Example sentences of "may [verb] [noun] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 1 ) Without prejudice to its other powers under this Act , a licensing board may make byelaws for any of the following purposes ( a ) for closing licensed premises wholly or partially on New Year 's Day , and on such other days not being more than four in any one year as the board may think expedient for special reasons ; ( b ) for prohibiting holders of licences from residing in their licensed premises , or for requiring the dwellinghouses of holders of licences to be separate from their licensed premises ; ( c ) for requiring all wines , made-wines and spirits sold by the holder of an off-sale licence to be sold in corked , stoppered or sealed vessels , cans , jars or casks ; ( d ) for requiring every holder of a hotel or public house licence to keep in his licensed premises and to renew from day to day a sufficient supply of drinking water , and such eatables as may be specified in the byelaw , and to display , offer and supply the same as may be required by the byelaw ; ( e ) for printing a list of all applications coming before any meeting of the licensing board , with such other information as may be considered necessary by the board ; ( f ) for the setting out of conditions which may be attached to licences for the improvement of standards of , and conduct in , licensed premises ; ( g ) for the granting of a licence of a type other than that applied for ; Provided that a byelaw made under paragraph ( c ) above shall not apply to licensed premises where no groceries are kept or sold and where a bona fide wholesale business in alcoholic liquor is carried on . |
| 2 | The government has a list of long-promised infrastructure projects that could make up for the fall in private investment , though a bitter dispute in progress between the government and foreign banks that have lent 20 billion baht ( $187m ) for an elevated motorway in Bangkok may make finance for future projects harder to come by . |
| 3 | They prefer to associate with the machine rather than with human beings , although they may make exceptions for fellow hackers . |
| 4 | The Department may make allowances for other expenses which you may have for the upkeep of the property . |
| 5 | Mr Zahid Dar , a spokesman for their solicitors , said the other two may seek compensation for wrongful detention . |
| 6 | It empowers the Department of Justice to sue to obtain redress for victims of housing discrimination ( the damages may include payment for personal humiliation as well as loss of time or money ) . |
| 7 | It may carry genes for delicate surface ornament , yet be worn smooth by abrasion . |
| 8 | It may carry genes for large size but remain stunted through starvation . |
| 9 | However , the practices and procedures which the team has adopted seem to have been shaped more directly by a -latent agenda of issues : a preference amongst the team 's management for a " hands on service ; the maintenance , until recently , of a strong health authority orientation to the team ( a hospital base , the dominance of the psychiatrist 's authority , the hospital itself as a central feature of the Borough 's service pattern ) ; a separatism which has been maintained between the social workers and the CMHNs over the team 's access to health and social service resources , so that social workers may refer clients for social service resources , and nurses for health authority resources , but not vice versa ; These features have tended to rule out for the team any sustained attention to the developmental role — a role which is certainly a part of its official brief , but which is clearly not a priority in terms of its current practice . |
| 10 | It may however , present a defendant in a criminal trial with a way of side-stepping the requirement that only the Attorney may bring actions for unintentional contempt . |
| 11 | Both sides commit themselves to free trade in industrial goods , but the easterners may keep tariffs for ten years and the Community may keep those on ‘ sensitive ’ items for five . |
| 12 | The precautionary approach to development in areas which may become candidates for managed retreat in the future is most welcome . |
| 13 | While it is reassuring to most people to learn that one of the basic building blocks of our bodies and the world we inhabit is more nearly permanent than we knew before , the latest data may provide problems for some theorists . |
| 14 | Under s20(4) a local authority may provide accommodation for any child within their area if they consider that this would safeguard and promote the child 's welfare ( s20(4) ) . |
| 15 | British Nuclear Fuels ( BNFL ) may face prosecution for withholding information about an accident at the Sellafield plant from the Department of the Environment for 36 hours . |
| 16 | For example , a product code used as a key may contain sections for such fields as : |
| 17 | It may have implications for social policy , but this is not the prime purpose . |
| 18 | In rainforest regions , deforestation is the major agent of environmental change and while it has obvious localised effects , especially in relation to soil erosion and soil degradation , there is growing concern that such large-scale destruction of biomass may have implications for climatic change ( section 5.3.1 ) . |
| 19 | By exaggerating operating difficulties or temporary adverse market conditions , for instance , managers can shape board decision making , providing some leverage against the imposition of rigorous profit-maximising targets , or may attract funds for divisional growth to a greater extent than is justified by the profit potential . |
| 20 | The changes taking place in INSET funding arrangements may allow scope for local initiatives to flourish . |
| 21 | The source studies in the table featured different years of origin , discount rates , health state valuations , settings , and types of comparison programmes ; all of these differences may raise problems for meaningful comparison . |
| 22 | ‘ Granny ’ ruling may offer lifeline for young Scots |
| 23 | Some families choose particular village locations because multiple-car ownership eases their problems of accessibility ; others make the choice or are constrained to a particular area for economic reasons even though the ownership of just one car may cause difficulties for some members of the family ; yet other households may be constrained even to particular houses in particular locations . |
| 24 | Mr Chamberlain 's services to the State are infinitely greater than any I have been able to render , but we are both men who are giving all we can give to the service of the State ; we are both men who are , or try to be , actuated by principle in our conduct ; we are men who , I think , have exactly the same views on the political problems of the day ; we are men who I believe — certainly on my side-have esteem and perhaps I may say affection for each other ; but the result of this dynamic force is that we stand here today , he prepared to go into the wilderness if he should be compelled to forsake the Prime Minister , and I prepared to go into the wilderness if I should be compelled to stay with him . |