Example sentences of "may at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adultery has been a hanging matter — both in this and in the usual sense of the phrase — for the literature of the past , and perhaps it could be suggested that both senses may at times be presented to the mind by what Amis does with the subject , and that there is no striking difference in this respect between what he did in the Sixties and what he has done in the Eighties . |
| 2 | You may at least force the opponent to back off , since he will have more to lose than you . |
| 3 | The above definition may at first seem to have little to do with a choreographer 's work . |
| 4 | At a time when a good public image is essential for universities , English is unable to explain itself in ways immediately intelligible to the outsider , is notoriously riven with doubts and disagreements that prevent it from having a shared sense of purpose , and may at intervals erupt into crises that attract the wrong sort of publicity . |
| 5 | At one point , the prospectus states : ‘ A Water Service Company may at any time require the Director General to determine whether , and if so how , K should be changed where other circumstances which would not have been avoided by prudent management action , have a substantial adverse effect on its water or sewerage business . ’ |
| 6 | IRAQ 'S splintered opposition may at last have found its voice . |
| 7 | That sort of secretary-general may at times disagree with one or both of them . |
| 8 | Hopefully they may at least be able to feel they have an element of control over what is happening . |
| 9 | One has the awful feeling that at this election , because of the recession and the loss of conviction which has accompanied the ending of the Thatcher era , this tendency may at last be triumphant . |
| 10 | Coupled with last week 's fall in inflation to four per cent , ministers believe the much-vaunted ‘ green shoots of recovery ’ may at last be showing through . |
| 11 | But the balance is a delicate one , for even the golfer , the competitor and the staff member may become ‘ caught up ’ and absorbed in the thing itself and enhancement of reputation may at least temporarily be held in abeyance . |
| 12 | As with transcendence and immanence , this may at first sight appear to represent a flat contradiction in terms . |
| 13 | The Insurer may at its own expense take proceedings in the name of the Insured Person to recover compensation or secure an indemnity from any Third Party in respect of any loss or damage covered by this insurance and any amount so recovered shall belong to the Insurer . |
| 14 | In respect of any claim or series of claims for which this cover provides an indemnity to an Insured Person against his/her legal liability , the Insurer may at any time pay to the Insured Person the limit of indemnity after deduction of any sum(s) already paid as compensation or any lesser amount for which such claim(s) can be settled , and upon such payment being made , the Insurer shall relinquish the conduct and control of and be under no further liability in connection with such claim(s) except for payment of costs and expenses recoverable or incurred prior to the date of such payment . |
| 15 | It was recorded as a fulling mill , although it may at least in part have been a grist mill . |
| 16 | This may at first be simple ‘ draw writing ’ but as they develop and learn more about how written language works , their writing comes increasingly close to standard adult systems . |
| 17 | Well , then , let me put it this way : neither you nor I is happy ; but I may at least continue to be only moderately unhappy in reasonable comfort , while you may abruptly cease to be anything at all except on Social Security if goat 's cheese and sheep 's yoghurt hit a rough patch . |
| 18 | The dilemma of sex determination may at first seem to be far removed from the real business of the legal world . |
| 19 | This observation may at least provide a clue to the molecular basis of positional information . |
| 20 | We may at our discretion and without prior notice terminate or suspend your right to use your Card . |
| 21 | The phraseology may at times seem a little stilted but this is necessary to avoid misleading people . |
| 22 | Midland may at its discretion change these Terms and Conditions , give notice of variation in such a manner as it considers appropriate and may vary its charges and interest rates by general notice in branches . |
| 23 | Persons who are unable to satisfy the conditions for enrolment at the appropriate time , being the time laid down by the Senate under Section 3 , may at the discretion of the Senate be provisionally enrolled for such period not exceeding three months as may be authorised by or on behalf of the Senate . |
| 24 | The important point is that librarians may at least be aware of its existence . |
| 25 | This may at first appear paradoxical because robots are often — perhaps most often — thought of as mechanical workpeople , displacing humans . |
| 26 | At the presentation , Sir Humphry did not pass up the chance to impress upon the business world the great value of science to their endeavours : ‘ Science , gentlemen , is of infinitely more importance to a state than may at first sight appear possible ; for no source of wealth and power can be entirely independent of it ; and no class of men are so well able to appreciate its advantages as that to which I am addressing myself . |
| 27 | According to Martin Orne , hypnosis may at times help to remove this amnesia , but there have been no good studies of the effect of hypnosis on trauma . |
| 28 | A SOLUTION to the tricky chemical problem of distinguishing ancient Oriental lacquerware from modern copies and fakes may at last have been discovered . |
| 29 | The energies required to probe the nucleus are therefore high , so it may at first seem surprising that visible light with its moderate energies can reveal important information about the nucleus . |
| 30 | Even though it was suggested that such crises may at some point lead to a collapse of the system , this is not inevitable nor even highly probable . |