Example sentences of "they may [verb] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If cables are being stored on drums , wind them completely off the coil before connecting them to the load ; otherwise they may overheat in use . |
| 2 | The incubation period may be up to three months and , like warts , they may appear in crops . |
| 3 | At other times they may exist in competition , each endeavouring to gain influence in a third area . |
| 4 | They may exist in conjunction with , or separately from , road-station buildings such as mansiones and mutationes , which may , or may not , have had their own officials . |
| 5 | They may exist in favour of individuals , and in some cases in favour of a limited class , but , with the exception of the public right of fishing in tidal water , they can not exist in favour of the public at large . |
| 6 | The scientist who proposes new interpretations or principles is rather like the fictional detective ( they may exist in reality too ) who is faced with the same evidence as the reader and the police , but sees that it forms a different pattern when seen from the right angle . |
| 7 | They may stay in bed to all hours , slump in front of the television and expect to be waited on hand , foot and finger . |
| 8 | If so , have they costed them , or is it something else that they say that they may do in future if economic growth comes their way ? |
| 9 | In cancer , these antigens may reappear in tumours derived from epithelial cells that expressed the antigen only during fetal development , or they may disappear in tumours arising from epithelial cells that normally express the antigen . |
| 10 | The secondary reasons help to meet the burden of proof required to establish a complete justification , i.e. they may suffice in conjunction with the primary reasons in circumstances in which the primary reasons alone will not be enough to establish the legitimacy of an authority . |
| 11 | They may grow in Sheffield because the urban climate is slightly warmer than the surrounding countryside . |
| 12 | The rule in Adam v Ward offers consolation to victims of attacks made under the " coward 's cloak " of Parliamentary privilege : they may reply in kind , through newspapers which will only be liable for the defamatory content of their reply if it is irrelevant to the subject-matter of the attack , or if it defames other persons who bear no responsibility for the attack . |
| 13 | They may change in location over time . |
| 14 | Will there not be some children who , though they may succeed in part of a test , or a test in a specific skill , may yet be unable ever to pass the whole of the test at every stage ? |
| 15 | They may believe in Jesus Christ , yet they do not enjoy him . |
| 16 | The key question is whether , after decades of exposure to the various ‘ risk factors ’ , it is possible to reduce the frequency of coronary events and the deaths they may cause in men in the highest-risk categories , by altering the way of life of these men , and perhaps also by giving them appropriate drugs . |
| 17 | They may sniff in bed , using the bedcovers as a tent to contain the fumes . |
| 18 | Otherwise you would do well to keep your eyes fixed on the grilled fish and chicken , boring as they may seem in comparison . |
| 19 | They may become in turn promoters of the public library service and even serve to bring in financial support for the service — a valuable support group particularly in the USA where public library services are frequently vulnerable to local authority cuts . |
| 20 | Top earners in Latin America may be owners or managers , they may work in foreign or local firms and they may work in state or private enterprises . |
| 21 | They 're very poor people , they may work in industries with hundreds and hundreds of small outlets , whether they 're workshops in people 's homes or hairdressing shops , and it 's much harder to organise that kind of person than it is to organise a factory worker in a big factory . |
| 22 | Put another way , appropriability problems created by spillovers may affect R activities more than D activities , and they may lessen in importance the closer R&D output gets to a specific product market . |
| 23 | and Jehovah proceeded to go down to see what they see , to see the city and they tell that the sons of man have gods , after that Jehovah said look there are one people and there is one language for the north and this is they start to do , why now there is nothing that they may have in mind to do that will be unobtainable for them , come now let us go down and their confuse their language , he 'd be speaking to angels now would n't he |
| 24 | If things agree in one particular , they may agree in others ( Klee , Mondrian , Matisse ) . |