Example sentences of "[vb base] may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is tempting to sit on your backside at the hut on a hot afternoon but an hour 's reconnoitre may repay its effort many times over . |
| 2 | So Bartle may have been a corn spirit , christianised to become St Bartholomew whose day falls at the right time of year , or even a former village priest as has been suggested . |
| 3 | John Fletcher , who spends his spare time stargazing , photographed comet Swift Tuttle — an object which some astronomers fear may collide with the earth on it 's next visit . |
| 4 | Developing a ‘ collaborative classroom ’ did not mean suddenly insisting that everyone works together all the time ( as some teachers fear may happen if enthusiasm for ‘ group work ’ gets out of hand ) , but rather creating conditions which would allow the collective resources of the group to be used to support and enhance across the whole range of classroom activity . |
| 5 | It ranks high among those topics which you fear may bore your listeners , but which , secretly , you take very seriously . |
| 6 | The type of diet we eat may influence the activity of brown fat , and thus our metabolic rate . |
| 7 | The characteristic network structures of these different types of community are also relevant to the manner in which change may come about , in so far as urban growth tends at first to weaken strong pre-existing rural networks . |
| 8 | The extra and fruitless work which these new procedures often engender may remain worthwhile if some new but positive ‘ leads ’ are also found . |
| 9 | But whatever else Anselm may have learnt from Hugh of Lyons , he did not learn to accept this extension of papal sovereignty at the expense of the church for which he was himself responsible . |
| 10 | The kind of things that they make may reflect ideas that they encounter in stories , rhymes or visits . |
| 11 | A single REPEAT may have more than one UNTIL , but this is bad practice . |
| 12 | Many have been taught that in a relationship they have no right to make demands on a partner ; to say clearly what they want may lose his affection . |
| 13 | It must be remembered , however , that the ranges within which particular bond stretches appear may overlap , and circumstances sometimes arise in which a band may be considerably displaced from its expected position . |
| 14 | Some studies they suggest may have failed to detect an effect of parity because they did not concentrate on this risk period . |
| 15 | Yes , people of the same age and build may have a difference in metabolic rate of up to one-third . |
| 16 | Even the pleasure their data provide may count against them . |
| 17 | The functions they provide may include a selection of the following : electronic mail , fax , telex , word processing , records storage and retrieval ( both individual and shared ) , diary scheduling ( people and facilities ) , internal reference information , spreadsheets , access to other applications , and the importing and repackaging of data from other applications . |
| 18 | Government restructure may harm wildlife trusts |
| 19 | ‘ There 's another legacy of £1,000 , this time to his friend Martin Burger , ‘ more than enough for that new pair of spectacles which I hope may improve his judgement and help him to see the obvious . ’ |
| 20 | A tube of Winsor blue for Alan Tate , spectacles for Burger … ‘ which I hope may improve his judgement and help him to see the obvious . ’ |
| 21 | It has caused me a great deal of work , but it has resulted in an extraordinary discovery , one that I hope may prove satisfactory to you all . ’ |
| 22 | If a WC is blocked , a large sink plunger may work ( do n't use one with a metal flange which could damage the pan ) , provided it has a long handle ; alternatively , use a length of drain rod fitted with a rubber disc . |
| 23 | Thus , whilst women who smoke may know that smoking could damage their health , there is no evidence that they experienced smoking as having any immediate impact on their self-perceived strength and fitness . |
| 24 | I think the one you show may have risen a bit too much … |
| 25 | Resolving the strategic aims of the purchaser and its main provider where these conflict may require difficult negotiations . |
| 26 | Perhaps the instances are all examples of some large class which we suspect may have meaningful subclasses , and the statistical clusterer should invent the subclasses ; or perhaps there is no given initial class at all . |
| 27 | The undoubted benefits of the greater mathematical rigour which these models incorporate may have been bought at the cost of a loss of perspective on the world ‘ out there ’ . |
| 28 | The way we speak about Wimpey and the impression we give may influence someone who is thinking of buying a Wimpey home , negotiating with Wimpey Construction , buying materials from Wimpey Minerals or applying for a course in one of our craft training centres . |
| 29 | Unattainable standards , even though not appealed by a discharger , may still lead to practical problems of enforcement , since a continued failure to comply because of inefficient treatment plant or other ‘ good ’ reason which enforcement agents tolerate may suggest condonation by the agency of the continual breach of consent . |
| 30 | Even patients who eventually recover may take years to do so , and they sometimes require several admissions . |