Example sentences of "may also [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pCO 2 of human gall bladder bile exceeds that of hepatic bile and blood , suggesting that the gall bladder may also absorb HCO 3 - via H + secretion . |
| 2 | The failings may also justify some simplification , if only to allow greater resources to be devoted to the most important indicators . |
| 3 | They may also trap the dew in hairs . |
| 4 | Pyrenees may also refer to small ewes ' milk cheeses that are produced in the same area . |
| 5 | Occupational welfare may include tangible benefits such as non-contributory pensions , company cars or cheap loans , but may also refer to less tangible aspects of employment like the number and range of hours worked , the working environment and effects on health or future prospects . |
| 6 | On a more subjective level social isolation may also refer to feelings of loneliness and concerns about the quality and quantity of social contacts . |
| 7 | They may also refer to the relation between structures and the coast , in which case the primary division is usually between longitudinal and transverse coasts . |
| 8 | Your manager may also refer you to the ES Personnel Handbook . |
| 9 | The Minister may also refer to the discretionary grants from local education authorities . |
| 10 | We may also refer to a writer like Meiklejohn ( 1909 ) ; his book is an excellent work of its kind , and despite the oft-repeated claims of more recent linguists that previous investigators had seriously neglected syntax , that subject receives no fewer than seventy pages in his treatment ( even when the allocation of words to word-classes is excluded ) . |
| 11 | WHILE Michael Foot makes it plain he does not wish to go to the House of Lords after the election , at least one senior Tory leaving the Lower House may also remain a commoner . |
| 12 | Believe , consider , judge , think , declare , imagine , all may precede states of affairs set out in the form of an explicit clause ; they may also precede a structure consisting of noun phrase + adjective , where the adjective is a clausal one . |
| 13 | These changes may also precede the development of adenomatous polyps . |
| 14 | The terms of a contract may also enable that person to delegate some or all of his or her powers to representatives , typically a resident engineer on site . |
| 15 | Secondly , patients in hospital may also avoid hasty discharge to residential or care homes if they face means tested charges . |
| 16 | A party may also avoid being in breach by including clauses giving it a unilateral right to change the contents of the contractual obligations , such as clauses allowing the seller to change the delivery date , deliver a different quantity from that ordered by the buyer , alter colours , specifications etc. ( b ) Excluding liability A second alternative is for a clause to state , baldly , that a contracting party is not to be liable , or responsible , for stipulated acts . |
| 17 | A Railcard may also entitle you to reduced fares on Sealink ships to the Channel Islands and Ireland and for travelling by rail and sea to 17 Continental countries . |
| 18 | However , events which entitle the contractor to an extension of time may also entitle the contractor to recover extra costs . |
| 19 | They almost certainly meet the needs of individual clients , but , like primary nursing , they may also fulfil the needs of the professionals concerned so successfully that the professionals , rather than the recipients of care , are really the most important clients of the system . |
| 20 | They may also aim to produce satisfactory levels of profit to keep shareholders happy and grant over-generous wage rises to avoid labour conflicts . |
| 21 | It stated that ‘ the first objective for all sentences is denunciation of and retribution for the crime ’ but continued : ‘ Depending on the offence and the offender , the sentence may also aim to achieve public protection , reparation and reform of the offender ’ ( Home Office , 1990a : 2.9 ) . |
| 22 | It is reckoned to be capable of cutting the death rate from fractures in older women by 60 per cent and may also protect against heart disease and rheumatoid arthritis . |
| 23 | Long calls may also attract females or enable dispersed individuals to remain in contact with a dominant male . |
| 24 | Apart from financial advantages , environmental preferences and the increasing amount of time available for leisure may also attract elderly migrants to non-metropolitan areas ( Law and Warnes 1973 ) . |
| 25 | But this may also attract criticism from parents if they make their own comparisons about trends and innovations . |
| 26 | Park officials are concerned that local genetically-distinct sub-species of elephant and other animals may also disappear forever , unless a breeding population can be maintained . |
| 27 | Finally , proteins may also serve as energy sources . |
| 28 | A further suggestion is that exposure to the context alone given after exposure to the target stimulus will result not only in extinction of context-stimulus associations but may also serve to attenuate the rate with which associations are forgotten . |
| 29 | Play may also serve ‘ the individual child in working through his own problems or fulfilling his wishes at the fantasy level ’ ( ibid . |
| 30 | They may also serve to imitate foodstuffs such as meat or cheese . |