Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [pron] may [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So next time a lazy Sunday rolls around and you ca n't face the performance of getting together a roast , try a vegetable alternative you may even convert grandma ! |
| 2 | This idea of an optimum arousal level which may easily be upset by under- or overstimulating conditions has also been put forward by Venables ( 1964 ) . |
| 3 | Nevertheless the erosion of such landscapes can expose the successive lava flows which may then form low , but laterally persistent , cliff-like faces in which the hexagonal joint patterns that are sometimes developed in basalt are visible . |
| 4 | The employees in such departments are often out of touch with changes in public opinion , relying instead on research data which may not be framed in a context most likely to discover what changes of attitude are occurring in consumer habits . |
| 5 | While this approach to the creation of documentation is feasible for research data it may not prove as efficient for records created in the electronic office , business , or government department . |
| 6 | The inverted commas are used to emphasize that such statements contain estimates and personal decisions that are sometimes arbitrary and refer to specific accounting periods which may not be representative of the operational situation . |
| 7 | The inverted commas are used to emphasize that such statements contain estimates and personal decisions that are sometimes arbitrary and refer to specific accounting periods which may not be representative of the operational situation . |
| 8 | okay , so the , there , what you 're saying is that the , the rural wage is a sub a subsistence wage , which is im by definition , sort the minimum wage you require to live on and er , there are possibilities of much higher incomes else elsewhere , so the , the subsistence wage itself may well act as quite er , strong sort of push factor out of the rural areas , let alone erm , high wages in er , er , the urban areas . |
| 9 | Following the review stage they may then repeat the cycle of preparation — teaching — feedback all over again in an attempt to improve their performance of that skill . |
| 10 | The test items themselves may indeed have been specified in terms of their subject matter but a norm-referenced test result is given as a measure of performance rather than a description of what examinees know . |
| 11 | ‘ We are working very heavily with them to convert them and give them the business skills they may not have acquired to date , ’ says Mr Smaje . |
| 12 | Every row in a table has a unique combination of attribute values which may therefore be used to identify the row . |
| 13 | This is disappointing for such a theoretically sensitive technique , but we found that tissue itself potently inhibits the polymerase chain reaction if not adequately purified , and despite our spiking experiment we may not have abolished sample inhibition . |
| 14 | Or that the campaign has two objectives : an information and persuasion job , to be done in TV or press , and a reminder job which may best be done in posters . |
| 15 | Not all field surveys necessitate formal interviewing ; especially in community surveys there may just be one field worker living in the community . |
| 16 | In shop sales it may still be possible to imply as a matter of general contract law that the goods supplied , in the absence of representation to the contrary , correspond to the goods displayed in the shop . |
| 17 | Test kits have a limited shelf life which may only be twelve months in some cases . |
| 18 | This is obviously the major book here , but owing to its hardback success it may well be a little disappointing as a paperback . |
| 19 | The epidemics of the hot , dry summers of the 1890s probably obscured an underlying decline in infant mortality which may already have begun by the 1880s . |
| 20 | ( It is curious that Mr. Cleaver is at pains to accuse Israel of war crimes , when his previous correspondence in the press has shown a soft spot for Nazi war criminals who may still be living in Britain ) . |
| 21 | Depending on your personal tax position you may still be able to claim the tax back . |
| 22 | If it attempts to return to the burrow system it may well become trapped on trying to get back underground . |
| 23 | In considering the health care provision agencies we may usefully divide them into two main types : primary care and secondary care . |
| 24 | Leading lenders were last night warning they may not be able to pass on any further rate reductions to mortgage holders . |
| 25 | The second point is that the staff and the community , with the support of the Labour group and now the Democrats , have finally got a compromise solution which may not give them everything but again gives them what is achievable within the political complexion of this council and they must now accept that there is an onus upon them to make it work and thirdly we have got to make sure that the staffing arrangements that are referred to in here and I quote there there 'd be posts for each centre who will be expected to add each with staff teams to coordinate the delivery of services by the two centres . |
| 26 | To operate in the PC environment you may additionally need a windowing environment like GEM or Microsoft Windows , an EGA or Hercules card and matching screen , a mouse and , in some instances , an AT rather than a PC . |
| 27 | Like all good selectors , they had not been swayed or influenced by the most recent of events and clearly stuck to a game plan which may well have been devised before the 1992–93 season even commenced . |
| 28 | As a consequence there are books on many library shelves which may eventually have to be withdrawn , with or without litigation , not because of their content but because of their intent . |
| 29 | Category D1 — ( not for hire or reward ) — for passenger carrying vehicles with between 9 and 16 passenger seats which may not be used for hire or reward . |
| 30 | Books can be sold on their jackets to impulse buyers who may well not read more than a few pages once they have bought them . |