Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may experience rather more difficulty in mounting a similar operation against Kilkenny , though . |
| 2 | If there are statements by the Minister or other promoter of the Bill , these may throw as much light on the ‘ mischief ’ which the Bill seeks to remedy as do the white papers , reports of official committees and Law Commission reports to which the courts already have regard for that purpose . |
| 3 | A law student who is a CAB trainee volunteer may not fear legislative tomes but may want considerably more training to cope with an emotional client and feel the need for deeper counselling skills than basic training allows time for . |
| 4 | In fact I suspect on June the ninth even the wipe out of the Conservative party in the European elections may make even those members that side think that in order to say their own skins in the future they will actually have to start to think about a fairer electoral system and indeed there will be a unified system on the way forced by Europe on this house if we do not take it upon ourselves to do so and it will be our own fault that we 've shirked our responsibilities in my view to actually take it on board . |
| 5 | I think Chris Patten is right to stand up to the Chinese , even though it may make very little difference in the end . |
| 6 | The army may include as many Shamans as you wish within the usual limitations of points cost . |
| 7 | The army may include as many Orc or Goblin Big Bosses as you wish within the normal limitations of the points available . |
| 8 | The army may include as many Battle Wizards as you wish within the usual limitations of points costs . |
| 9 | Your army may include as many units of Pistoliers as you wish . |
| 10 | The army may include as many Heroes as you wish within the normal limitations of the points available . |
| 11 | The army may include as many Heroes as you wish within the normal limitations of the points available . |
| 12 | Voters may buy as many tickets as they wish , though no single voter may occupy more than one seat at a time . |
| 13 | Put another way , spillovers may benefit only those firms who already invest heavily in R&D and are , therefore , capable of exploiting them . |
| 14 | Studies such as these show that the workplace , although it may present relatively few opportunities for ‘ escape ’ is also a context within which personal identity and social esteem are formed . |
| 15 | In areas of readily eroded rocks the rivers may carry so much load that one of two things may happen : either the estuary may be filled soon after it is formed or the aggradation may keep pace with the rising sea level so that there is not a stage of actual ria or estuary formation . |
| 16 | If this happens the scab may bounce about with great speed and energy within the turret and may do as much damage as if the shell had actually penetrated . |
| 17 | Professional : The family member may give progressively less attention to his or her own work because of the problems at home and may even change employment in order to have more time or opportunity to supervise the worsening chaos at home . |
| 18 | He may transfer only that part of the allowance which is unused by his own income . |
| 19 | Clearly , proprietors or sole traders may withdraw as much money from their business funds as they wish ; the funds of the business are the same funds as their own . |
| 20 | If pupils are disaffected with school because they fail to see its relevance to the labour market , then non-sexist curricula may become yet another target for displays of boredom and alienation , yet another part of the school fabric to be attacked . |
| 21 | On the academic site , detailed tephrachronology makes it possible to study patterns in the behaviour of volcanoes — the magma erupted from one volcano may become steadily more acid , or it may show cyclical changes , or it may even vary consistently during each eruption , starting off fairly basic and ending up at the close of the eruption much more acid . |
| 22 | A controversial survey done by astronomers at Durham and London may provide yet more evidence against it . |
| 23 | Precision of communication is important , more important than ever , in our era of hair-trigger balances , when a false , or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act |
| 24 | A great city may contain as many markets as there are important branches of trade , and these markets may or may not be localized . |
| 25 | Such teachers may enter too many pupils for examination . |
| 26 | Once a DC is granted active status , the user responsible for the DC may enter as many development versions of the module(s) as may be desired . |
| 27 | They carry the same fear that someone will not come back even though as adults they may have far more control over the situation . |
| 28 | We may choose a professional sports person as our referent and bemoan the fact that our salaries do not compare despite the fact that we may have as much talent in our chosen fields . |
| 29 | This matrix may have as many elements as the size of the computer will allow and , once set up , the solution of the matrix equation subject to the imposed boundary conditions may be found by standard numerical procedures . |
| 30 | You may have as many sheets as you need ; ask the invigilator . |