Example sentences of "may [vb infin] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of us may compensate for this by driving our cars like dervishes or creating dramas in our personal lives . |
| 2 | A sufficient moral universe it may remain for those who inhabit it , but they are a dwindling band and for large areas of the country Labour 's world is a cultural world apart . |
| 3 | This reserve will be used to offset any losses which may arise for each trade or gang during the progress of the contract . |
| 4 | Climbing expeditions into the peaks themselves have also left behind piles of rubbish , and Cullen ( 1986 ) points out that the problem is compounded by the fact that in such a high Alpine environment decomposition rates are very slow so that discarded materials may persist for several years if not decades . |
| 5 | Ethnicity is not , however , always marked by linguistic distinctiveness , Labov 's work with Italian and Jewish speakers in New York City shows that such distinctiveness may persist for several generations , or conversely may disappear with the first generation of native-born speakers who nevertheless maintain a strong sense of ethnicity ( Labov 1972b : 281 ) . |
| 6 | Although the clinical signs are abating the bronchi are still inflamed and residual lesions such as bronchial and peribronchial fibrosis may persist for several weeks or months . |
| 7 | Because , for reasons mentioned earlier , the itching may persist for some time , an just in case the first application was not exhaustive , it is quite common to advise a second treatment one week after the first . |
| 8 | It may make for some good headlines , but De Niro certainly does n't come on like a tycoon , talking about his company as not so much a business , more an ‘ artistic community ’ where people can freely exchange ideas . |
| 9 | Details of entitlement can be obtained from the address below and anyone who considers they may qualify for such relief should contact this office . |
| 10 | If you are looking for respite care for short periods , or convalescent care , you may qualify for some help through Income Support if you have less than £8,000 in savings . |
| 11 | On such surfaces larvae may survive for some weeks . |
| 12 | The more that is done , therefore , to ensure that anti-racist training is task-related rather than theoretical , the more workers may opt for these courses ‘ voluntarily ’ . |
| 13 | Excessive amounts of hydrogen cations introduced into the soil by acid precipitation may exchange for these heavy-metal cations , thereby releasing the metals into the soil and into watercourses ( Babich et al. , 1980 ) . |
| 14 | They may decline for some quite considerable time to use any particular sound to indicate their mother , instead preferring to fix on some other aspect of their environment . |
| 15 | In conditions of rising population , such as we may assume for most of this period over most of Europe , land is scarce and labour plentiful , and the lords may commonly compel land-hungry peasants to accept their terms . |
| 16 | If you have any belief in God and a life hereafter ( or whatever other words you may use for that concept ) , then surely that is the one place where there has to be true forgiveness . |
| 17 | Open communication may work for some , but Charlotte found it too destructively honest . |
| 18 | While this method may work for some differences , it will not be sufficient to account for major variations in a word 's pronunciation such as the — and , or for — and . |
| 19 | It may work for some individuals of genius ; it works for young children ; it would definitely work if you were thrown into a situation where you had to communicate or die . |
| 20 | I may look for another opportunity to talk to Mrs Tate . ’ |
| 21 | Neither you nor your husband or wife may claim for any lump sum or maintenance payment . |
| 22 | A company with a listing on the market ( either the main or USM market ) may return for more equity capital from time to time . |
| 23 | e ) You may enter for all five competitions but remember , you will need the coupon printed in each week 's issue of Autocar & Motor . |
| 24 | Candidates may enter for both examinations , if desired . |
| 25 | Candidates may enter for both examinations , if desired . |
| 26 | This may happen for many reasons beside business failure — for example , simple bad luck in the shape of injury , illness or death to someone who is vital to the business 's continuing success . |
| 27 | Further , if you ignore the consequences that these actions may have for another , the voice of your mentor will then be replaced by a different voice guided by greed , destruction and hardness of heart . |
| 28 | Tony in charge of services and communication , Simon in charge of policy and development , Richard in charge of resource development , and although it 's not on the script and she said I must n't to the script , I ought to mention also Samantha who has joined us as head of communications on whom , you may thank for all the sort of visuals that we 're having , and the bright idea of videoing er , our Chairman . |
| 29 | Stomach troubles from sour food or drink is another situation which may call for this remedy . |
| 30 | They are , therefore , formulaic in character and although they may call for some adaptation for contextual fit they are not composed on each occasion from constituent parts . |