Example sentences of "may [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a case of dramatic irony when we as readers recognize and share with the fabliau author a knowledge of the " realities " of the fictitious situation denied to the merchant of Orléans and may laugh at the merchant 's misguided belief as a result . |
| 2 | You may laugh at this rvolutionary theory BUT I speak from experience . |
| 3 | There are , for instance , mnemonic devices in oral cultures which offer some resistance to this process : ‘ formalised patterns of speech , recital under ritual conditions , the use of drums and other musical instruments , the employment of professional remembrancers — all such factors may shield at least part of the content of memory from the transmuting influence of the immediate pressures of the present ’ ( 1968 , p. 31 ) . |
| 4 | Variations in melt matrix or groundmass composition may evolve through selective mechanical disintegration of casts and non-modal partial melting of minerals to various degrees . |
| 5 | In many other cases it may be difficult to decide whether a signal is or is not deceptive ; but if the signal concerns something over which the animals are competing , it may evolve by an arms race of deception and the discovery of deception ; but if it concerns something over which the animals are co-operating , it may evolve to become more accurately informative . |
| 6 | It may disintegrate on impact or , if it survives that , it may carry on some distance under water . |
| 7 | To be sure , from time to time the consensus may weaken in one science or another ( — the paradigm shifts ’ , as we have learned to say ) and then , for a period , matters grow more complicated . |
| 8 | From the Soviet perspective a socialist government in Kampuchea has remained a sine qua non of any settlement of the Kampuchean issue , although Soviet resolve on this issue may weaken in the face of the current ASEAN commitment to a neutral Kampuchea ( see below ) . |
| 9 | The adult worms in the intestine cause little apparent damage to the mucosa , but occasionally , if large numbers are present , there may be obstruction , and rarely a worm may migrate into the bile duct , causing obstructive jaundice and carcass condemnation . |
| 10 | The voter may of course reject the outcome ; e.g. , with local public goods he may migrate to another community ( in this sense , the minority may have an element of veto power — see Lecture 17 ) . |
| 11 | Sometimes Althusser seems to imply that different histories may range through different modes of production , at other times it appears that they are specific to each , an effect of the overdetermination of the social formation . |
| 12 | The duties of a trustee may be indefinitely varied by the terms of the instrument which creates the trust , and may range from a mere duty to make a legal conveyance to the beneficiary at his request , and in the meantime to permit him to possess and enjoy the property , to extensive and onerous duties of management , sale , investment , and application of capital and income . |
| 13 | These privileges may range from the relatively inconspicuous one of being treated differently for insurance purposes to the ultimate extreme of contracting a ‘ marriage with a member of the opposite sex ’ — opposite , that is , to the adopted one . |
| 14 | It may range from one afternoon a week to full extension services opening daily , staffed by a paid worker and volunteers . |
| 15 | This may range from telephoning , letter writing or tribunal representation on the client 's behalf . |
| 16 | These may range from circular huts set in a farmyard , with small closes dating from the Ornamental Horizon of the Middle Bronze Age , through the hill-fort ‘ village ’ of the Iron Age , first-century Roman villa with outbuildings , to much later structures up to , and sometimes including , the twentieth century . |
| 17 | They may range from a brief mention of a thirteenth-century tithe barn near the manor house , to a fully detailed true-to-scale plan of a building as it existed in earlier times , but which is now changed . |
| 18 | The interview is basically a form of human interaction and may range from the most informal chat to the most carefully pre-coded and carefully systematized set of questions and answers laid out on an interview schedule . |
| 19 | For the searcher who goes on and comes to believe , this is the only possible starting point — a sense of need which may range from a mild discomfort to a deep conviction , but which spurs him to look for a solution beyond himself . |
| 20 | Depending on how much irreversible damage has , or has not , occurred , the results of homoeopathic treatment may range from minimal to spectacular . |
| 21 | The plans to deal with existing problems may range from straightforward co-ordination of arrangements for a person leaving hospital , to a much more complex plan with the social worker in the case manager/key worker role ( Davies and Challis , 1986 ) , as will be described . |
| 22 | Their prey may range from insects , snails and lizards to rodents , birds , birds ' eggs and small mammals . |
| 23 | It is widely thought that a turnover tax may range from between 15% and 20% . |
| 24 | Complaints may range from criticism of the architecture of the house to criticism of the methods available for doing housework : |
| 25 | In Britain every member of the population is registered with a doctor whose circumstances may range from working alone ( a single-handed practice ) to working within a large health centre consisting of several GPs working in concert . |
| 26 | These may range from the specification of shapes , finishes and material type through casting and mould details , to jigs and fixtures needed during production . |
| 27 | For example , on a gentle 5° slope , the possible speed may range from about 27mph to not being able to move at all . |
| 28 | It may be caused by an accidental or inadvertent release from an industrial plant , and the effects may range from annoyance ( e.g. odour ) through minor illness or discomfort ( nose , eye and breathing irritation , coughing , nausea ) to , in some cases , serious illness or even death as happened at Seveso , Bhopal and Chernobyl ( table 7.3 ) . |
| 29 | According to Jespersen ( 1933 ) , the imperative is used in requests , which according to circumstances may range from brusque commands to humble entreaties , the tone generally serving as a key to the exact meaning . |
| 30 | This may range from small areas of earthworks within or at one end of a settlement , to large areas of earthworks with only a few farms and cottages in use today . |