Example sentences of "[conj] may give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( ii ) Pupils should consider the notion of appropriateness to situation , topic , purpose and language mode and the fact that inappropriate language use can be a source of humour ( either intentional or unintentional ) or may give the impression that the speaker or writer is pompous or inept or impertinent or rude . |
| 2 | Females that have struggled to obtain enough food throughout the winter and emerge in spring in poor condition , may fail to conceive , or may give birth to a weak and sickly kid . |
| 3 | Should a situation arise which , in the view of one side , represents a threat to peace or a violation of peace , or may give rise to dangerous international complications , then both sides shall contact each other immediately and strive to … achieve understanding on the measures appropriate to improve or overcome the situation . |
| 4 | The Tribunal may reserve its judgement or may give its decision after a retirement before the close of the meeting . |
| 5 | The other symptoms that may give clues to the presence of gonococcal infection in the woman are mostly produced when complications , such as involvement of the fallopian tubes , have set in . |
| 6 | Who tells Nestle not to promote the bottle feeding that may give a slum child fatal diarrhoea ? |
| 7 | Do nothing that may give it a bad name . |
| 8 | Which is why any passing busybodies who choose to peer into the rear seat of a parked London taxi are rewarded with a sight that may give them pause for thought . |
| 9 | Hefter and May give us no reason to modify this statement . |
| 10 | This breaks the cohesion and may give individuals time to reconsider . |
| 11 | But if there is no molecular symmetry other than the plane , the x and y axes are not uniquely determined by the symmetry and in-plane vibrations and may give a/b-hybrid bands depending on the relative directions of the A and B axes and the dipole change . |
| 12 | These characters become real , and may give the lonely viewer the benefits normally derived from being with other people . |
| 13 | Radiotherapy often relieves pain that is untreatable with laser , and may give better long term control so that repeat laser procedures are required less often . |
| 14 | Erm first , first of all erm Sue has , has just er reminded me that the , the government is , is considering the matter of planning application fees and we understand that there could be some proposals which erm modify the way in which er those fees are set and may give a greater erm autonomy to local authorities to set their own level of fees , in order to allow them to erm recoup erm more of or perhaps even all of the costs of operating the service , but that is something that 's er definitely for the future er and er is , is not entirely . |
| 15 | A multiple transfer of assets may be time consuming if consents are required and may give rise to unnecessary stamp duty . |
| 16 | Where a summons or other originating process has been served on a defendant by post or insertion in his letter-box under Ord 7 , 4 10(1) ( b ) or 4(a) or r 13(1) ( b ) or ( 4 ) and after judgment has been given or entered it appears to the court that the process did not come to the knowledge of the defendant in time , the court may of its own motion set aside the judgment and may give any direction or make any such order as the court may think just . |
| 17 | In many cases larval invasion is limited to the liver , and may give rise to hepatomegaly and eosinophilia , but on some occasions a larva escapes into the general circulation and arrives in another organ , the most frequently noted being the eye . |
| 18 | We have matching for age and for education but it is possible that people who are older and well-educated have special opinions ; such a person happens to receive X and may give rise to a spurious effect . |
| 19 | The use of other envelopes will not invalidate the transaction but may give rise to delays . |