Example sentences of "may [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Meetings may only exclude the public if exempt information is likely to be considered or if ‘ confidential information ’ would be disclosed . |
| 32 | Distortion of doubly-degenerate states gives two maxima , but often these are not resolved , and we may only observe a broadening of the band . |
| 33 | As Donald Rees from the South West Water Authority told the Lords : ‘ It is all very well lining a sewer at half the price that it would cost to build a new one , but in fact it may only last a quarter of a normal funding life and may therefore be uneconomic . ’ |
| 34 | Curing the problem at the design stage may only involve the addition of a component costing a few pence . |
| 35 | One year A tenant may only serve a request for a new tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s26 , if his tenancy was granted for a term of years certain exceeding one year or for a term of years certain and thereafter from year to year ( Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s26(1) ) . |
| 36 | The Manager may only prepare the package provided that the package has not yet been submitted for approval . |
| 37 | The Approver may only prepare the package after the package has been submitted for approval . |
| 38 | In the same way he may only despatch the liquor to the customer outwith permitted hours . |
| 39 | For example , if a customer agreement discloses that the firm might match the transaction undertaken on behalf of the customer with the transaction undertaken on behalf of another customer , this may only protect the firm in the simple case where no conflict arises between the interests of the two customers . |
| 40 | ( 5 ) The licensing board may only entertain an objection under this section if the objection is relevant to one or more of the grounds on which , by virtue of section 17 of this Act , an application may be refused , and shall hear any competent objection before arriving at its decision . |
| 41 | Two or three maggots on a small hook lying on clean sand may only require an indication of an inch or two before the strike can be made . |
| 42 | A man of 25 in that position may only get a multiplier of 13 or 14 . |
| 43 | Depending on the complexity of your operations this may only take a couple of man weeks and could be repeated at regular intervals to monitor progress . |
| 44 | If a teenager has been feeling acutely depressed for some time , then it may only take a trigger such as exams , to tip her over the edge ( suicide is the third most common cause of death among the under 25s , and the peak months are April to July ) . |
| 45 | If you decide to stock the pond with fish , frogs may only become a nuisance in the spring , as unattached male frogs can cling onto the fish , causing them distress and have even been known to suffocate them by clamping onto their gills . |
| 46 | It makes it clear that solicitors may only breach the duty of confidentiality they owe to clients , whether adult or child , in exceptional circumstances . |
| 47 | There is also a time bar : the Commissioners may only investigate a complaint if it is made within 12 months from the date the aggrieved person first had notice of the matter complained or , but a Commissioner has power to accept a complaint outside the time limit if he considers that there are special circumstances which make it proper to do so . |
| 48 | Where there is no tidal range wave attack is concentrated at the same level of the coast for twenty-four hours a day , but where the tidal range is great it may be spread over a vast foreshore zone and may only attack the foot of the cliffs for a very short period at each high tide . |
| 49 | Hence , the use of a GIS with a GUI can only improve user productivity in ‘ use ’ factors , for example by increasing the speed of use and reducing errors , and may only help the user with a previously substantial knowledge of GIS . |
| 50 | The child knows that he may only win the object or activity back by compliance . |
| 51 | Staff who wish books to be left out may only use the North side tables for this purpose , and then only for limited periods by arrangement with the Library staff . |
| 52 | Harry may only have a walk-on part at Birdland , but he 's still the star of the show . |
| 53 | Fruit juices contain natural sugars anyway , so added sugar may only have the effect of making your child expect oversweet drinks . |
| 54 | On the other hand , if we confine our view of drama to that of performance art we may so love the mask we overlook the face . |
| 55 | The question which next arises is whether the doctor , while prohibited from doing anything deliberately aimed at causing the death of his patient , may so adjust the treatment that he does not actively intervene and the patient dies . |
| 56 | Unless manual energy substitution is matched with the necessary level of skill and control these factors may so distort the economics that expectations are not realised . |
| 57 | In some cases it may so horrify the husband that he ca n't cope and slopes off . |
| 58 | Male-orientation may so colour the organization of sociology as a discipline that the invisibility of women is a structural weakness , rather than simply a superficial flaw . |
| 59 | ‘ The coercion may of course be of different kinds , it may be in the grossest form , such as actual confinement or violence , or a person in the last days or hours of life may have become so weak and feeble , that a very little pressure will be sufficient to bring about the desired result , and it may even be , that the mere talking to him at that stage of illness and pressing something upon him may so fatigue the brain , that the sick person may be induced , for quietness ' sake , to do anything . |
| 60 | A well-known alcoholic who unexpectedly turns up at a cocktail party may inadvertently communicate the fact that his sessions with AA have given him newfound confidence in his self-control . |