Example sentences of "it may [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is one potential hazard associated with dense ivy growth on a living tree — it may grow so rapidly and thickly that any fungal growth may be hidden . |
| 2 | It is aimed at minds rather than bodies ( though it uses bodies ) and its intent is not to torment ( though it may do so ) . |
| 3 | Where the County Court grants a new lease to the tenant it may do so for a period not exceeding 14 years . |
| 4 | That is absolutely contrary to the constitutional position that Parliament can alter an Act previously passed , and it can do so by repealing in terms the previous Act — Mr Hill agrees that it may do so — and it can do it also in another way — namely , by enacting a provision which is clearly inconsistent with the previous Act . |
| 5 | But in exceptional circumstances it may do so . |
| 6 | If , after joint action has been agreed , a member state needs to take its own measures to meet changed circumstances , it may do so . |
| 7 | It is n't particularly important but I think it may become so . ’ |
| 8 | Eventually it may become so big that one of the young sons may be able to set up on his own in one corner of it . |
| 9 | If a particular monkey is chased and harried for as long as ten minutes , it may become so stressed that eventually it gives up trying to escape and sits to face its death without screaming or even resisting when the hunters finally seize it . |
| 10 | It is no mystery that a child can feel compelled to judge himself from his father 's viewpoint , although it may seem so if one uses Freudian language and starts puzzling about what it could mean for an instinctive egoist to ‘ introject ’ the image of his father . |
| 11 | ‘ It may seem so to you , but you can take my word for it , if I were in the business of prowling around car parks looking for innocent Bentleys to wreck , I most certainly would n't use my own car as a battering-ram . |