Example sentences of "may [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I note you 've got a site inspection on the hockey club room but not for the eighty seven houses that may affect for generations , I E . |
| 2 | Labov 's quite proper feelings of pleasure are evident to any reader of his article ; he plainly views the episode as an example of the opportunities which may arise for linguists to repay a debt to the communities they have worked with . |
| 3 | The organism induces decreased acid secretion , at least in the early phase of the disease but this may persist for weeks or even months . |
| 4 | This may make for difficulties in terms of care . |
| 5 | Rate-calls for commercial and industrial property may fall for companies in the more depressed regions of the country ( Centre for Local Economic Strategies , 1987b ) . |
| 6 | Farmers may qualify for grants of up to £2 per metre from the Hedgerow Incentive Scheme if their hedges have become overgrown , thin or gappy . |
| 7 | If you are not receiving Housing Benefit at the moment , but because you are on a low income you feel that you may qualify for help , please apply to the Council now . |
| 8 | If you have a low income and no more than £8,000 savings , you may qualify for Income Support , which is paid weekly and tops up any Income you have to a level set by the Government . |
| 9 | If you have an inadequate income , you may qualify for income support which is designed to provide those without sufficient means with enough money to live on . |
| 10 | People who are liable to pay the community charge may qualify for benefit if they have a low income and no more than £16,000 in savings . |
| 11 | And , under current Government regulations , provided that your total borrowing for house purchase and home improvements does n't exceed £30,000 the interest on your Home Improvement Loan may qualify for tax relief . |
| 12 | Instead of this two tier rate , claimants may qualify for premiums — if they are disabled or have children , for example . |
| 13 | The spider may wait for developments sitting in the centre of the web or she may retreat to the side and lurk there with one of her eight legs resting on a cue-line through which she will feel movements in the trap . |
| 14 | Sometimes such advisers may act for companies to handle the securities issues needed to consummate another transaction , such as an acquisition . |
| 15 | In the county court and High Court , claims for costs must be assessed if they do not exceed £500 and a solicitor may opt for assessment where costs do not exceed £1,000 ( Civil Legal Aid ( General ) Regulations 1989 ) . |
| 16 | In fear of this possibility , many women choose to have pregnancy screenings and may opt for abortion if evidence of handicap is revealed . |
| 17 | ‘ My lord , if I may speak for Shrewsbury , both abbey and town , I must tell you how grateful we are that Saint Winifred fell into such noble hands as yours . |
| 18 | ‘ If it is not replaced by another source of sand and gravel , various difficulties may result for Aberystwyth , including the possibility of increased costs for the construction industry and house purchasers , ’ said Mr Bown . |
| 19 | With Michael Heseltine as Trade Secretary , John Major may achieve for industry what Margaret Thatcher never tried to — the long-term view . |
| 20 | Lord Denning MR said : Every member of the community is entitled to carry on any trade or business he chooses and in such manner as he thinks most desirable in his own interests , so long as he does nothing unlawful : with the consequence that any contract which interferes with the free exercise of his trade or business , by restricting him in the work he may do for others , or the arrangements which he may make with others , is a contract in restraint of trade . |
| 21 | Next year he may run for president . |
| 22 | FORMER Miami Vice actor Edward James Olmos may run for Mayor of Los Angeles . |
| 23 | Chatam may run for Martin Pipe and if so would have a big chance on the strength of that close second at Leopardstown to subsequent Gold Cup winner Jodami . |
| 24 | The criterion of legality is enough for many parents , and understandably so : a criminal conviction is a handicap and a label that may stick for life . |
| 25 | GOODFELLOW Player bass in rosewood , gold hardware , superb condition plus fitted flight case , £500 , or may swap for Musicman . |
| 26 | GIBSON reverse Firebird , 1976 , plus case , gold hardware , beautiful condition , may swap for Ibanez Jem or offers . |
| 27 | A Major or a Kinnock may work for decades in the hope of a few short years at the pinnacle of our political system . |
| 28 | A bent metal coat hanger may work for blockages close to the trap but , unlike plumber 's snakes and curtain wire , it will not go round bends . |
| 29 | If so , you may look for work of the same status , remunerated at the same level , for a reasonable time , without having your compensation reduced as a result . |
| 30 | We may look for generalizations linking all these groups , but we should also be aware of the different routes by which biologists came to realize that it was possible to specialize in what soon became known as ‘ ecology ’ . |