Example sentences of "this may [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may offer some evidence for a possible overlap of integral groups ( a ) and ( b ) : for the Ashcroft mosaic is certainly one of the most impressive saltire arrangements ( the constituents of group ( b ) ) . |
| 2 | This may offer some protection , although it is difficult to disinfect plastic and is no substitute for sterile works . |
| 3 | The alkalinity is increased , and this may disturb some textile processes . |
| 4 | This may lead some health workers , families and older people themselves to believe that there is little to be done to improve the circumstances of people with care needs . |
| 5 | This may give some clues on how overheating contributes to cot death . |
| 6 | This may reflect some heterogeneity in size as generally observed for DNA fragments ending with telomeres ( 34 ) . |
| 7 | I would propose that we explore with the Managing Director a possibility of a deal at the higher end of this range but this may mean some form of earnout . |
| 8 | This may make some sense for the bourgeois ‘ art ’ tradition ( though probably not as much as he thinks ) but when the elements of the entire musical production-consumption process become both more unified and interdependent , and more ‘ socialized ’ , it becomes less appropriate . |
| 9 | Few animals inspire such extremes of love and hate as the fox , and this may go some way towards explaining why so much nonsense is written and talked about them . |
| 10 | This may go some way towards explaining the difference of opinion in the various ‘ recommended ’ lists ; it all depends from what point of view ( or various shades thereof ) one is approaching the task , and for whose benefit ? |
| 11 | A preliminary trial of the skin patch suggests that this may help some smokers overcome the craving and withdrawal symptoms associated with giving up smoking [ 8 ] . |
| 12 | This may require some kind of additional structure ( at least temporarily ) whilst the system is on-line , until the trie can be re-built with the new words at a later stage . |
| 13 | While this may provide some justification for ensuring that the decision-maker indicates what was the factual basis for his action , we should be extremely wary of developing review of facts upon the premise that all such material could or should be considered . |
| 14 | While this may provide some explanation of improvements in memory with small increases in risk , the clearer implication of attention focusing is that the types of detail remembered in high arousal conditions should be more central than those in low arousal conditions ( Christianson , in press ) . |
| 15 | In older families this may pose some problems , not least about ‘ who 's in charge ’ . |
| 16 | This may depress some Yorkshire folk , especially those who opposed the overseas signing , but it should not . |
| 17 | This may have some truth , but seems unsatisfactory as a complete explanation . |
| 18 | This may have some validity ; after the devaluation of the coinage in 1465 , when its silver content was cut by 20 per cent , there was a price rise of 7 per cent . |
| 19 | Now what will happen is erm , erm there are signs of which is happening abroad already , that people will go from the United States , other parts of the world , they will fly in and they will fly into Frankfurt and they will erm fly into other European erm airports and Heathrow relative to others will begin to lose it 's position , and therefore from a national point of view , from an economic point of view , it is very important that Heathrow does sort of maintain er it 's er position and nobody 's denying that this may have some sort of , erm er important erm environmental erm dis dispendant and er if stick by them if you you 're going to . |
| 20 | This may have some root in Tolkien 's own experience , for it stresses the unwisdom of fathers leaving their children — Tolkien hardly knew his own father — and seems to be groping towards a statement about the incompatibility of men and women , users and providers , wasters and winners . |
| 21 | This may cause some delay to processing orders in this period . |
| 22 | This may cause some confusion as to which way round the board should fit . |
| 23 | If so , this may take some time and finance to organise , and planning permission may have to be obtained from the local authority . |
| 24 | Even if in the long run ostlers and grooms become garage mechanics and assembly-line workers , this may take some time and the social dislocations could be very severe . |
| 25 | This may take some time but patience will be rewarded far more than a loss of temper . |