Example sentences of "[conj] may [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The adviser may feel inadequate to discuss the problem or may justify a referral using the many benefits cases waiting in the waiting room as an excuse . |
| 2 | ( A dog may have a birth abnormality , or may lose a leg in an accident . ) |
| 3 | Describe the nature of qualitative factors and give three examples that may influence a decision to make a component rather than buy it from another firm . |
| 4 | Who tells Nestle not to promote the bottle feeding that may give a slum child fatal diarrhoea ? |
| 5 | The decision to ‘ open a case ’ marks a critical difference in the construction of and response to a person 's problems , and confers potential gains and losses ; the latter includes the danger of being drawn into increasingly intrusive interventions that may threaten a person 's autonomy . |
| 6 | These are some of the milestone constituencies to watch out for tonight — early declarations , marginals that may indicate a trend , ministers whose seats are at risk and well-known candidates . |
| 7 | Never display anything that may tempt a thief . |
| 8 | The mapping of these units has enabled a pattern of faulting to be recognised in the Upper Chalk outcrop that may have a bearing on its properties as an aquifer . |
| 9 | The outlook for patients after the diagnosis of cancer of the exocrine pancreas is uniformly poor and suggests the existence of a mechanism(s) that may have a role in promoting tumour growth . |
| 10 | A programme that may provide a route to the Revised Higher Grade course could be developed by adding further Stage 1 Biological Sciences modules ( see page 10 ) to this core . |
| 11 | There is one further set of theories that may provide a structure for the study of reading behaviour : the theories of play . |
| 12 | The cockpit is well protected by a deep coaming set on the teak-laid decks , although there is nothing to stop items falling through the aft end of the cockpit , something that may become a liability when sailing in a relaxed fashion with books , Walkmans and bottles of suntan lotion lying on cockpit seats . |
| 13 | Department stores operate personal service , and may offer a variety of other customer services , including credit facilities , delivery services , lifts and/or escalators and restaurants . |
| 14 | ( g ) Adjournment The court may adjourn proceedings at any stage and may fix a date , time and place for the resumed hearing or leave this to be determined at a later date . |
| 15 | Satisfactory explanations for these reductions in mortality from circulatory diseases have not yet been arrived at and may reflect a change in the disease , improved medical care or changes in lifestyle habits . |
| 16 | It is probable that the economic situation in the industrial countries will deteriorate further in the longer term as some of the constraints upon growth which I discussed earlier take effect ; and there will then be a much greater likelihood of conflict among the rich nations themselves in the struggle for natural resources , markets and some kind of economic growth , while the poorer developing countries will experience increasing hardship and may reach a point of economic collapse . |
| 17 | Under section I of the P. & C.E. Act the police can stop and search : ( a ) any person or vehicle ; ( b ) anything which is in or on a vehicle ; for stolen or prohibited articles ; and may detain a person or vehicle in order to conduct such a search . |
| 18 | The difficulty for the vendor is that , as a result of the sale , the vendor may be left with no facilities to perform obligations under such contract and may face a claim from the party to that contract for breach . |
| 19 | Insurance Companies can provide advice and may send a surveyor to inspect your security arrangements and make recommendations |
| 20 | The millimetre to centimetre scale alternations , which record periods of more or less intense upwelling , represent time scales of several years to several tens of years and may represent a response to some internal oscillations of the equatorial Pacific such as El Nino . |
| 21 | Thus , the marked increase in tumours of the cardia may relate to past smoking habits , and may represent a cohort phenomenon as smoking increased between 1915 and 1950 . |
| 22 | Such triangular set-ups provide a means of regulating distance in a marriage , and may represent a bid to retain freedom and independence . |
| 23 | Cunnilingus is a marginal case but since it involves genital contact and may involve a form of penetration , there is a case for placing it within the more serious category . |
| 24 | These tend to be used by very large companies , by companies or organizations where group decisions and committee work are a noticeable feature , and by very small organizations where everybody is regarded as equally important and may want a say in what is going on . |
| 25 | Leicester lie sixth in the First Division after a midweek defeat at Charlton and may make a change of captaincy . |
| 26 | Ask Computer Systems Inc warns that it will only break even , and may make a loss for its fiscal third quarter , adding that the poor profit forecast results from its failure to close about $10m in sales in the period but that does not necessarily mean the company permanently lost those sales ; the company said a significant amount of software licence sales it had expected for the quarter did not close in time . |
| 27 | This activity will tend to put greater downward pressure on sterling and may cause a depreciation to occur which is greater than is necessary to offset the inflation . |
| 28 | Sir Ranulph , 48 , also has visited a London hospital for medical opinion about his foot , which is severely frost-bitten and may require a skin graft . |
| 29 | One possibility is to seek a parent company or preferably a bank guarantee , though this will involve the purchaser in some expense and may require a deposit to be made with the bank . |
| 30 | Thus , for example , regulations may govern the composition or design of goods , may require goods to conform to a certain standard ( e.g. a British Institute Standard ) and may require a warning or instructions to be given with the goods . |