Example sentences of "may [adv] [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both at home and at school , methodologies may fundamentally obstruct the negotiation of meaning and , in doing so , reduce the likelihood of deaf children enriching their language skills . |
| 2 | The medical profession is supporting one of the main foundations of the strategy — the clinical terms project — which in the longer term may fundamentally change the way in which doctors work . |
| 3 | Another flawed but striking recent movie is DOA ( Buena Vista ) , an update from the creators of Max Headroom of the classic 1949 thriller of the same name , which may detrimentally alter the plot of the original but boasts nonetheless some arresting high-tech intimations of neo-expressionist atmosphere . |
| 4 | It follows that the Convention is not a direct protection for freedom of speech in Britain : it is a persuasive and educative force which , if media interests have the patience and determination to seek rulings from Strasbourg , may slowly shape the operation of British law in favour of public interest reporting . |
| 5 | These are accumulated over many years and may vigorously colour the way we respond to all kinds of situations today . |
| 6 | But perhaps , too , we go to observe our death , prefigured in the element in which we can not survive , and which may eventually cover the earth for all time . |
| 7 | With so many people who may eventually receive the training to prescribe , we can imagine the advantages that patients will derive from that training and delivery . |
| 8 | BELOW The use of portable computers on an excavation may eventually replace the use of record sheets . |
| 9 | This engrossing spectacle fascinates the predator who may eventually devour the tail , although it has little nutritional value . |
| 10 | Little mention has been made so far of those elements of material forms which relate to each other in an ordered fashion , and which may thereby influence the manner in which they are utilized in constituting cultural patterns or acting as systems of meaning . |
| 11 | In most material culture , the individual object is as much a type-token of the larger group of identical handbags , armchairs , spears or canoes as is the case with words , and , even when held as individual property , may thereby mark the relation of object and owner to the set of items it represents . |
| 12 | For example , a surgeon may justifiably run the risk of killing the patient if the operation is necessary to save life , whereas employers may not take a substantial risk with the lives of their workers in order to increase profits . |
| 13 | Little is done without reference to the mother , and the mother , for her part , may empathically share the child 's feelings , and even know telepathically what the child is doing when out of sight . |
| 14 | They are also the very wishes which in total welfare states lead to what we may justly term the externalization of paranoia : for in these totalitarian societies the delusions of the paranoiac become actual , tangible realities . |
| 15 | It is not clear that military involvement in such disputes is always undertaken willingly and , indeed , the military 's own attitude in any given situation may crucially affect the ability of the government to pursue its policy . |
| 16 | Her role may be restricted to advising the carers on how to treat the patient , and she may only visit the family once . |
| 17 | If the binding energy is low the ejected electrons carry most of the photon energy and can escape from perhaps a depth of 100 Å , while low-energy electrons ejected from levels of binding energy of 1000 eV or more may only reach the surface from depths as small as 1 Å : this effectively includes only the surface layer of atoms . |
| 18 | Without a scientific analysis public policy-makers may only make the problem worse . |
| 19 | This may only reflect the nature and purpose of the law-codes , but it may also point to the undeveloped nature of institutionalised commerce or the manner in which such exchange was connected only with those who issued and administered the law . |
| 20 | Meetings may only exclude the public if exempt information is likely to be considered or if ‘ confidential information ’ would be disclosed . |
| 21 | Curing the problem at the design stage may only involve the addition of a component costing a few pence . |
| 22 | The Manager may only prepare the package provided that the package has not yet been submitted for approval . |
| 23 | The Approver may only prepare the package after the package has been submitted for approval . |
| 24 | In the same way he may only despatch the liquor to the customer outwith permitted hours . |
| 25 | For example , if a customer agreement discloses that the firm might match the transaction undertaken on behalf of the customer with the transaction undertaken on behalf of another customer , this may only protect the firm in the simple case where no conflict arises between the interests of the two customers . |
| 26 | It makes it clear that solicitors may only breach the duty of confidentiality they owe to clients , whether adult or child , in exceptional circumstances . |
| 27 | Where there is no tidal range wave attack is concentrated at the same level of the coast for twenty-four hours a day , but where the tidal range is great it may be spread over a vast foreshore zone and may only attack the foot of the cliffs for a very short period at each high tide . |
| 28 | Hence , the use of a GIS with a GUI can only improve user productivity in ‘ use ’ factors , for example by increasing the speed of use and reducing errors , and may only help the user with a previously substantial knowledge of GIS . |
| 29 | The child knows that he may only win the object or activity back by compliance . |
| 30 | Staff who wish books to be left out may only use the North side tables for this purpose , and then only for limited periods by arrangement with the Library staff . |