Example sentences of "[noun sg] may [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the disappearance of the archedictyon , or of an individual vein , the macrotrichia may persist on the wing-membrane in their original positions ; their presence there is regarded by Tillyard as evidence of descent from more densely veined ancestors . |
| 2 | Certainly the number of offspring that a male may sire as a result of reciprocating coalitions will be greater than if he did not participate , while his lifespan is probably only slightly affected by such activity . |
| 3 | Similarly , a male may crouch like a female and perform pseudo-female behaviour , being mounted by another tom . |
| 4 | But there is a way through and in spite of how the sufferer may feel at the time , there will be a return to normality . |
| 5 | difficulties that the primary sufferer may have in concentration id in accuracy of memory . |
| 6 | Another sort of foreign or peripheral experience may exist for British writers even within London itself . |
| 7 | It may be the quickest , cheapest and safest way demonstrating a dynamic process in the class or laboratory However , there is a danger that the real life experience may replaced by the quick and easy screen image . |
| 8 | Jack Cowan , working at the California Institute of Technology , Pasadena , California , thinks that at least part of the hallucinogenic experience may result from an instability of neural activity in the visual cortex . |
| 9 | But they are concerned about the psychological effect the experience may have on the girls . |
| 10 | Just as an animal without previous experience may respond to a complex stimulus , so it may produce a complex set of movements in response to a stimulus . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , the disruptive effects of damage may spread to other structures intimately linked to Broca 's area . |
| 12 | If , however , the requirements are not well defined or the system design is not capable of meeting all the requirements , then much unnecessary fire , smoke and water damage may occur through the system failing to control the fire quickly . |
| 13 | The possibility that some neurological damage may occur before delivery and be more pronounced in infants with classic than atypical disease ( and therefore be associated with rather than caused by worse phenylalanine control ) can not be completely discounted . |
| 14 | Fetal ultrasound studies suggest that this damage may occur in utero . |
| 15 | Both these factors may apply , but the sequence of learning may also be the result of choices for whatever reason , which those formulating and operating the curriculum may recommend in the light of teaching experience . |
| 16 | some residual contamination may remain in the soil owing to concentrations which do not induce microbial degradation ; |
| 17 | Standards may well rise from 1990 , but the rise may stem from the National Curriculum , testing , parental choice , opting out , or other factors which have nothing to do with the ERA . |
| 18 | In the case of cream cheese fillings for pies and flans , the risk is that the moisture may sink into the pastry , making it soggy . |
| 19 | So , in effect , such accusations of mystical malevolence may help to ‘ blast away ’ redundant or obsolete links in the social structure of a community , thus paving the way for healthy new growth . |
| 20 | The death certificate may need to be collected from the hospital , the death must be registered , friends and relatives must be informed and the funeral arranged . |
| 21 | For example , in credit transfer a certificate may need to be supported by a portfolio of evidence , while in APL some certification may be produced to support the portfolio . |
| 22 | It also lists the various access rights which a user may have to a module . |
| 23 | The following lists the various access rights which a user may have to a module : |
| 24 | For example , the foot may slip between mat modules or , because of excessive friction , the foot may not turn as it should , resulting in a twisting stress . |
| 25 | Any one instance may lie in several clusters . |
| 26 | In part this difficulty may stem from the uncertain legal nature of the action for breach of confidence . |
| 27 | A difficulty may occur in the interpretation of metabolite concentrations and pain response . |
| 28 | ‘ Our concept is that although the building may need to be upgraded and restored , the inside is the most important factor . |
| 29 | Having established the presence of money as pure symbol and medium of abstract and relational thought , Simmel goes on to address several major features of such a state and to show how money may stand as the quintessence of each . |
| 30 | It is only later that the effect of this spending becomes apparent and more money may have to be spent to reach an effect that is desired . |