Example sentences of "may suffer from [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The information held under the data class of warning signals is intended to indicate individuals who may possess firearms , may possess weapons , may resort to violent behaviour , may attempt to escape , may suffer from mental disorder , may possess explosives , may make false allegations against the police , may be a hazard to others as a carrier of contagious diseases ( e.g. , hepatitis ) ’ — |
| 2 | As yet there is no accepted standard for the local bus and , until a standard emerges , machines , such as those in the Ti'Ko range , may suffer from future compatibility problems . |
| 3 | AREA A at Crew 's hole , is 4 hectares currently owned by a housing developer , but because of the former industrial use as a Tar Distillery , may suffer from severe pollution problems . |
| 4 | Sometimes , a judge may suffer from irrational horror at a particular case and sentence too severely — to the point of mistake . |
| 5 | The teenager who can not find a job , the young mother with no one but toddlers to talk to , the active man forced to retire because of age regulations , the person who spends day after day doing the same repetitive work — all these people , and many others , may suffer from extreme boredom . |
| 6 | The problem generally classified as ‘ shirking ’ also extends to incompetence , since if the shareholders are for practical purposes unable to replace management the company may suffer from inept leadership quite separately from questions of managerial diligence . |