Sentence examples for may otherwise act from inspiring English sources

They may also spread by jumping or spotting as winds and vertical convection columns carry firebrands (hot wood embers) and other burning materials through the air over roads, rivers, and other barriers that may otherwise act as firebreaks.

The adaptive reduction in the basal level concentrations of FtH in HJ16 cells appears to be a way in which cells can lower their overall level of cytosolic Ft that may otherwise act as a pro-oxidant under oxidative stress conditions releasing its iron either reductively or proteolytically on oxidizing insult [19,20,29,34,59].

They may lie down and stand erratically, paw the ground, or otherwise act out of sync with normal flock patterns.

Another potential benefit of gut passage arises as a result of the removal of fruit pulp which otherwise may act as a germination inhibitor.

Hence, it is suggested that the isolated substance from the valerian root may act otherwise in comparison to the whole extract.

Not to say that "I identify with, or even mistake myself as belonging to, this grand tribe of writers," Harrison avers, "only that if I had cared to closely observe the readily available evidence I may have acted otherwise.

The number of successful removals also appears to be rising, as public awareness about the new rule grows and law firms push their services to people who may not otherwise have acted.

Otherwise, the H3 receptor may act differentially in MCs.

When the occurrence of typically unviable or sterile diploid males is increased under systematic inbreeding [ 22, 25], selection may act on the otherwise rare fertile diploid males.

Thus, in some conditions normally characterized by an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance, two incompletely penetrant (or otherwise non-penetrant) alleles may act in recessive fashion while mimicking the normal dominant form of the disease (e.g. Grundy et al. 1991; Croxen et al. 2002; Kowalewski et al. 2007; Castaman et al. 2007; Rossetti et al. 2009; Vujic et al. 2010; Schaaf et al. 2011a).

"Jorge Mendes (either directly or through his corporate vehicles) acts or may act as agent for, or otherwise represents or may represent, certain of the Investee Players or potential Investee Players, and may be remunerated independently in that capacity".