Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] may [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children involved in preparing for meal-times will need to put out one mug for each child and may rely on one-to-one correspondence without counting . |
| 2 | But nationalism is a treacherous weapon and may rebound on its user and , especially after the failure of the European radical movements in 1848 , the Pan-Germanism and anti-semitism which Vienna adopted only served to stir the embers of Bohemian nationality . |
| 3 | Professor Parker shows that this is not always a matter of dispassionate assessment but may turn on whether the research is seen to be delivering ‘ good ’ news or ‘ bad ’ news . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , although the law may be the final arbiter and may rule on what is or may be obscene and indecent , in general terms it does not judge on every item published or made available for sale , since there is normally no censorship of obscene or indecent matter prior to publication in the UK . |
| 5 | Fringing reefs may occur directly exposed to the sea or may form on coasts within barrier reefs : the former often have a zonation similar to barrier reefs and atolls , but the latter have no algal ridge and often very abrupt outer edges . |