Example sentences of "may [verb] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the factors ( social or otherwise ) which may affect either the need for or the cost of delivering health care are unevenly distributed , often in small pockets , and do not present in the same way — or have the same social meaning — in different parts of Britain . |
| 2 | Change your outlook P.R.S. or ‘ driving ’ a 737 may remain just a dream . |
| 3 | Thus some may remain forever the audience without the power to express their point of view . |
| 4 | Pharmacologists , on the other hand , will point out that they now can design rational drugs which may influence precisely the functioning of the relevant gene product . |
| 5 | A pattern need not cover the whole board ; thus in Os & Xs , a pattern may cover just a row , or just a diagonal . |
| 6 | The Renton Committee noted that definitions may take various forms : they may be exhaustive ; they may be merely inclusionary ; they may concentrate only the boundaries of the concept ; they may seek to exclude descriptive material and concentrate upon conceptual analysis ; they may rely upon general principles . |
| 7 | The overall picture presented in his article is a little less clear than it might be , if only because of the multiplicity of interesting observations ( fortunately Bolinger provides us with copious examples ) but it may be summarized as follows : ( a ) Adjectives may qualify either the referent of a noun or its sense without simultaneously applying to the other . |
| 8 | We may consider rather the analogy of carpets being brought periodically into a shop for display and rolled out one by one on a pile . |
| 9 | Even though the donor may benefit nevertheless the gifts will not be gifts subject to a reservation . |
| 10 | Let us now consider ( 39 ) where the word plastered follows its noun ( again , an attributive interpretation is possible in principle — Clara might be an offensively wealthy tourist who travels round Italy trying to buy buildings and parts of buildings to take home as souvenirs ; but we shall assume that this meaning can safely be left out of account ) : ( 39 ) Clara wants the façade plastered It at once becomes apparent that this may specify either an event , with the façade on the receiving end of it , or a state which Clara wishes to see existing in the façade . |
| 11 | We may clear away the smoke that suffocates and remove the saturated fats that clog by making certain reasonably simple decisions , but giving the right directions , was a very different — and in my case — a far harder problem . |
| 12 | Secondly , they may send both the documentation and the program to the potential purchaser allowing a limited period during which the package can be used and evaluated . |
| 13 | Each class is given a credit rating ( normally one credit per class , but some half-classes like Quantitative Methods or Computing , which are obligatory in the Business School , may carry only a half credit ) . |
| 14 | During the two months of the rainy season , they may do so every day . |
| 15 | bee-keeper may give away a hive , and later the recipient will find a way of unobtrusively repaying the kindness either with an appropriate gift or with some worthwhile service . |
| 16 | These may in turn be sub-divided ; goods possessed may comprise either the results of private purchase or goods allocated by the state , while goods not possessed tend to fall into two categories : first , those we encounter as material forms , in particular the built environment , the goods of our acquaintances or those in the high street shop , and secondly , goods we do not experience directly , but which appear to us through the media — for example in television , magazines and advertising . |
| 17 | Sometimes the mirroring may comprise only the note-order , or ( conversely ) the rhythmic structure set to different notes , so that it is not strictly speaking a palindrome . |
| 18 | Candidates must demonstrate their ability to use , at an employable level , the skills of audio transcription in a practical office situation : they may use either a typewriter or word processing equipment . |
| 19 | The effect of section 9 is that the Crown can not rely directly on wire-tapping evidence in legal proceedings , but may use only the fruits of the interception . |
| 20 | We may see here a way of expressing the double motif of God 's transcendence and immanence discussed above . |
| 21 | ( With the privilege of hindsight , some may see here an anticipation of the modern emphasis on transactions and interaction as the basic nexus of symbolic life . ) |
| 22 | Erm and , and I think in a way you y you know you may start the exploration and then that may lead you on to do something else , and , and you may spend actually a bit of time before you actually want to start the training . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The ‘ key informant ’ will often be the same individual as made possible the researcher 's access to the group , and may become almost a partner in the research . |
| 25 | The appearance of a hawk-like bird may provide just the encouragement the potential hosts need to make them abandon the nest for a while and take cover elsewhere . |
| 26 | Occasionally a book has almost achieved immortality , like John Ruskin 's Stones of Venice , but even more modest books can call up the spirit of a place ; and a private letter may illuminate both a person and a work of art . |
| 27 | If medical expenses are being claimed , the estimate should include a provision for these and also any medical fees we may incur e.g. a PMA report or Additional Certificate of Medical Attendant . |
| 28 | When the 46-chromosome cell divides , the sperm which results may contain either the X or the Y chromosome . |
| 29 | The problem is that on his own terms ‘ many ’ may conclude quite the reverse , however much they share his view of the Iraqi regime . |
| 30 | The particular point of interest ( Table 12b ) is the extent of any difference between the attitudes of people who are not using or have not used a type of credit , and the attitudes of those who have : when the attitudes of non-users are different , this may suggest either a misapprehension , or sometimes some genuine difference — in either case , perhaps worth further exploration . |