Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hodgskin fathered seven children , and the need to provide for his family may explain his failure to produce any major work after 1832 . |
| 2 | The ideas , practical applications and topics presented in our magazine may appeal to your members . |
| 3 | At the heart of both of them is a witness to the vital relationship between the historical reality of the Incarnation and a way of living by which man may engage with the spiritual reality it manifested and thus extend it in time . |
| 4 | Some people who have difficulty in paying for their water may prefer to have prepayment meters fitted . |
| 5 | It is tempting to see these works as belonging to a formidable and sustained effort to return the history of science to where it was before it was invaded by what Hall may see as sociologizing and ‘ hermeticizing ’ interlopers . |
| 6 | Both Offa 's dislike of the men of Kent and the extent of the territory now coming under his control may have been factors in the situation in the late 780s , but in 798 Coenwulf and Leo were deploying these arguments selectively and in a way which compromises their validity as single explanations of what was probably a complex situation . |
| 7 | The sounds they produce in their larynx may reach as far up the ultrasonic scale as 200 000 hertz , allowing them to detect objects as tiny as a midget 20 metres away . |
| 8 | Hackers talking about their preoccupation may have glazed eyes , they can see the true Light at the end of their programming tunnel . |
| 9 | But what he has to say in his tale may represent what we might like to believe such a character 's ribald attitudes towards women , towards his fellow men , and towards conventional morality would predictably be . |
| 10 | If more specialized expertise is required the solicitor whom you have instructed to act on your behalf may consult , i.e. ‘ brief ’ , a barrister . |