Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [noun] may " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the existence of numerous alternative markets for short-term funds means the opportunity for intervention may be subject to a time-lag . |
| 2 | Now while I would accept that the majority of butlers may well discover ultimately that they do not have the capacity for it , I believe strongly that this ‘ dignity ’ is something one can meaningfully strive for throughout one 's career . |
| 3 | In English and sociology , the majority of lecturers may be male , but the majority of students are female . |
| 4 | In many schools the majority of pupils may be practising Jews , Muslims , or Hindus . |
| 5 | But unless some county-ground shops alter their stance this season , the majority of cricket-lovers may never get the opportunity to receive a delivery from Johnny Miller and Co . |
| 6 | But once the State settles to the task of development , the majority of people may find conditions distant from the rhetorical promise of independence . |
| 7 | They refer to airborne concentrations of materials to which the majority of people may be repeatedly exposed without adverse effects . |
| 8 | The very limited space between vertical fuel surfaces , little over one metre , severely limits the trajectory of the fire fighting jets and the majority of stock may be at a height beyond their effective throw . |
| 9 | Starting from the premise that actions and attitudes are motivated by the maximization of self interest , the focus is on the micro-social conditions under which the ideology of individualism may be transcended , and collective aims given priority . |
| 10 | The full extent of the weakness in sterling may only become apparent today when trading in the US returns to normal levels after a holiday yesterday . |
| 11 | In short , the complexity of thought may be less than is assumed by AI-workers — and , moreover , may be of a very different type . |
| 12 | The opinions of others may direct us how to think and react . |
| 13 | We may accept that male cooperation was needed for fertility to fall , while at the same time arguing that the opinions of wives may also have had an important effect on husbands . |
| 14 | Not to mention the profit being made by private clinics when rich girls are flown in to have an artificial hymen put in so that the rituals of defloration may continue . |
| 15 | Here the link with evidence may be tenuous , with the result that national myths are bolstered and well-known but inappropriate events from our past cited in support of current policy . |
| 16 | Especially we remember those who served on this airfield and we pray that the peace they fought to obtain may not be lost to us , but as we may live and work to bring it to thy world , that Christ the Prince of Peace may reign in the affairs of men . |
| 17 | I think the Prince of Wales may have told Sir Thomas so , after he asked for my services at the banquet . |
| 18 | The provision of oxygen may have benefited some of the hypoxaemic children . |
| 19 | The provision of water may well be easier and shelter in foul weather more readily available somewhere in a large area than in a small paddock or strip . |
| 20 | The provision of transport may uncover an untapped source of recruitment not previously available . |
| 21 | The change of attitude may not have appeared so dramatic since the word ‘ philosophy ’ was more general in its meaning than today , and scientists were called ‘ philosophers ’ or ‘ natural philosophers ’ down to the end of the eighteenth century . |
| 22 | This is where systems technology took over from the tools , and the change of emphasis may prove to have been programmed learning 's greatest gift to education . |
| 23 | The change of flux may be interpreted as the amount of flux cut by the moving sections of the loop . |
| 24 | It is also worth checking the text itself as the change of display may have forced some unexpected re-composition . |
| 25 | The change in hours may compound an underlying increase in the number of claims , either because of increasing demand by patients or because the higher fee might encourage doctors to visit when previously they offered advice by telephone . |
| 26 | The change in employment may not always be so favourable as yesterday 's either , but the market is now starting to feel bullish and looking for a FT-SE of 3,000 by next year . |
| 27 | The institutions in question may not insist on receiving results of assessments ascertaining the pupil 's educational achievements though there is nothing to stop the parent passing it on . |
| 28 | It is time to turn the tables and consider how the existence of life may have affected the atmosphere of the early Earth . |
| 29 | Practice , then , is not the mindless repetition of difficult movements , although repetition and the overcoming of adversity may be present in any well-planned practice schedule . |
| 30 | It is in the nature of these relations , as well as in the quantity and quality of employment , that the inequality between regions may be rooted . |