Example sentences of "may have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ First Lady Francesca may be beautiful , she may have a sharp wit , but not the power to collect and convey secret information to some spy-master in Paris . |
| 2 | While the evidence of an expert witness or the advice of a tribunal-appointed expert may have a decisive influence , it is the tribunal of judge(s) or arbitrator(s) which makes the decision as part of its judgment or award , and not the expert . |
| 3 | Nutritional treatment may have a primary therapeutic role in active Crohn 's disease in addition to its proved value as a supportive measure in the overall management of the disease . |
| 4 | It can not be an enterprise on its own , but enables its members to facilitate or develop their economic activities through a vehicle ( which may have a legal personality ) , while the members remain jointly and severally liable for the debts of the combined enterprise and are taxed directly on their respective proportionate shares of the profits . |
| 5 | If you are homeless you may have a legal right to housing from a local authority . |
| 6 | The client should be asked whether they are a member of a trade union which may have a legal assistance scheme or whether they have any form of legal fees insurance . |
| 7 | This is because if there is a person on both wing-tips , neither may have a good grip . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's the Iti 's turn to have a go at us tonight , Hitler has said that they may have a good go at us , as a reward for their help to him . ’ |
| 9 | With his own production company , Crucial Films , funded by the Beeb and with ‘ all manner of people dropping off bits of writing ’ , it seems he may have a good chance . |
| 10 | You may have a good deal of ups and downs and hard work ahead of you , but sweating on a ridge is , in my opinion , far preferable to plodding up a hillside or toiling along a zig-zag path to a top . |
| 11 | A power to nonsuit is peculiar now to the county court and is useful where the plaintiff may have a good case but " his tackle is not in order " . |
| 12 | The conclusion on the whole matter seems to be that trustees , albeit only the representatives of ulterior beneficial interests , are assessable generally in respect of the trust income under Rule 1 of the Miscellaneous Rules applicable to Schedule D ; but that — just because they represent those beneficial interests they may have a good answer to a particular assessment , as regards some share or part of the income assessed , on the ground that such share or part arises or accrues beneficially to a cestui que trust in whose hands it is not liable to Income Tax , e.g. a foreigner under Case V , Rules 1 and 3 . |
| 13 | They may have a weak digestion and be intolerant of many foods yet crave pungent , bitter , spicy things , tonics or milk . |
| 14 | The GPC strategy is particularly useful when we need to pronounce unusual words such as " leonine " , " potamic " , or " tachistoscope " — words which are slightly unfamiliar visually , and which may have a weak lexical representation . |
| 15 | For instance , the traffic policeman who writes tickets for motoring offences may have a regular quota to meet ( Petersen , 1971 ; Rubinstein , 1973 ) . |
| 16 | Therefore , the evidence supports a positive connection between volume and volatility for a particular commodity , although another commodity may have a general level of volatility that is higher and a volume that is lower . |
| 17 | For instance , Tarrow hypotheses that where a generally populist strategy is adopted by a broad-based urban-rural coalition able to call on a strong administrative apparatus , social policy may have a general redistributive impact in raising the standard of living in the periphery . |
| 18 | There are very few things take place in the world in which Fiji has a direct interest , it may have a general interest in the way things are going but it , direct interests it , it 's quite limited . |
| 19 | The godparent may have a ritual role to the child , such as participating in his wedding ceremony , and taking on certain responsibilities regarding his religious education , but the relationship that is strongest and requires respect , warmth and the obligation to help at all times , is the one between parents and godparents . |
| 20 | Sufferers from Chemical Dependency ( Alcoholism or Drug Addiction ) may have a specific abnormality in brain biochemistry . |
| 21 | Sore throat may have a swollen , spongy appearance , with flat spreading ulcers ; sensation of great dryness . |
| 22 | If I live , I may have a crooked back like my father , but I 'll probably die . ’ |
| 23 | The family may have a well-furnished house , with furniture of different sizes for each member , so the children may use each size appropriately . |
| 24 | Trade suppliers of a failed company therefore receive less of a dividend , which may have a critical effect on their own cash flow . |
| 25 | Nicklaus may have a better record of second and third places , but winning is what matters ! |
| 26 | Subordinates may have a better knowledge of ‘ local ’ conditions affecting their area of work . |
| 27 | A prairie dog that knows what it 's up against may have a better chance of getting away safely . |
| 28 | Reluctantly , I think Chelsea may have a better season . |
| 29 | Mr Browning was no less solicitous but she read exasperation in his advice to turn from the Gospels to the Psalms , ‘ which may have a calming influence ’ . |
| 30 | Yet this same student may be quite good at translating from French to English or the other way round and may have a certain knowledge of the history of French literature and the critical points to be made about specified French texts . |