Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [pron] may [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Childcare is increasingly becoming a necessity and not the optional extra or luxury it may once have been considered , ’ said Coun Frank Robson , chairman of the council 's personnel sub-committee . |
| 2 | Yet had the visitors been England or Australia he may well not have been able to resist the temptation , and this was only partly because they were the leading lights in world cricket ; there was also the racial aspect , in that he passionately wanted to prove that a team of black players led by a black captain was the equal of , if not better than , the white teams . |
| 3 | As such , schizophrenia can be distinguished from progressive degeneration disorders of the brain like senile dementia , the delirium or dementia which may sometimes follow severe head injury or drug abuse , and the effects of neurological conditions like Huntington 's chorea or brain tumours . |
| 4 | By saying this , I am accepting that Geraldine herself may well have engineered the engagement . |
| 5 | Some of these functions are best performed by University Institutes , some by a Curriculum Development Centre , some by a Curriculum Planning Unit and it is therefore possible that functions which may hitherto have been seen as either wholly performed by this body or that may increasingly be undertaken in partnership . |
| 6 | This seems to me to represent good grounds for believing that functionalism itself may well be true . |
| 7 | ( Remember that cooperation itself may even involve a certain amount of argument or competition . ) |
| 8 | Thus it is essential that we keep in mind that notions which may now seem ‘ normal ’ and ‘ natural ’ are in fact , as with most things , social and cultural constructs determined by a complex of reasons and situations . |
| 9 | This chapter gives you some ideas for informal things to do in the Home , organised outings and activities which may also have a special therapy value , like reminiscence . |
| 10 | But it does lend itself to careful analysis and preparation which may well pay off during the actual bargaining . |
| 11 | The toddler age group is particularly prone to this type of behaviour problem and parents may seek help from GPs and paediatricians who may just say that the child will grow out of it ( Christopherson 1986 ) . |
| 12 | Those of us who wish to push forward must acknowledge the pain it may cause and help those affected to grieve , and then to let go of values and ideas which may no longer be relevant . |
| 13 | Even if there is no material breach as between buyer and seller there may still , at the multilateral level , be a breach of the exchange 's standards of conduct , actionable by the exchange . |
| 14 | But most of all they are sad for Bea and Eugenie who may never go on holiday with Mummy and Daddy again . |
| 15 | This possibility has existed since the model became dynamic in 1976 ; with increased flexibility and resources it may now be possible to move towards a full-scale tracking exercise . |
| 16 | The writer 's intention to amuse , or the reader 's amusement , are not easy issues to deal with in any summary way , but various forms of surprise and shock which may well cause a laugh or a smile will emerge as essential in distinguishing the fabliau . |
| 17 | In the coming weeks the The England party is due to visit outposts such as Cuttack , Jampshedpu and Ahmedabad which may only be reached by tortuous train journeys of up to 15 hours , some requiring overnight travel between games . |
| 18 | The distinction is quite important , for there are certain truly ‘ vaginal ’ infections in which the actual surface of the vagina is involved in the infective process and there are infections of the cervix and uterus which may also cause a discharge that appears ‘ vaginal ’ but is , in fact , cervical or uterine in origin . |
| 19 | But by using old pieces of furniture of odd shapes and sizes you may well sacrifice the conventional work surface to retain character . |
| 20 | We want the rights of way network to be improved and modernised by consensus , with more bridleways , more links between rights of way to make circular walks , and links which may also be used to take people out of sensitive areas for forestry and farming . |
| 21 | Instead , they are bound up in the replication of previously set standards and routines which may actually frustrate the straightforward goal of simply getting housework done . |
| 22 | Equally citizens ' advice bureaux may be able to assist with advice and information which may further your case . |
| 23 | This troublesome invisibility in the material record is often inversely related to its semantic value , and activity which may well have a central place in the police model of reality can well remain beyond the grasp of the outsider . |
| 24 | The idea is to help doctors and nurses who may otherwise have difficulty in conferring because of geography or timing , to review and analyse non-emergency patient cases . |
| 25 | In these ways , and in certain others of less importance which will be referred to briefly , members and the public ( which , for practical purposes , means creditors and others who may subsequently have dealings with the company and become its members or creditors ) are supposed to be able to obtain the information which they need to make an intelligent appraisal of their risks , and to decide when and how to exercise the rights and remedies which the law affords them . |
| 26 | If they stop and pause they may well urinate or even defecate at that spot , which is likely to be not only illegal , but also . |
| 27 | Builders and developers themselves may also speculate in land in this way . |
| 28 | But buyers there may simply have stolen a march on the market . |