Example sentences of "they may [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The differences found between them may throw light on certain rarely remarked properties of the object which suggest that it has a major role in the development of cognitive abilities and the ways in which the world is perceived , understood and lived in . |
| 2 | To further subdivide them may make record-keeping impossibly complicated . |
| 3 | Some of them may accept equity as part of the necessary restructuring of GPA 's debts . |
| 4 | My constituents , er many of them will be concerned personally because they may have a relative in the army , now that we 've got ground troops out there , or they may have a relative who 's lived there or , or you know , God forbid , some of , some of them may have relatives who , who are hostages . |
| 5 | Some of them may become teachers in schools , and may , as a result of those interests , welcome a greater emphasis on the teaching of knowledge about language . |
| 6 | They may break hibernation as a result of any sudden change in temperature , and not just on warmer days . |
| 7 | Although they may explain homosexuality in terms of learning , they assume a common biological basis and process for this learning , and see the condition itself as homogeneous . |
| 8 | Even if they can remain with their families , they may place demands on the families which will make it hard for them to cope . |
| 9 | There is , therefore , before any understanding of historic agents and movements , a certain aporia in all social ensembles : from afar they may appear whole , but close to , they can be seen as riddled with holes . |
| 10 | One disadvantage of warning colours is that they may attract killers who might have missed the prey animals altogether if they had not been so gaudy . |
| 11 | When they are tired , exhausted or not feeling well they may envy patients the care they give them . |
| 12 | It also takes longer for an old person to use the toilet and they may sense impatience from other residents or staff if they spend as long as they would like in a toilet . |
| 13 | Attitudes may well be negative if employees have cause to believe that after moving to a strange area , they may face redundancy . |
| 14 | because solvent misusers often sniff in out-of-the-way places ( such as on railway embankments , near canals and in derelict buildings ) they may face hazards in these dangerous environments |
| 15 | They may contrast deictics like here and there , for instance , but they may do so by using here to signal transfers of possession-'Here' , said as a child hands a toy to a parent ; and there to signal completion — ‘ There ! ’ as the last block is placed on a tower ( e.g. , Clark and Sengul , 1978 ) . |
| 16 | They often approach agencies that have a policy for placing children transracially ; they may prefer children who are racially different from themselves . |
| 17 | When historians are working on major pieces of research , or wish to deal with other historians ' views on particular topics , they may contribute articles to historical journals as interim reports on their work in progress . |
| 18 | They may repeat operations at certain levels , ( a second interview or a re-offer ) ; they may double back , as when the company regrets them and later decides to re-establish contact ; and they may change vacancy . |
| 19 | In order that they may collect evidence , the Act empowers them to make test purchases , to enter premises and to inspect and seize goods . |
| 20 | Whilst they may compete quality scientists away from local firms , they may also enhance their knowledge and broaden their research horizons and perceptions . |
| 21 | They may suffer sickness , vomiting or acute pain , but they do not die . |
| 22 | Readers may effect mappings between role fillers in different clauses of a text or they may effect mappings between names and role fillers . |
| 23 | They may want security , er one case I 've been del dealing with they wanted the share certificates depositing by way of some security for instance . |
| 24 | They may want men in their lives , but they know they do n't necessarily need them . |
| 25 | Naturally the library should be careful in its choice of business association ( from the point of view of image ) but the advantage of such joint efforts is not only that promotional costs may be saved but they may generate income for the library . |
| 26 | They may reflect variations in medical opinion , consumer demand , and facilities and should be investigated further . |
| 27 | For instance , temporal relations are not restricted to sequence in real time ; they may reflect stages in the unfolding text . |
| 28 | They may bear grievances about the fact that they are locked up in prison , perhaps for longer than they feel they deserve or for longer than other offenders whom they regard as comparable . |
| 29 | Two completely trivial points must be mentioned as they may bring readers up with a start : in the first movement of the Sibelius symphony at 3′17″ ( bar 40 ) , the third trombone plays E sharp instead of E natural , and in the first movement of the Shostakovich ( track 7 , 7′19″ , six bars after fig. 16 ) the bassoon plays a G natural instead of a flat . |
| 30 | They may experience visions , seeing , hearing or even smelling things that others ca n't ( hallucinations ) . |