Example sentences of "[conj] may have [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is the wife who dies , her personal representatives may not be aware of her interest in the house or may have difficulty in producing proof of the same , much to the detriment of her estate . |
| 2 | A person who has or may have HIV infection should see a doctor ( or dentist ) if they have skin , chest or oral ( dental ) problems . |
| 3 | At present , the accurate diagnosis of PVO requires either arterial portography or splenoportography , both of which are invasive radiological proceedures that may have complications , particularly in patients with a coagulopathy . |
| 4 | Confirmation of portal vein patency or occlusion relies predominantly upon venous phase arterial portography or splenoportography , both invasive and time consuming radiological procedures that may have complications . |
| 5 | These methods enable doctors to detect babies that may have problems with breathing at birth and therefore to be in a position to treat the condition promptly . |
| 6 | Also many other small things that may have life and thought — butterflies , snails in curled shell , spiders , maggots . |
| 7 | While new organizations may possess a strong commitment to a new policy , and may have powers that enable it to bring together the resources for its implementation that were not possessed by any single previous organization , it still has to relate to a world in which other agencies have a great deal of power to influence its success . |
| 8 | At this sensitive period in these people 's lives , such modification can be misinterpreted by any one or more members of this group and may have repercussions in family relationships . |
| 9 | They may have symptoms of vertebrobasilar insufficiency with vertigo or drop attacks and may have signs of myelopathy . |
| 10 | The rearmost ends will project beyond the sleeve and may have arrow : nocks fitted . |
| 11 | Based on our research , we concur with the earlier observation that ‘ paraprofessionals who come from the communities which they serve have been found to be more effective in working with the people as they have close ties and may have insights and information not readily available to the outsider ’ ( IASSW , 1979 , p. 8 ) . |
| 12 | This will extend our knowledge of how the species--typical communicative gestures that precede the onset of language are acquired and may have application to a wide range of practical problems concerned with normal and abnormal processes of language acquisition . |
| 13 | Yet the choice of such a neutral form is as much a linguistic choice as any other , and may have implications which may be fruitfully examined in stylistics : the third-person pronoun , for example , distances the author and the reader from the character it denotes . |
| 14 | His comments arose after The Scotsman revealed that the Commission for Racial Equality has begun an unprecedented investigation into possible breaches of education and race relations law in the region 's assessment of children who speak English poorly and may have learning difficulties . |
| 15 | Our definition is pragmatic , chosen such that the renal failure is severe enough to influence patient survival and morbidity , may need specialist advice , and may have workload and planning implications . |
| 16 | He is understood to have head and chest injuries and may have shrapnel in his brain . |
| 17 | Birds can only change colour by moulting , and may have breeding plumage as well as a more cryptic pattern ; mammals tend to have fixed coloration , although man ( and woman ) spends millions trying to prove otherwise . |
| 18 | They provide good care , love , and stimulation but may have difficulty with one or two specific areas of behaviour problem , for example sleep problems , toilet training . |
| 19 | Animal protein is good for us but may have cholesterol embedded in it — like fatty meat . |