Sentence examples for may act only from inspiring English sources

In practice the Commission will have great influence because in general the Ministers may act only on its "proposals".

The law's supporters say a decision in their favor would leave in place significant limits; for example, Congress may act only to address national problems that are economic in nature.

Those across the high slope area, or in the area of less significance as there could be high run-off along them and these may act only as a conduit to transmit infiltrated rain water.

It protects Americans against majority tyranny by providing that the government may act only when it has the authority to do so and by explicitly protecting individual rights.

With a few exceptions suggested in the literature, such as participation in professional sports [19] and perhaps a history of smoking, no clear environmental risk factors have been identified for ALS, perhaps because the triggers may act only in genetically susceptible individuals.

It is also meaningful that T-G and C-G may act only on females, not males.

These genes are interesting in light of our previous observation that the transcriptional activity of CaRF can be modulated in a neuronal and calcium-selective manner [14], because they suggest that CaRF may act not only downstream, but also upstream of calcium signaling in neurons.

It has been suggested that miRNA may act not only within cells, but also in other tissues as extracellular signals (Cortez et al. 2011).

Ticks may act not only as vectors but also as reservoirs of tick-transmitted bacteria that are transmitted transstadially and transovarially in a tick species (e.g., certain Rickettsia spp. and Borrelia spp).

For instance, dopamine may act not only as a neurotransmitter but also as a neuromodulator [63], modulating the "signal-to-noise" ratio [64].

AM acts as a strong anti-inflammatory agent in the acute or flare phase of inflammation, but in the chronic phase of inflammation AM may act not only as an anti-inflammatory agent but also as a proinflammatory agent.