Example sentences of "it may [vb infin] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should make note of the going especially on the take-offs and landings of each fence and decide how it may change or deteriorate . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It may maim or kill you . " |
| 4 | Plotting becomes charged with ambivalence as it may create or impose order . |
| 5 | It may enhance or reduce ‘ life chances ’ , that is their chances of obtaining those things defined as desirable and avoiding those things defined as undesirable in their society . |
| 6 | Separation may result from clinical depression and , therefore , it may aggravate or maintain a pre-existing depressive condition … |
| 7 | Your local social services department should be able to advise you about help which it may provide or know about . |
| 8 | A market economy that registers only effective demands made upon it may find or tend towards an ‘ equilibrium ’ that does not coincide with full employment , and hence the manipulation of aggregate demand ( especially via the more potent fiscal weapons ) can produce a preferred path for the economy . |