Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it is clear that compounds with antithrombin or antiplatelet properties may enhance and sustain the action of thrombolytic agents , their optimum use and potential haemorrhagic side-effects remain to be explored . |
| 2 | Moreover , it is important to note that an SRO may modify or waive the core rules ( on a case by case basis ) in order to adapt them to the circumstances of a particular firm . |
| 3 | Under section 245A , where copies of the annual accounts have been sent out , laid , or delivered to the Registrar and it appears to the Secretary of State that there is or may be a question whether they comply with the Act he may give notice to the directors indicating the respects in which it appears to him that the question may arise and specifying a period of not less than one month for the directors to give him explanations or prepare revised accounts . |
| 4 | If it ends up in a bark crevice , the seed may germinate and penetrate the tree . |
| 5 | ‘ You may stay and catch the ferry at first light when it crosses but that is your decision . ’ |
| 6 | For instance , you may think that running a household and looking after your children is all in a day 's work ; however , the planning skills needed to do this could be a very useful quality to have in some jobs . |
| 7 | Furthermore , participants in such orders may utilize and develop a heritage of knowledge which they may never be capable of grasping as a whole . |
| 8 | It is potentially worrying that the climate of evasion which produced the 1991 undercount may persist and affect the reliability of future Censuses also . |
| 9 | At the same time , public opinion may qualify and grade the measure of its ‘ realism ’ , and some genres may be more ‘ verisimilar ’ than others : ‘ In other words , the law of certain genres coincides with public opinion ; but the latter does not have absolute rights . ’ |
| 10 | Separation may result from clinical depression and , therefore , it may aggravate or maintain a pre-existing depressive condition … |
| 11 | A decision not to prescribe or an underestimate of need , with justified caution , may aggravate or precipitate a distressing withdrawal state , which a doctor has a responsibility to prevent or relieve and may make the prisoner unfit to be interviewed . |
| 12 | Bert Holldobler has discussed how Leptothorax workers may recruit and lead a single ant when the food source is too big for one ant but only needs two to move it . |
| 13 | However , in the search for wholeness one partner may choose and use the other to express a feared or unrecognized part of the self , and this , by definition , is unconscious : ‘ I love the unrecognized me in you ’ . |
| 14 | If you have been out of nursing or health visiting for six months or less you may feel that completing a formal course is a waste of valuable time which might be more profitably spent in reorientation to your new job . |
| 15 | The section further provides that rules of court may regulate and restrict the appeal in particular cases to one or other form of appeal ( see RSC O.56 , rr.7–12 and 0.94 , rr.8–11 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ Mode ’ may be reflected in either a course title ( philosophy of , critical theory , foundations of ) or in the subtle detail of teaching and learning which may assume or encourage a ‘ normal ’ or ‘ reflexive ’ process . |
| 17 | Any special educational provision for a child provided with a statement under the 1981 Education Act may exclude or modify the national curriculum . |
| 18 | In this view , the solution to pauperism lay in ‘ eugenics ’ , defined by its founder , Francis Galton , as ‘ the study of agencies under social control which may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations ’ . |
| 19 | The concept of eugenics was defined by its founder , Francis Galton , in the early 1880s as the ‘ study of those agencies under social control , which may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations . ’ |
| 20 | During the meeting , doctors and nutritionists will report on studies from around the world which show that certain vitamins may prevent or halt the progression of heart disease , cancer , rheumatism , and nervous disorders such as Parkinson 's Disease . |
| 21 | However , the context of the article may remove or reduce the rumour 's impact on the plaintiff 's reputation . |
| 22 | These conditions are likely to embody the provisions of the law of the country of the company concerned or be the subject of international convention or ‘ special contract ’ with government(s) ; any of which may limit or exclude the liability of the carrier . |
| 23 | The following error messages are those that may occur when using the LIFESPAN user interface . |
| 24 | It responds to some stimuli by dynamic modification or ‘ plasticity ’ ; and once induced , this neuroplasticity may sustain and magnify the experience of pain . |
| 25 | ( 3 ) The court to which an appeal is brought under this section may reverse or vary the order or decision of the court below , and make such other order as may be just ; and without prejudice to the inherent powers of any court referred to in subsection ( 2 ) of this section , provisions may be made by rules of court for authorising the release on bail of an appellant under this section . |
| 26 | Such a reference is possible only if that member state claims ( within three weeks of receiving a copy of the notification ) that the merger may create or strengthen a dominant position in a distinct market within its territory . |
| 27 | Though other practices may interpret and implement the community care reforms in different ways , I hope that some of the lessons we have learnt will be useful . |
| 28 | Activity to stimulate disc development more generally , however , was evident at the 1991 Frankfurt Book Fair and this may clarify and stimulate the British situation . |
| 29 | Even allowing for doubt about whether the vitamin supplementation was effective , administering it seems to be a one way bet — at worst it is harmless , but at best it may cure or prevent the disorder in question . |
| 30 | The ad may alter or undermine an unfavourable attitude or group of attitudes to the brand ( which may have been based on ignorance or emotion … ) . |