Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [adv] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may arise even in circumstances where there is a knowledge of BSL and therefore some way of encoding its meaning . |
| 2 | The court must bear the difficulties which may arise then in mind when deciding whether to order a payment at all and , if so , from whom ( Breeze v McKennon & Son ( 1985 ) 32 Build LR 41 ) . |
| 3 | If they help to make conditions in Cuba less awful , Fidel Castro may stay longer in power . |
| 4 | The pluralist description of the social order with its myriad political institutions , groups , and actors all competing , albeit unequally , for power treats the media as a set of institutions which may act independently in society but which may also be deployed by powerful groups . |
| 5 | People may act differently in response to changes in taxation than to variations in earnings per se . |
| 6 | She may feel more in control if she takes her bill herself to the Department of Social Security , having been guided by the adviser that she should ask them about the ‘ fuel direct ’ scheme that will debit her benefits automatically and prevent disconnection . |
| 7 | The supervisory authority is not able to grant an exemption from the information required , but may do so in respect of additional information that it has requested . |
| 8 | There is a distinction to be drawn between an evacuation of the kind that we may see tonight in Dubrovnik and an interdiction naval force designed to prevent , for example , the shelling of Dubrovnik by Yugoslav gun boats . |
| 9 | In Shell UK v Lostock Garage Ltd [ 1976 ] 1 WLR 1187 Lord Denning MR explained what he thought was meant by the proposition that reasonableness is to be considered at the time when the contract is made : If the terms impose a restraint which is unreasonable in the sense that it may work unfairly in circumstances which may reasonably be anticipated , the courts will refuse to enforce the restraint : but it will not hold it to be unenforceable simply because it might work unfairly in certain exceptional circumstances outside the reasonable expectation of the parties at the time of making the agreement . |
| 10 | PR may work well in times of prosperity but the real test for a constitutional system comes in times of turbulence , social change , and economic slumps . |
| 11 | Septic complications after the introduction of P aeruginosa at ERCP are well described and may occur even in patients who do not have biliary or pancreatic disease . |
| 12 | They might appear there when normal syntax has to be subordinated to the exigencies of poetry ( or perhaps we should say " of unskilful poetry " ) and they may occur postnominally in prose in one or two special constructions . |
| 13 | Again , the deposition of pollen is timed to suit its germination in that stigmas and anthers are synchronized , whereas the site for germination of a seed may occur randomly in time as well as space in the regenerating gaps of forest . |
| 14 | Anorectal complications of portal hypertension may occur early in life and in a recent study of children 4.7% presenting with bleeding oesophageal varices had symptomatic rectal varices or haemorrhoids . |
| 15 | Here pupils are encouraged to analyse why they may perform disappointingly in exams as well as to discover ways of improving their preparation for tests . |
| 16 | A creditor may vote either in person or by proxy . |
| 17 | A good service may cost more in terms of staffing , but would contribute to a reduction in medical-bed occupancy by providing early assessment . |
| 18 | Self-esteem , though not significantly different between women and men throughout childhood and early adulthood , may decrease later in women 's lives , for instance . |
| 19 | This is why , as people get older , they may decrease dramatically in height . |
| 20 | Nor would the suggestion of a derivational link to a noun hold good for an associative use of young rather common in advertisements : ( 14 ) the young place to go young clothes the young thing to do Another thing to emphasize is that what we are considering does not depend on a change of sense in the adjective ; in some cases , certainly , the shift from ascription to association or vice versa may be accompanied by or compatible with such a lexical change ; but this may happen equally in cases of classical structural ambiguity , such as : ( 15 ) Charles will give a talk on the village green where two different senses of on are called upon , as one shifts from the one structure to the other . |
| 21 | SPG would identify any [ ] and [ ] interests that these partners may have elsewhere in Europe , plus non-core activities that might be available for sale following an acquisition . |
| 22 | Such birds may vary widely in morphology and taxonomic affinity . |
| 23 | Because games may vary slightly in length you may not start at the exact time given . |
| 24 | It may vary slightly in length and in its physical arrangement but these are matters of detail ; the chemistry is the same . |
| 25 | An unsuccessful fishing is a most discouraging event to the dwellers in these remote western isles : hundreds leaving every year for the east coast ; when fortunate , they will be able to bring home with them , after clearing all expenses for board , etc. , more than enough to pay the rent of their crofts ; but in a bad year they may come away in debt to the curer . |
| 26 | First attacks may last longer in women than in men . |
| 27 | There is surprisingly little variation in the size of the erect penis , although flaccid organs may differ considerably in appearance . |
| 28 | He argues , therefore , that social ties may differ radically in function and should not be considered to provide some unitary benefit in terms of concepts such as emotional support . |