Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [conj] may [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the long-term use of information resources by individuals beyond the corporation is included as a benefit at all , it is unlikely to be a major priority for funding and may even be viewed with caution . |
| 2 | This accounts for the fact that on cloudy nights , when there are no stars to be seen , they tend to wander off course and may even get completely lost . |
| 3 | Section 2 is for assessment and may more frequently be expected where an individual had no previous psychiatric history . |
| 4 | Richard Armstrong 's documentary adventures , exciting and authentic as they are , have a strain of sententious comment which deadens the flow of narrative and may even set up a certain resistance on the reader 's part . |
| 5 | Dr David Horrobin , whose Efamol company specialises in evening primrose oil , says this natural product is approved by the National Health Service for the treatment of breast pain and certain forms of eczema and may soon be used as a way of preventing diabetics going blind or suffering from kidney disorders . |
| 6 | This is , for example , stated negatively in Romer J 's dictum in Re City Equitable Fire Insurance Co Ltd to the effect that a director need not ‘ exhibit in the performance of his duties a greater degree of skill than may reasonably be expected from a person of his knowledge and experience . |
| 7 | Beyond this the practical stress of sanctions is seen as unhelpful in the development and maintenance of law , since the person who is threatened is not only psychologically less open to accepting the ethical demands of law but may indeed by virtue of the threat be under a reduced ethical obligation to conform to the sanctioned law . |
| 8 | The words themselves , being less ’ everyday ’ , are less likely to have widely accepted definitions or stereotypical patterns of usage that may then be quoted as examples in their dictionary definition . |
| 9 | Some parents have inappropriate expectations for their child 's level of development and may just require some help in understanding and acknowledging what their child is able to do and how appropriate this is for their age . |
| 10 | Now it 's uncertain as to when or if Robin Pask will stand trial , The judge Mr Justice Swinton-Thomas ordered that Pask be admitted to a hospital under the mental health Act , but Leeds Crown Court heard that he was obsessed with thoughts of suicide and may never be well enough to return to the dock . |
| 11 | The 1989 Survey revealed that many people are aware of other sources of advice and may well pursue them . |
| 12 | Traditional rape laws , therefore , also involve some sort of gradation and may well encourage plea-bargaining . |
| 13 | Furthermore , it could just be that his union might contain diverse political factions within it which , thanks to years of forced and unenforced apartheid , have come to permeate every fabric of society and may well have forced SARU into an on-going powerplay with SARB . |
| 14 | No pressure group can wait around forever for a change of government that may never come . |
| 15 | It 's a fact of life and may well have triggered this particular incident . |
| 16 | Factorial treatment structure brings considerable advantages of interpretation but may also require over-large blocks so that confounding becomes necessary . |
| 17 | Where Musgrove and John Hopkins , who put it all together , got lucky was that they chronicled a period of success that may never have been equalled , let alone exceeded , by any British golfer . |
| 18 | Remember that for young people just beginning work and women returning to paid employment , activities outside work can be a useful indicator of potential and may even contribute to greater working skills . |
| 19 | The object name , its identification number , and its location are the very minimum categories of information that may usefully be called an inventory . |
| 20 | The most conspicuous of the persistent appendages are the cerci of the 11th segment , which exhibit wide diversity of form and may even be transformed into forceps , as in the Japygidae and the earwigs . |
| 21 | Unaware of how common this outburst of activity really is among housebound cats , they interpret it as some sort of abnormality and may even call in the vet to examine the animal . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend the Member for Wakefield raised such criticisms in Committee and may well do so again later . |
| 23 | This is not to argue that these practices should not be abhorred and punished by society but it is to say that the underlying tendency may be addictive in nature and may therefore require the specific treatment appropriate for any addictive disease . |
| 24 | The law requires that an adult patient who is mentally and physically capable of exercising a choice must consent if medical treatment of him is to be lawful , although the consent need not be in writing and may sometimes be inferred from the patient 's conduct in the context of the surrounding circumstances . |
| 25 | Occasionally , syncopal episodes decrease in frequency and may even disappear with increasing age . |
| 26 | Consequently the chapter is for the benefit of those with a critical interest in homoeopathy and may conveniently be glossed over by those with a less scientific turn of mind . |
| 27 | Those who contest authority may be genuinely unable to ‘ cope ’ in school and may therefore need alternative provision . |
| 28 | Further , a family member may find it difficult to " let go " of the primary sufferer while he or she is in treatment and may still want to find out everything that goes on in a treatment centre on a day-to-day basis and there by continue to " fix " by proxy . |
| 29 | It is clear that some elderly patients can benefit from surgery that may previously have been denied on the grounds of age alone . |
| 30 | They certainly differ in density and may also differ in other respects such as entropy . |