Example sentences of "may [adv] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , tidal range is an important factor in the generation of tidal currents ( see below ) which may locally become of geomorphological importance . |
| 2 | A message may only consist of one command containing a maximum of three valid characters and must be terminated by a carriage return character ( Hex 0D ) . |
| 3 | Some of those who thought the statement was true may have had very few experiences of extended dreams , and for them " dreaming " may literally consist of some recollections of thoughts or images which occurred immediately before waking up . |
| 4 | In the last section we have come to the interesting conclusion that B may alone exist of all our variables but we reached that conclusion on a magnet shape not much used in practice . |
| 5 | Some people prefer to think of blue or golden light ; others may not think of a colour at all but just feel they are centred within a sphere . |
| 6 | Perhaps the most widely used location , though groups may not think of it precisely within this context , is the Netherlands . |
| 7 | The small businessman may not think of himself as being in the same league as the Maxwells and Murdochs of this world but if he produces leaflets , price lists , brochures or any other form of printed material , he has some degree of affinity with them . |
| 8 | You may not think of Prestwick Airport as a great landmark in rock n roll history but it was where Elvis Presley made his one and only visit to Britain . |
| 9 | In this case the judge was not so invited and counsel may not complain of failure to exercise the discretionary power in the proviso because the learned judge was entitled to rest his judgment on the assumption referred to above . |
| 10 | Indeed , even Cabinet ministers may not hear of them until they are told on the morning of Budget day by the Chancellor . |
| 11 | And you my Sister Doña Ximena , and your women , see that ye utter no cries , neither make any lamentation for me , that the Moors may not know of my death . |
| 12 | Similarly , we could follow up people 20 years on to assess the results of our child care work , but even if we could successfully trace them , is it right to contact them after all that time when their spouses and children may not know of their earlier histories ? |
| 13 | ‘ Somewhere out there are people who may or may not know of my existence , people I can call my own — ’ |
| 14 | As mentioned before , the fact that one may not approve of a practice can not be a reason for wishing to have it outlawed . |
| 15 | When a puppy is settled in the home with you it will soon indicate its willingness to play even though you may not approve of the choice of toy . |
| 16 | ‘ I may not approve of the theology , ’ Laura perused a Caravaggio , which pictured Elvis as one of the three kings offering gifts to the infant Jesus ; Elvis was offering a tiny guitar , ‘ but the quality , the sheer magnificence . |
| 17 | As early as 1707 Hugh , first Earl of Cholmondeley [ q.v. ] , was advised by a surveyor in London that the Smiths did a ‘ great deal of busness in the Contry and they have done a great deal of work thearabout & in Warwick you may easy hear of them ’ ; and when in the 1730s Sarah , Duchess of Marlborough [ q.v. ] , was building a house as far away as Wimbledon , Surrey , she stipulated that ‘ Mr. Smith of Warwickshire the Builder may be employed to make Contracts and to Measure the Work and to doe every thing in his Way that is necessary to Compleat the Work as far as the Distance he is at will give him leave to do . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We may thus think of the subordination of women as the result of three different kinds of victimisation. 1 . |
| 19 | A clause may totally consist of context-independent elements and , in this case , the theme will be the element with the lowest degree of CD and the rheme will be the element with the highest degree of CD . |
| 20 | A single eruption may not only last for months , but it may also consist of a series of separate , different phases , and in many cases different things may be going on on different parts of the same volcano at the same time . |
| 21 | The transition may also consist of a link verb such as be or seem , or any verb whose main function is simply to link the foundation-laying and core-constituting elements of a clause . |
| 22 | Classification by audience age has proved an acceptable limitation to impose on a cinema audience , and may also warn of the type of experience on offer . |
| 23 | They may also know of people seeking work for a few hours or days per week , perhaps to help out with the garden , or heavier household tasks , or shopping . |
| 24 | Your GP can refer you for therapy if appropriate and may also know of any specialist help available locally . |
| 25 | The tribunal may also direct of its own motion that there be a pre-hearing assessment . |
| 26 | The household may now consist of several teenagers or an elderly relative . |
| 27 | The manager rejects any suggestion that his club may now think of themselves as being too big for the domestic stage , and yearn for a European set-up that mirrors the depth of their ambition and earning power . |
| 28 | In this connection we may even talk of rules of language , as if a linguistic practice were like a game . |
| 29 | Such exploration may even dispose of the attraction ; this is in any case to be hoped for , if one thinks on these lines , as resolution of the transference/counter transference situation of which psychoanalysis and other therapies take account . |
| 30 | The method used ( and you may well think of a better one ! ) is to drive two brass gimp or panel pins into the panel on each side of each of the l.e.d.s such that the l.e.d. wires can be looped around ( no tightness here ) and be soldered to the pins rather as Fig. 6 shows . |