Example sentences of "[noun pl] may [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | While analysts appreciate more information — because they have the ability to separate the price sensitive information from the padding — shareholders may require only a good summary of performance to date . |
| 2 | Beetles , wasps , squirrels etc feed upon the leaves and acorns of the oak ; but a tree that weighs 100 tonnes may produce only a few tonnes of such provender each year . |
| 3 | People on higher incomes may use quite a wide range of credit sources , but are less likely than average to buy on mail order , much less likely to use HP , and very much more likely to use bank credit cards , bank loans and overdrafts . |
| 4 | Other places may contain only a few species , yet the biomass at least at some seasons can be very high ; and this is true of the Arctic and Antarctic oceans . |
| 5 | These particles may carry either a positive or a negative electrical charge , or may be electrically neutral ; some have mass or weight , others appear to be weightless . |
| 6 | In the wild , the specialist predators may spend only a very small percentage of their time in the pursuit of food . |
| 7 | Students may take either a full MA(Honours) degree in Sanskrit , in which case a subsidiary related language such as Prakrit is normally studied in the last two years of the course , or a joint MA(Honours) degree in Sanskrit and Greek , Latin or Linguistics , where both subjects are studied for all four years of the curriculum . |
| 8 | These expressions may constitute either a promise , by which the maker of the statement intends that he should be bound , or a representation which is not intended to operate as a promise but is made with the intention and does have the effect of persuading the other party to enter into the contract . |