Example sentences of "[conj] the [adj] may [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prognathous condition often involves an inclination of the occipital foramen or the latter may retain its transverse position owing to an elongation of the ventral region of the head . |
| 2 | Whole families of small mammals may die in their nest if buried by some natural process such as a landslide , or the young may die if the adults are killed before their offspring can fend for themselves . |
| 3 | It should be noted that ( a ) where the accused 's behaviour falls within s.2(1) , Ghosh is irrelevant : Wootton , above ; ( b ) that the accused may act dishonestly even though he did something which the civil law allows him to do , such as retain the overpayment of a bet ( Gilks [ 1972 ] 1 WLR 1341 ) ; and ( c ) that as a result of Lawrence v DPP , above , a person may be dishonest despite the fact that the owner has consented to the appropriation . |
| 4 | The privilege would not stretch to reports of fresh statements made by speakers after the protected meeting has been closed , although it has been held that it does extend far enough to allow those who have spoken in the course of the meeting to repeat their privileged statements to reporters afterwards so that the latter may check the accuracy of their notes . |
| 5 | The same is true of one who delivers articles to another in order that the latter may bestow his labour upon them . |
| 6 | The interpretation put on these results was that the latter may have an optimum level which facilitates creativeness ; though beyond that point — as seen in the seriously psychotic — it may hamper creativity . |
| 7 | The biographer of T. S. Eliot , who was himself to speak of the ‘ dark ’ experience , of the ‘ rude unknown psychic material ’ , incorporated in his poem The Waste Land , can be seen in Hawksmoor to contribute to the tradition of romantic fabulation which began with the Gothic novel — a tradition in which darkness is privileged , in which a paranoid distrust is evident , in which can be read the evergreen message that the deprived may turn out to be depraved , and in which there can be two of someone . |
| 8 | While discussing the Chinese search for the elixir of life , for example , we are taken in detail through the notion that the Chinese may have obtained the ideas from the Vedic culture . |
| 9 | 6 Light Full right of liberty at any time after the date of this Lease to alter or to erect new structures within or adjoining the Centre ( such expression here excluding the Premises ) in such manner as the Landlord shall think fit notwithstanding the fact that the same may obstruct affect or interfere with the amenity of or access to the Premises or the passage of light and air to the Premises It may be as well to include the words in parenthesis to remove any suggestion that the landlord may have the right to alter the premises . |
| 10 | In the odd invertebrate there is monogamy but no ordinary parental care : the limnorid isopods that bore into shipwood live in pairs , but the young look after themselves ; likewise , some wood-boring scolytid beetles live in pairs but have no parental care in the ordinary sense of the word — although the young may benefit from the proximity of their parents . |
| 11 | Or you can install a wooden framework , and cover it with plasterboard , chipboard or hardboard ( although the latter may buckle if it is not well supported ) . |
| 12 | Neither approach seems entirely satisfactory , although the latter may have the advantage of facilitating a simple architecture , with a uni-directional flow of information from the bottom upwards . |
| 13 | Some authors have suggested that PGE 2 synthesis is increased in patients with gastric ulcers , and others have found no differences or depressed synthesis , although the last may reflect occult aspirin or NSAID consumption . |
| 14 | Although the French may have persuaded themselves that they were moving as fast as they could towards the ‘ perfection ’ of Vietnamese independence , it was perhaps indulgent of Acheson to have allowed himself to be persuaded as well . |
| 15 | The bland and the placid may seem to sail through life but they are either living a superficial existence or else , like the rest of us , they experience the long shadow of despair . |
| 16 | The over-protected , the abused , the under-encouraged , and the forced may have difficulty in giving full attention , even in relaxing into the reading act . |
| 17 | In fact , the new ideas may not have totally changed , and thereby displaced , older notions , but the old and the new may coexist in modern consciousness . |
| 18 | Whilst we can expect a little less controversy , it seems certain that the additional publicity next autumn from an English challenger for the world title is bound to generate a similar upturn and the 1990s may become a golden era for British chess in more ways than one . |
| 19 | The anxious and the worried may seek solace outside the surgery . |
| 20 | The close association between the visual and the cultural may explain the reluctance of some teachers to give it much attention . |
| 21 | At one place on the walk , there 's clear evidence of a badger track crossing the route — there 's flattened vegetation and the observant may spot badger hairs . |
| 22 | It is true that the cost to the Exchequer is below average because no benefits are paid ( though there is still a loss of potential taxation ) , but the unemployed may suffer from lack of income , boredom and depression in just the same way as the counted unemployed ; furthermore , since they are capable and available for work , they represent a loss of potential output . |
| 23 | While the former may relish the proposed new responsibility , the latter may actively resist releasing such a valued member of staff . |
| 24 | Thus , while the five may have remained united , and the EEC survived intact , the ‘ victory ’ went largely to France . |
| 25 | So for the risk-averse , the relevant ages are lower , while the optimistic may stay out of SERPS to a higher age . |
| 26 | Whilst the above may seem obvious , there are many examples over the years of an inappropriate technique being applied with consequent waste of resource . |
| 27 | After the 21 May rally , demonstrations became relatively commonplace and on a scale which would have been unthinkable a month earlier . |
| 28 | In the case of Professor Fang Lizhi , the dissident leader who is still holed up in the US embassy in Beijing , Mr Bush has been unable to say when or whether the Chinese may allow him to leave for a third country , as reportedly urged by Mr Scowcroft . |
| 29 | Borrowers may find it in their interests not to break a relationship with an investment bank , as the latter may stabilise the bond price and maintain an orderly aftermarket , ensuring a good reception of future issues . |
| 30 | Just as the hunted may use disguises to escape from hunters , so the hunters may use them to lay an ambush . |