Example sentences of "may [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons given for rejecting this paper are that the brain may compensate for poor hearing by enhancing hearing in the treated ear , resulting in an overestimate of the likely effects of treating both ears . |
| 2 | The position of BAT leaders as assessors , funders and evaluators of projects and their role as the key link to other sectors of government may make for administrative efficiency . |
| 3 | If a substantial loss has been suffered you may be able to sue the vendor , and if you lack financial resources you may qualify for legal aid . |
| 4 | FENDER Stratocaster , 1969 , refinished red , rosewood neck , no trem , £550 or may swap for good acoustic . |
| 5 | The conventionalist judge we just imagined , who worries whether deciding against Mrs. McLoughlin would be efficient in virtue of the precedents that mothers may recover for emotional injury sustained at the scene , has no need to look for any larger underlying principle " embedded " in these precedents or to defend one controversial view about the content of these principles . |
| 6 | a fixed-term contract for one year or more entered into from 1 October 1980 can include an agreement in writing by you to exclude any claim that you may have for unfair dismissal , where your dismissal consists only of the expiry of the term ; |
| 7 | a fixed-term contract for one year or more entered into from 1 October 1980 can include an agreement in writing by you to exclude any claim that you may have for unfair dismissal , where your dismissal consists only of the expiry of the term ; |
| 8 | It may call for assertive behaviour in dealing with others to get the matters cleared up . ’ |
| 9 | Overseas candidates may apply for financial support to the British Council and other bodies . |
| 10 | If he ca n't afford a Solicitor and he feels he ought to be represented by a Solicitor , he may apply for Legal Aid , and of course it 's public money concerned so I suppose in an ideal society everybody would be legally assisted who wanted to be , but obviously we ca n't afford that as a country , so that erm generally erm his application would be judged according to certain criteria erm which would suggest perhaps he needed to be represented . |
| 11 | Students — proposing to work on appropriate topics may apply for British Academy or ESRC studentships with department support . |
| 12 | If you do not hold such a licence you may apply for Provisional LCG/PCV entitlement to be added to your ordinary licence provided it contains full car entitlement . |
| 13 | In exploring what this may mean for professional practice , it may be helpful to look at other attempts to reconstrue the nature of professional activity . |
| 14 | Anthropologists , in turn , have attempted to argue that , for example , the transition from brideservice , in which labour is performed by the prospective groom , to bridewealth , where objects are given in exchange for the bride , marks a significant difference in the development of a phenomenon whereby objects may stand for human labour , with the implication that this is the first stage towards the conditions of property and alienation as we know them today ( Strathern 1985 ) . |
| 15 | This may account for certain background noises in the tracks ! |
| 16 | The ‘ stop ’ rate is the rate below which the Bank will not buy — it may differ for different maturity bands . |
| 17 | Is it , therefore , the law that if A steals the tools of a carpenter , B , and locks him up , B may sue for unlawful interference with trade as well as conversion and false imprisonment ? |
| 18 | The emergence of the Data Protection Act 1984 gave rise to controversy and one complaint has been the burden that it may cause for small business computer users . |