Example sentences of "[noun] may [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This discrepancy in drug uptake may explain why Ac-ASA seems to be ineffective when given to patients with ulcerative colitis . |
| 2 | Parents , pressure groups , national teachers ' organisations , and academics regularly express in print the notion that closing a primary school and sending children down the road to a school in another settlement may bring about changes detrimental to the way of life of any community whose school is closed . |
| 3 | Interesting forms may result where rocks of differing lithologies are exposed in the cliff face , especially where soft , incompetent rocks are overlain by resistant rocks . |
| 4 | The ballvalve stem may have both metal and plastic washers each side ( plastic closest to the cistern ) : the tank connectors for the cold feeds and overflow pipes have plastic washers only . |
| 5 | UPH 's shareholders may wonder why Desmond spent £4.4m of their money on a site which had been on offer for £2.7m . |
| 6 | Varices may form along adhesions between the abdominal wall and the gastrointestinal tract , particularly the small bowel . |
| 7 | This finding may explain why attempts to liberalise the archaic Sunday-trading laws of England and Wales ( Scottish shops can open as they please ) have split the Conservatives quite as deeply as the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 8 | In this first level relationship , the educational institution may seek out gifts or they may be unsolicited but the relationship essentially involves the giving and receiving of gifts . |
| 9 | The considerably lower activity found in malignant ascites may explain why coagulopathy after shunting is less pronounced in this group of patients . |
| 10 | Thus the Highland Boundary Fault may lie further north than is shown in Fig . |
| 11 | Alcuin [ q.v. ] says that Offa shed much blood to secure Ecgfrith 's position , and if this refers to a purge of the royal kindred may explain why Cenwulf was so distant a relative . |
| 12 | Further , if Rauching and Egidius were involved in inviting Gundovald to Gaul , the fact that their influence was unaffected by his defeat may explain why Gregory fails to name those members of Childebert 's court who were responsible for the invitation . |
| 13 | A report from US National Park Service scientists has argued that the proposed use of underground water systems by the city of Las Vegas may dry up water supplies in a large area of the National Park system . |
| 14 | Our finding of an association between urinary albumin and sodium excretion may explain why angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibition seemed more effective in reducing microalbuminuria in our studies than in theirs . |
| 15 | Since West German parties and voters have deep respect for professional competence , lists may include also experts not distinguished for party , activity or well suited to constituency campaigning . |
| 16 | England may call up Yorkshire wicketkeeper-batsman Richard Blakey for the fourth game at Lord 's tomorrow . |
| 17 | Council may take over running of historic sites |
| 18 | Gentile da Fabriano sleeper may fetch over £ 1 million |
| 19 | Even the attentive parent may wonder why F. D. Eastman 's Are you my mother ? or the current number of The Dandy has such a hold over their child . |
| 20 | TWA may take on Chicago route |
| 21 | Individuals may perform either role by itself ; or they might be active in both roles , and successfully at that ; or they may be strong in one but not in the other . |
| 22 | This latter point may explain why XLA carrier females show completely skewed X-chromosome activity in their B-cell lineage . |
| 23 | For instance , in Slemmadenia donnellsmithii ( Apocynaceae ) , spider-monkeys may excel over parrots and other birds in this respect in Guatemala . |
| 24 | It is possible , however , that the Maktoums may snap up Manton for Hern . |
| 25 | ALTHOUGH the name Castalian Band may conjure up images of something exotically Mediterranean , the ensemble has its roots firmly placed in Scotland , writes Carol Main . |
| 26 | Graduates with a specialism in Tourism and Leisure may take up employment in the management of tourism ventures , or in managing tourist flows . |
| 27 | Relations between Britain and China are at their lowest since the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 and there are fears that Beijing may carry out threats to foment disturbances among its many sympathisers in the territory . |
| 28 | If not in priority need , particularly if considered for the purposes of the Act to have become ‘ intentionally homeless ’ , persons may receive only advice and ‘ appropriate assistance ’ , leaving much to an authority 's discretion . |
| 29 | There the air rises hotly and on it an eagle may soar further south to where Slorne 's kind live , and where my kind come from too . ’ |
| 30 | Tax inspectors ' strike may hold up Beaujolais |