Example sentences of "may [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | While this method may work for some differences , it will not be sufficient to account for major variations in a word 's pronunciation such as the — and , or for — and . |
| 32 | It may work for some individuals of genius ; it works for young children ; it would definitely work if you were thrown into a situation where you had to communicate or die . |
| 33 | Although these theories may work for artificial domains that are both small and concrete , extending them for large , real world vocabularies is difficult . |
| 34 | As past achievements are taken for granted and new challenges emerge , so voters may look for alternative leaders . |
| 35 | Either way , some employees may look for other jobs to avoid being made redundant or having to relocate . |
| 36 | I may look for another opportunity to talk to Mrs Tate . ’ |
| 37 | ( a ) A plaintiff may claim for personal injuries and damage to property . |
| 38 | Neither you nor your husband or wife may claim for any lump sum or maintenance payment . |
| 39 | This may occur for various reasons ; the suspect may have died or be below the age of criminal responsibility , the victim may not wish to press charges or a witness may be unwilling , or unable , to give evidence or a person already in detention after conviction admits to further offences . |
| 40 | A company with a listing on the market ( either the main or USM market ) may return for more equity capital from time to time . |
| 41 | Among the various choices available to electors in different countries are the following : they may vote for one candidate , or a specified number of candidates , or for as many candidates as there are members to be elected ; they may cumulate two votes on one candidate ; they may cast votes on more than one list ; presented with lists on which the parties have arranged the candidates in an order of preference they can change that order . |
| 42 | The conventionalist judge we just imagined , who worries whether deciding against Mrs. McLoughlin would be efficient in virtue of the precedents that mothers may recover for emotional injury sustained at the scene , has no need to look for any larger underlying principle " embedded " in these precedents or to defend one controversial view about the content of these principles . |
| 43 | Candidates may enter for both examinations , if desired . |
| 44 | Candidates may enter for both examinations , if desired . |
| 45 | This may happen for many reasons beside business failure — for example , simple bad luck in the shape of injury , illness or death to someone who is vital to the business 's continuing success . |
| 46 | a fixed-term contract for one year or more entered into from 1 October 1980 can include an agreement in writing by you to exclude any claim that you may have for unfair dismissal , where your dismissal consists only of the expiry of the term ; |
| 47 | a fixed-term contract for one year or more entered into from 1 October 1980 can include an agreement in writing by you to exclude any claim that you may have for unfair dismissal , where your dismissal consists only of the expiry of the term ; |
| 48 | For example , it may instruct its members to go-slow or work-to-rule or it may call for selective strikes ( in which certain groups of workers stop working for a specified time period ) ; or all the union members may be called out on a one-day strike . |
| 49 | It may call for assertive behaviour in dealing with others to get the matters cleared up . ’ |
| 50 | Stomach troubles from sour food or drink is another situation which may call for this remedy . |
| 51 | They are , therefore , formulaic in character and although they may call for some adaptation for contextual fit they are not composed on each occasion from constituent parts . |
| 52 | Overseas candidates may apply for financial support to the British Council and other bodies . |
| 53 | If at the pre-trial review the defendant does not appear and has not delivered an admission or defence and the plaintiff produces evidence as to the amount of his damages , then judgment may be entered for them ( Ord 17 , r 2(2) ) , but if evidence is not then produced the court may enter a judgment for unliquidated damages and thereafter , unless the court has itself fixed a date for assessment of such damages , the plaintiff may apply for such assessment on seven days ' notice to the defendant ( Ord 22 , r 6(1) ) . |
| 54 | If he ca n't afford a Solicitor and he feels he ought to be represented by a Solicitor , he may apply for Legal Aid , and of course it 's public money concerned so I suppose in an ideal society everybody would be legally assisted who wanted to be , but obviously we ca n't afford that as a country , so that erm generally erm his application would be judged according to certain criteria erm which would suggest perhaps he needed to be represented . |
| 55 | Students — proposing to work on appropriate topics may apply for British Academy or ESRC studentships with department support . |
| 56 | If you do not hold such a licence you may apply for Provisional LCG/PCV entitlement to be added to your ordinary licence provided it contains full car entitlement . |
| 57 | In exploring what this may mean for professional practice , it may be helpful to look at other attempts to reconstrue the nature of professional activity . |
| 58 | An individual 's diet may vary for many reasons and while starvation is unusual in the Western world because of the availability of food , it is still possible for people in the West to suffer from inadequate nutrition . |
| 59 | For demographic or statistical purposes the family needs to be specifically defined and the definitions may vary for different purposes . |
| 60 | the amount of your personal allowances may change for various reasons ; |