Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [noun] may " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as physical abuse and neglect is concerned , a variety of factors may put a family at risk . |
| 2 | The composition of the material produced under a variety of conditions may plausibly be compared with simulations based on the data obtained from the drift-tube collapse . |
| 3 | ‘ Though we have seen much of the liberality of Nevada practice , ’ he told them , ‘ we assume that even in that forward-looking jurisdiction , parties to a case of divorce may not litigate by day and copulate by night . ’ |
| 4 | Today 's Charterists argue that such a level of sophistication may now be achievable . |
| 5 | Even some loyalists and Cabinet members believe that a referendum on Europe may eventually prove the only way to stop the Conservative benches splintering . |
| 6 | There are three main stages at which a decision on bail may need to be taken . |
| 7 | But , as we have just seen ( p. 127 ) , there are good reasons for thinking that the overt CR evoked by a CS for shock may fail to show context-specificity in spite of the fact that contextual cues can help the retrieval of associative information . |
| 8 | Reasons for a reduction in productivity may include a poorly planned operation which can result in longer learning curves and a low average output the introduction of more learning curves because of frequent changes of resources and working methods changing physical conditions lower outputs because plant was initially selected for one activity and is used for another inappropriate activity longer hours being worked regularly ( this can occur , for example , when accelerating the work rate to recover delays ) the lowering of morale owing to frequent changes of plan and poor management . |
| 9 | Such a course of conduct may also be taken into account in assessing the reasonableness of the term for the purposes of the UCTA 1977 . |
| 10 | Learn how to ride a ski on a carving edge — a course of lessons may be necessary — and you should automatically grasp the rudiments of good powder technique too . |
| 11 | Furthermore , a course in Britain may be regarded by some as a reward for senior staff , whilst a course in the south would attract only those appropriate for it . |
| 12 | Indeed , a kind of inertia may be present whereby the genetic constitution of a species prevents it following the same adaptive route in relation to a common ecology as other species may show . |
| 13 | A subordinate may have a responsibility for which he will be called to account by his superior ; a board of directors may have a responsibility to its shareholders ; and a government in a democracy will have a responsibility to the electorate . |
| 14 | Moreover , the use of recall as a measure of memory may have meant that subjects were using thoughts about risk as a retrieval cue , indeed they may have assumed that it was this information that the experimenter was most interested in . |
| 15 | Endearment , where a measure of fondness may reasonably be held to exist between two persons , may be offered as a defence in acts which are not themselves inevitably offences ( namely , those covered by the law on indecent assaults etc . ) |
| 16 | A measure of autonomy may well be lost and the needs for accountability for the funds could place constraints on how they are used . |
| 17 | Regional Health Authorities within a Ministry of Health may facilitate the most effective and responsive administration of health services ; local job centres , as limbs of a Ministry of Employment , or local social security offices , as the point of access for claimants to the benefits provided , are examples of the deconcentration of central government services . |
| 18 | A sufferer from alcoholism may have no recollection of his or her behaviour the night before , nor of how he or she got home . |
| 19 | A contract of supply may state expressly that the supplier is to be exempt from performance of some terms of the contract of supply , or that liability may be restricted in some way or other . |
| 20 | ‘ … a contract of sale may be made in writing ( either with or without seal ) , or by word of mouth , or partly in writing and partly by word of mouth , or may be implied from the conduct of the parties . ’ |
| 21 | The price in a contract of sale may be fixed by the contract , or may be left to be fixed in a manner agreed by the contract , or may be determined by the course of dealing between the parties . |
| 22 | ‘ The goods which form the subject of a contract of sale may be either existing goods , owned or possessed by the seller , or goods to be manufactured or acquired by him after the making of the contract of sale , in this Act called ‘ future goods . ’ ’ |
| 23 | ( 3 ) A contract of sale may be absolute or conditional . |
| 24 | Open price contracts are specifically provided for in ss8 and 9 of SGA 1979 which state : 8 – ( 1 ) The price in a contract of sale may be fixed by the contract , or may be left to be fixed in a manner agreed by the contract , or may be determined by the course of dealing between the parties . |
| 25 | The modern position regarding the formalities attendant with the SGA 1979 is encapsulated in s4(1) of the Act which states : 4 – ( 1 ) Subject to this and any other Act , a contract of sale may be made in writing ( either with or without seal ) , or by word of mouth , or partly in writing and partly by word of mouth , or may be implied from the conduct of the parties . |
| 26 | A certificate of conviction may be taken as proof that an offence has been committed by the person named unless the contrary is proved ( Civil Evidence Act 1971 , s11 ) . |
| 27 | If you thought that shareware had little to offer serious business users then a look at PC-Type may do much to change your mind . |
| 28 | A change of position may help to minimise this , such as raising the head or turning them from side to side . |
| 29 | The initiative for a change of landlord may come from prospective landlords , the local authority or from tenants themselves . |
| 30 | He should avoid sins for which a change of fortune may well be God 's punishment . |