Example sentences of "may then " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will ask you further information about your finances and/or your situation and may then in certain circumstances by able to offer you a loan . |
| 2 | Once the opponent has landed fully , the hook will require a lot of force to make it work , and a foot sweep may then be the more appropriate technique to apply . |
| 3 | They may then realise the truth of Fokine 's words . |
| 4 | Calcium and magnesium salts may then be added to partly catalyse conversion of a acids so pre-empting the boiling reactions . |
| 5 | This advantage is considerable since the bitter fraction may then be chemically manipulated to produce bitter iso a acids from the a acids and so provide a PIKE product which may be added towards the end of the boil or even afterwards . |
| 6 | While the banks may then try to sue the council or even individual officers the risk is very widely spread and no financial institution will be put in danger . |
| 7 | Heads of Department may then permit you time off in lieu ’ . |
| 8 | The debtor may then ( with the court 's approval ) make a composition or scheme of arrangement with his creditors ; but if this is not done he will be adjudicated bankrupt , and the whole of his property ( not including property of which he is himself a trustee , or — up to the value of £250 — the tools of his trade and the necessary clothing and bedding of himself and his family ) will vest in the ‘ official receiver ’ ( a public officer ) or some other trustee , and become divisible among his creditors who prove their debts . |
| 9 | Some would take this view , arguing along the lines of the story of Christ healing the lepers , that some of God 's gifts are given free to men who may then go and abuse them . |
| 10 | Relatives contemplating events after their loved one has died may then feel that they , together with the person who died , dealt with this most significant event well . |
| 11 | She will begin in a single room , where both her health and aptitude for prison life will be assessed , but may then be moved to a dormitory . |
| 12 | Lacking the ability perhaps to identify the chemical components in proper scientific vocabulary , the groups may exchange emotions , fears and hopes — and may then go on to decipher the chemical nomenclature together , if it proves to be necessary , and desirable that they do so . |
| 13 | It may then mediate in the dispute — rather like a referee at a football match — trying to keep the sides apart and probably insisting on a ‘ cease-fire ’ until a peaceful settlement can be negotiated . |
| 14 | It may then take decades for a long-lived species like trout to die out completely . |
| 15 | Herd formation may then come about in response to the distribution patterns of rich food in patches . |
| 16 | People who are not subject to the authority of the law may then obey the rules for prudential reasons , or because even though they have no duty to obey , disobedience will do more harm than good . |
| 17 | Cleaning may then commence . |
| 18 | If it comes across any orifices , holes , crypts , or glands , it will , however , gladly occupy these , and there may then be a degree of tissue destruction . |
| 19 | Occasionally the fungus can ensconce itself in the terminal portion of the urethra , and it may then give rise to symptoms similar to those found in non-specific urethritis . |
| 20 | They may then be an unusual cause of non-specific urethritis . |
| 21 | In some cases , however , the information on contacts may be slender , particularly if the sexual encounter followed a pick-up in a pub or resulted from a drunken all-night party which had been gate-crashed , and the contact-tracer may then be involved in trips , often abortive , to the Jolly Fig and Navel in the seedier part of town to try to locate Suzie — ‘ … the one with the long blonde hair , pink mini-skirt , and acne ’ . |
| 22 | The hay may then be left until mid-afternoon and the whole process repeated . |
| 23 | They may then be rolled onto a simple reel , which may be made from a 5 — gallon oil drum , and are ready for next year . |
| 24 | In other cases he remains cut off , although he may then recover well enough physically and mentally to start a new life , perhaps even setting up home with someone else and taking on a new job . |
| 25 | The patient may then progress to moving forwards and backwards using his seat muscles . |
| 26 | The patient may then practise walking sideways in similar fashion round the plinth . |
| 27 | If this is not possible , the case may then be referred to the European Court of Human Rights , whose decision on the matter will be binding on the nation concerned . |
| 28 | Third , the doctor may then decide on the appropriate care according to the ethical and legal principles set out earlier . |
| 29 | There may then be a break of a few days while participants work to devise a training session . |
| 30 | You may then need to consider response-cost ( described below ) . |