Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have consulted the most celebrated authors on comparative anatomy , but do not find any such structures of those parts described ; and as it is not known to you , I may presume that it has not been before taken notice of . |
| 2 | The external schema is the subset of the database which is relevant to the particular user , and though it may be a summarised and a very restricted subset , the user may think that it represents the whole view , because it is the whole view as far as the user is concerned . |
| 3 | Although in some cases , part of the site may survive because it lies outside the area to be destroyed , more often the whole site disappears and only excavation records and finds are left . |
| 4 | But if an incident has occurred involving violence or which leads to a soured atmosphere at work , management may consider that it has little option but to take action . |
| 5 | Texas-based Enron said Teesside was among several sites it may consider if it goes ahead with plans to build a new petrochemical plant in Europe . |
| 6 | A seminal influence in this style of thinking has been Gilbert Ryle 's exposure of the category mistake , which implies that the most logically organized case may crumble because it turns out to depend on unnoticed analogies . |
| 7 | The ( very guarded ! ) formulation ‘ unit ’ does not in any way preclude us from becoming a committee , a commission , a staff , a section , or anything else you may choose once it has been decided what form we are going to take . |
| 8 | For example , if a school has attempted to improve its image in the neighbourhood it may feel that it has been successful if the number selecting the school for the following academic year increases . |
| 9 | They may see that it does not have to be time consuming and it does n't always involve filling in forms . |
| 10 | So I think the two do n't equate in that respect , I think where they may equate , and again I 'm no expert , may equate when it comes to the ground forces |
| 11 | A third party may claim that it has a direct interest in the actions of States or it may accept that its interest is indirect or peripheral . |
| 12 | A third State may claim that it has become associated with a treaty through acceptance or approval . |
| 13 | A third party may claim that treaty rights have been assigned to it , or a party may claim that it has made an assignment and is thus discharged from that particular responsibility under the agreement . |
| 14 | While an industrial tribunal may err if it misinterprets these guidelines , the Employment Appeal Tribunal has emphasised that , for all the potential complexity , the assessment of compensation is inevitably a rough-and-ready exercise . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , in addition to any efficiency argument against monopoly , society may decide that it dislikes monopoly profits purely on the grounds of equity . |
| 16 | Finally , I would like to imagine what may happen if it does turn out that mental health can be shown to have a genetic basis . |
| 17 | Stunning — but this young Chana micropeltes may fade as it grows to a duller red . |
| 18 | A third party may assert that it has more than a mere interest in a certain subject , since it has a legal right81 in the subject matter of the dispute , or a right granted under a treaty between the parties . |
| 19 | In the same way , if , after an oral representation , the terms of the sale are reduced into writing which does not include the representation , this may indicate that it did not form part of the agreement . |
| 20 | Before leaving this interesting adjective behind , we may note that it introduces a minor discrepancy from a rather general tendency of qualification which has been gradually emerging by implication in the text so far . |
| 21 | They illustrate the principle of allometry ; that an animal 's relative proportions may change as it increases in size . |
| 22 | The only visible wheel appears to have twenty-four teeth , which may signify that it rotated daily . |
| 23 | The action may fail before it gets much further , however . |
| 24 | Of course the retention of material on library shelves also costs money , in a sense , although a librarian may argue that it costs nothing extra to fill up shelf space which is lying empty . |
| 25 | Critics may argue that it has not moved enough with the times , is not as up-to-date in its special effects as its counterparts across the Atlantic , but this perhaps highlights its attraction . |
| 26 | Even a user who starts a search with a specific subject in mind may find that it does not quite match his requirements after all . |
| 27 | By the time that you have battled against the wind to get there , you may find that it has some hazard that you could not see from a distance , and then there may be no other good field within reach . |
| 28 | And if that happens Lotus may find that it has a serious competitor for the first time . |
| 29 | Yes , the Oxford English Dictionary may say that it exists , but on-one who speaks English understands every intricacy , let alone uses English entirely accurately . |
| 30 | Will the Minister acknowledge that , if the review takes place next year , the construction industry training board may say that it wants to retain a statutory levy , to determine the rate of levy imposed and also wants flexibility on exemptions . |