Example sentences of "[pron] may [vb infin] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure that the House wished to join him in sending its sympathy to the many victims , some of whom may have suffered irreparable damage . |
| 2 | Some of them may have become bottom living , crawling hunters for which a gastropod-like shell would have been more appropriate . |
| 3 | I may want to recognize this pattern as well as that pattern . |
| 4 | I certainly do n't prefer the figurative though I may have lent this way at one time . |
| 5 | I may have seen many Garter Snakes on sale which I took to be pattern variations on the species most commonly available . |
| 6 | We flew economy — I may have to make this trip regularly if Stanford accept me , and my insurance does n't cover me , so every penny counts . |
| 7 | Well research suggests that something like eighty eight percent , that 's research by Klaus and Bass , Klaus and Bass nineteen eighty-eight , actually I may have got that date wrong so I 'm not sure you should quote the date , anyway it 's Klaus and Bass . |
| 8 | My period comes every month , so I think I may have caught some illness from my husband . |
| 9 | However , hydrogels do have some disadvantages including their low mechanical strength ( which may cause problems during manipulation for implantation ) and their relatively low refractive index , which may mean using thicker lenses to achieve a given optical power . |
| 10 | It seems a faint hope that an administrative model which may involve setting unattainable standards based on competence-led performance indicators , inflexibility in eligibility criteria , and limitations on the use of self as a resource , can supply the incentives to provide or even to broker services in an improved way . |
| 11 | We may therefore conclude in relation to bargaining structures ( whether centralised or decentralised ) that although there are clearly forces making for change in all countries their extent should , perhaps , not be over-estimated — especially not those changes which may appear to produce convergent systems . |
| 12 | 3 To develop a standardised indicator of behavioural/social change which may serve to measure such change in other communities . |
| 13 | It is intended to disseminate the results of the analysis to other police forces which may seek to develop rational systems of management in the future . |
| 14 | Bile salts are important buffers for calcium ion , which may act to reduce free calcium ions ( Ca 2 + ) in the bile thereby reducing calcium lithogenicity . |
| 15 | Other outlets for lay piety which may have channelled that desire for corporate activity embodied in the European Beguinages were the lay fraternities of contemplative communities and the city guilds which provided both temporary contemplative retreats for those in active life , and active expressions of social concern which embodied the love of God . |
| 16 | Confounding variables which may have affected urinary albumin excretion were similar within and between our two groups — that is , glycaemic control , weight , and protein intake ( as reflected by urinary urea excretion ) . |
| 17 | Assuming they were free from spelling and other mistakes , a process which may have involved several attempts , these were cut up and stuck down onto a master layout sheet using wax or gum . |
| 18 | The National Curriculum subjects will therefore have to be given priority for resources , especially where schools have not offered the full curriculum to all pupils , or in primary schools which may have done little science and technology . |
| 19 | This view was qualified by other officers of the company who said in some instances Informix could provide backing for startup firms , such as those which may have developed important technology but were unable to productise it due to lack of funds . |
| 20 | Unhappily , habits which may have had some virtue in times of scarcity became vices in times of relative abundance . |
| 21 | Smaller library authorities have traditionally faced the problem of lack of staff ‘ mobility ’ , with difficulties in releasing staff from normal service points : the ability of libraries with larger establishments to release groups of staff , making internal training viable and economic , or to be able to afford external courses , has perhaps contributed to a tendency to define training largely in terms of off-the-job courses which may have discouraged some libraries from even attempting to develop a coherent overall training plan . |
| 22 | NEW evidence emerged last night which may help clear two sisters jailed for life for the murder of bank worker Alison Shaughnessy . |
| 23 | They also tend to ‘ use up ’ remedies quickly which may need repeating several times an hour at first but always according to the changes in the symptom picture . |
| 24 | I have never heard of anybody , apart from people who may hope to get good jobs in these bogus new regional authorities , who , thrilled by a weird kind of socialist local patriotism , longs for the day when the flag of the East Midland Region is raised over the Great Roundabout of Retford , or the parliament of the West Midland Region holds its inaugural meeting at Telford New Town . |
| 25 | ‘ Natural Aurilism ’ has produced certain children who may begin to lead normal lives there are a high percentage of children to whom this technique is not available or suitable and this is why in my mind continuation of ‘ total communication ’ should be preferable . |
| 26 | It could also be used as a taster for students who may wish to take further modules , eg. 92351 The Scottish Legal Framework . |
| 27 | For ease of reference by practitioners who may wish to use these criteria to evaluate tests for specific purposes , the tests described and the criteria are presented in the form of a table at the end of this chapter ( see Table 8.1 , pp. 168–9 ) . |
| 28 | As we explain further in Chapter 7 in relation to certain marketing arrangements , the careful planning and drafting of the various categories of agreement covered by block exemptions is of pivotal importance in commercial and corporate planning as a defence to those who may wish to attack commercial agreements of their competitors . |
| 29 | This evening the men arrested are being questioned and police have appealed for witnesses who may have seen three men running from the area of the shooting last night . |
| 30 | Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone who may have seen these people in Linthorpe Village pubs on Saturday night to contact them on . |