |
| 27 | Even at an early stage in the enquiry it may well be possible to decide what actual classifications will be used for these data . |
| 28 | With Summer 's Last Will it may simply be , as Christopher Palmer suggests in his notes , that its moment , its ‘ right time ’ , has come at last . |
| 29 | In local government it may well be a small group of chief officers and committee chairpersons that control decisions . |
| 30 | Although it could be assumed by some that this is a development towards a more specialized and fragmented approach it may alternatively be a foundation for a more unified approach and one which accommodates the necessity to combine understanding at the microphysiology and biochemistry ( realist ? ) level with that at the biome level which had traditionally been approached more in functional terms . |