Example sentences of "may [verb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The council may demur for two reasons . |
| 2 | ‘ Long periods of racial oppression ’ , he writes , ‘ can result in a system of inequality that may persist for indefinite periods of time even after racial barriers are removed ’ ( p. 146 ) . |
| 3 | Ethnicity is not , however , always marked by linguistic distinctiveness , Labov 's work with Italian and Jewish speakers in New York City shows that such distinctiveness may persist for several generations , or conversely may disappear with the first generation of native-born speakers who nevertheless maintain a strong sense of ethnicity ( Labov 1972b : 281 ) . |
| 4 | Although the clinical signs are abating the bronchi are still inflamed and residual lesions such as bronchial and peribronchial fibrosis may persist for several weeks or months . |
| 5 | Climbing expeditions into the peaks themselves have also left behind piles of rubbish , and Cullen ( 1986 ) points out that the problem is compounded by the fact that in such a high Alpine environment decomposition rates are very slow so that discarded materials may persist for several years if not decades . |
| 6 | Another sort of foreign or peripheral experience may exist for British writers even within London itself . |
| 7 | If when you pay prescription charges you think that you may qualify for free prescriptions , ask the chemist for a receipt form FP 57 ( EC 57 in Scotland ) . |
| 8 | Full-time students may qualify for generous discounts on fees . |
| 9 | Applicants with suitable experience in industry may qualify for special awards . |
| 10 | The survival of H. contortus infection on tropical pastures is variable depending on the climate and degree of shade , but the infective larvae are relatively resistant to desiccation and some may survive for 1-3 months on pasture or in faeces . |
| 11 | On such surfaces larvae may survive for some weeks . |
| 12 | You may opt for extra services such as private banking , insurance planning and tax reviews . |
| 13 | The more that is done , therefore , to ensure that anti-racist training is task-related rather than theoretical , the more workers may opt for these courses ‘ voluntarily ’ . |
| 14 | When the time arrives , the proposer has 10 minutes to speak in favour of his Bill and an opposer may speak for 10 minutes against it . |
| 15 | — Can you justify the time needed to view , say , the recordings of five groups , which may run for five minutes each — a total of twenty-five minutes ? |
| 16 | They may moan about it every Monday morning , they may agitate for shorter hours and longer holidays , but they need to work for their self-respect . ’ |
| 17 | Secondly , while some theories may work for concrete subjects , they may not be as applicable to abstract concepts , such as ’ justice ’ , ’ insurance ’ or ’ business ’ . |
| 18 | While this method may work for some differences , it will not be sufficient to account for major variations in a word 's pronunciation such as the — and , or for — and . |
| 19 | It may work for some individuals of genius ; it works for young children ; it would definitely work if you were thrown into a situation where you had to communicate or die . |
| 20 | Although these theories may work for artificial domains that are both small and concrete , extending them for large , real world vocabularies is difficult . |
| 21 | As past achievements are taken for granted and new challenges emerge , so voters may look for alternative leaders . |
| 22 | Either way , some employees may look for other jobs to avoid being made redundant or having to relocate . |
| 23 | ( a ) A plaintiff may claim for personal injuries and damage to property . |
| 24 | This may occur for various reasons ; the suspect may have died or be below the age of criminal responsibility , the victim may not wish to press charges or a witness may be unwilling , or unable , to give evidence or a person already in detention after conviction admits to further offences . |
| 25 | Candidates may enter for both examinations , if desired . |
| 26 | Candidates may enter for both examinations , if desired . |
| 27 | This may happen for many reasons beside business failure — for example , simple bad luck in the shape of injury , illness or death to someone who is vital to the business 's continuing success . |
| 28 | For example , it may instruct its members to go-slow or work-to-rule or it may call for selective strikes ( in which certain groups of workers stop working for a specified time period ) ; or all the union members may be called out on a one-day strike . |
| 29 | An individual 's diet may vary for many reasons and while starvation is unusual in the Western world because of the availability of food , it is still possible for people in the West to suffer from inadequate nutrition . |
| 30 | For demographic or statistical purposes the family needs to be specifically defined and the definitions may vary for different purposes . |