Example sentences of "may [adv] make [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She 's told him trying to get her back may only make life in Pakistan more difficult for her .
2 Firms may also make provision for bridging loans or provide temporary mortgage facilities .
3 A licensing board may make regulations with respect to the making of applications for licences ( including occasional licences and occasional permissions ) , extension of permitted hours and restriction of the terminal permitted hours and the procedure following thereon , and such regulations may include provisions designed to assist the board in determining the fitness of applicants to hold licences and the expediency of granting licences for the premises in respect of which application is made ; and the board may also make regulations with respect to the procedure to be followed in transferring licences under this Act and with respect to any matters which , by virtue of this Act , may be prescribed .
4 Central government may also make grants towards some approved capital expenditure ( see Table 6.2 ) .
5 If the player is quick , he may unwittingly make use of the upward bounce of the hammer , making the touch unexpectedly light .
6 And , of course , in the same way a student going on to university or polytechnic may immediately make use of some of the Wissenschaft , the actual knowledge , he has acquired at school .
7 We shall suggest that formal attempts to identify topics are doomed to failure , but that the discourse analyst may usefully make appeal to notions like ‘ speaking topically ’ and ‘ the speaker 's topic ’ within a ‘ topic framework ’ .
8 In general , businesses prefer to avoid the courts , litigation ( and even lawyers ) so far as possible , and the terms may therefore make provision for settlement of disputes by arbitration , or by one of the other systems of alternative dispute resolution , such as conciliation , which are now available .
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