Example sentences of "may [adv] [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Fruit juices contain natural sugars anyway , so added sugar may only have the effect of making your child expect oversweet drinks . |
| 32 | On the other hand , if we confine our view of drama to that of performance art we may so love the mask we overlook the face . |
| 33 | The question which next arises is whether the doctor , while prohibited from doing anything deliberately aimed at causing the death of his patient , may so adjust the treatment that he does not actively intervene and the patient dies . |
| 34 | Unless manual energy substitution is matched with the necessary level of skill and control these factors may so distort the economics that expectations are not realised . |
| 35 | In some cases it may so horrify the husband that he ca n't cope and slopes off . |
| 36 | Male-orientation may so colour the organization of sociology as a discipline that the invisibility of women is a structural weakness , rather than simply a superficial flaw . |
| 37 | ‘ The coercion may of course be of different kinds , it may be in the grossest form , such as actual confinement or violence , or a person in the last days or hours of life may have become so weak and feeble , that a very little pressure will be sufficient to bring about the desired result , and it may even be , that the mere talking to him at that stage of illness and pressing something upon him may so fatigue the brain , that the sick person may be induced , for quietness ' sake , to do anything . |
| 38 | A well-known alcoholic who unexpectedly turns up at a cocktail party may inadvertently communicate the fact that his sessions with AA have given him newfound confidence in his self-control . |
| 39 | A customer number and a product number may together form the key of entity SALES-ORDER . |
| 40 | For example , in the experience of lawyers generally , use of the expression " salaried partner " will indicate that the person concerned is not a full equity partner in a firm ; but the lay client may naturally miss the significance of " salaried " and be more influenced by the reference to " partner " as indicating membership of the firm . |
| 41 | Where a child has particularly complex needs a reasonable standard of care within the family may necessarily involve the provision of support services by the local authority . |
| 42 | Discovering the author of a source may greatly illuminate the meaning of a narrative ; and non-biblical sources can often fill in the background to the biblical account . |
| 43 | In these circumstances , use of the Collar-Jahn method , described in Chapter 3 ; may greatly expedite the solution . |
| 44 | In the music department of J.F. Kennedy School I met a similar concern for the practice rather than the theory which may perhaps reflect the change in emphasis caused by the introduction of the new music syllabus for the GCSE . |
| 45 | ‘ You may perhaps gain the kingdom of heaven by your prayers , ’ he told him in an unkind moment , ‘ but never the kingdom of Great Britain . ’ |
| 46 | The discovery of Italian bronze coins of the third century BC in the area of modern Yugoslavia may perhaps indicate the presence there of individual pilgrims , tourists , soldiers or traders from Italy , in much the same way that the presence of hundreds of thousands of Islamic silver coins in Viking hoards of the eighth to tenth centuries is a reflection of the eastward penetration of Viking traders , who exchanged objects such as furs , slaves and amber for silver coinage . |
| 47 | The persistence of fossils will be the subject of the next chapter , but a cautionary note should perhaps be sounded here , for the familiarity of the fossil names may merely reflect the fact that they were studied by British palaeontologists . |
| 48 | Some solicitors acting for the husband may take a robust view to save their clients costs and , following the court order , may merely dispatch the title deeds to the wife 's solicitors on the basis that the husband has no further interest in them and that they will receive a conveyance for execution by the husband in due course . |
| 49 | We would suggest that in neuropathic pseudoobstruction it is more likely that the tachygastria is induced by loss of intrinsic inhibitory innervation which may normally modify the frequency of polarisation of the plasmalemmal membrane of the gastric smooth muscle cells . |
| 50 | Although you may normally take the view that there is never a best time for spending money , retirement planning is different in that sooner or later you will need , or want , to make certain purchases — or pay off outstanding commitments , such as a mortgage . |
| 51 | However , it is very possible that the investor may incorrectly forecast the market as many did in the crash of October 1987 . |
| 52 | The decrease in citation rate is probably due to the publication of derived papers , which may largely obviate the need to cite the original thesis as time goes on . |
| 53 | ‘ We may soon witness the recurrence of all those awful health problems which made Diana so terribly ill , ’ says Penny . |
| 54 | They may soon reassess the outcome of eastern Germany 's strike and decide the damage to business and the economy is less grave . |
| 55 | THE BRITISH parliament , the fount of Western democracies , may soon adopt the technology of the radio station phone-in to prevent its members being sued for making defamatory remarks during debates that are broadcast to the nation . |
| 56 | A proposal for a National Institute for the Environment to coordinate and fund scientific research on the environment , modelled on the National Institutes of Health , may soon gain the support of the National Academy of Sciences . |
| 57 | The state may thus mould the company 's constitution so as to protect the interests of parties directly involved , for instance the interests of shareholders against abuse of position by management , but it also has a much broader right of intervention , allowing it , if appropriate , to redefine corporate objectives to secure compliance with favoured social goals . |
| 58 | While French opinion may thus favour the work at local level of the individual deputé , national politics and the Assemblée Nationale are regarded with considerable scepticism , apathy or even contempt . |
| 59 | However , in such cases it is worth remembering that the product may be available more cheaply elsewhere and may thus reduce the credit needed ! |
| 60 | However , in such cases it is worth remembering that the product may be available more cheaply elsewhere and may thus reduce the credit needed ! |