Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] may [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may forget about this entirely , or you may spend some time exploring possibilities in a rather inconsequential way . |
| 2 | You may prefer their texture or you may need extended periods of wet paint , in which case Blockx colours are very useful . |
| 3 | You may prefer their texture or you may need extended periods of wet paint , in which case Blockx colours are very useful . |
| 4 | He or she may have emotional problems that result in occasional deliberate binges but that is not necessarily alcoholism . |
| 5 | The outgoing person who has been doing the job should be consulted as part of this , although it should be borne in mind that he or she may have certain prejudices which preclude their giving a totally satisfactory answer . |
| 6 | He or she may have several diseases concurrently which will complicate nursing care . |
| 7 | If an idea originator takes the idea to management prematurely , he or she may get little action . |
| 8 | Or we may put different trends together to produce a novel outcome . |
| 9 | not apply , any more than it does to all garden plants , There are certainly some , the Mediterranean group for example , which includes oregano , lavender , rosemary and thyme , that grow in this sort of environment , but there are many more which need such conditions as shade , moisture , plenty of food , or deep soil , or they may want varying combinations of these , or any of them combined with their opposites . |
| 10 | Somebody may use standard enquiry facilities within the accounting system , they may use the report writing tools that are provided with the accounting system or they may use other things , Forest and Trees , Lotus , Excel , so on and so forth which run on their P C which they know and which they love . |
| 11 | if two or more artists collaborate on a project then each can own a separate copyright if the contributions are distinct , or they may own joint copyright int he work if this is not the case . |
| 12 | The principle of salvation may be theological , as in the case of religious fundamentalism ; or it may be purely secular , as with ethnic nationalism ; or it may involve some combination of the two . |
| 13 | On the academic site , detailed tephrachronology makes it possible to study patterns in the behaviour of volcanoes — the magma erupted from one volcano may become steadily more acid , or it may show cyclical changes , or it may even vary consistently during each eruption , starting off fairly basic and ending up at the close of the eruption much more acid . |
| 14 | A database may hold factual information e.g. facts about Eskimo life or important Eskimo words and their meaning or it may hold bibliographic information ( fiction or non-fiction ) e.g. references to books , slide-sets , films , or periodical articles on Eskimo life and their environment . |
| 15 | It may finish earlier where no further work can be done or it may finish some minutes later in order to complete sensibly . |
| 16 | The classification may be an organizational one , arranging detailed criteria into lists , or it may represent some kind of conceptual hierarchy of increasingly higher order objectives . |
| 17 | During a lesson the activity mode may stay the same throughout or it may change several times . |
| 18 | Where government withdraws or reduces its direct contribution to welfare it may still make an indirect contribution if the social security system subsidizes private provision , or it may have to acquire a new range of regulatory concerns about the quality of private services , or it may face increased problems in the other areas of concern because of the new pressures placed upon individuals and families . |
| 19 | It may involve three or more subjects studied separately but in parallel , as in the Scottish general degree or some polytechnic/college ‘ combined studies ’ degrees ; or it may integrate several subjects in relation to some area , period , theme or problem , in which case it may be called interdisciplinary ; or it may consist of a more open , modular system of requirements and options . |
| 20 | Where the demised property consists of part only of a building the draftsman may either include sanitary facilities in each demise or he may grant each tenant a right to use communal facilities . |
| 21 | The hon. Gentleman and I may have some disagreements , but I have respect for his command of basic arithmetic . |
| 22 | ‘ In only the broadest and I may say sloppiest usage of the term would this obsessive little undeadnik be counted as a dybbuk . |
| 23 | Steve and I may see each other six times a week if we 're racing . |
| 24 | One of the virtues of parental investment er theory I would say is that er it 's particularly sensitive to female interests in , in in sexuality and nobody who knows me or has read er my works would , could possibly suspect me here of fashionable feminist prejudices er so I do n't say this because I think this is what people like to hear , but because I happen to think it 's true , I 'm afraid I 'm one of these old-fashioned and you may think stupid people who believe that you should er say things cos you think they 're true , not because you think er it 's what you think want w want to hear or if you say it , you 'll be accused of sexual harassment by a lecturer as I was last year . |
| 25 | And you may find adjustable soil and drain elbows , useful for awkward angles . |
| 26 | In a sort of meditative exercise , tune in to the idea of zodiacs , and you may find certain place names spring out as representing zodiac signs . |
| 27 | Addison Wesley our American college publisher as Michael mentioned th at the half-way stage their sales were eleven percent ahead of er , last year , and you may remember last year they had record sales and record profits and er they 're forecasting er something like fourteen percent a head by the year end in sales terms and they are expecting to maintain their their margins and last year was a very good margin indeed . |
| 28 | Say the following sentences up to time and you may have little difficulty in including the missing words shown by the dots . |
| 29 | Huy was not sure if she was lying or not , but she read his thoughts and continued , ‘ Even if I knew it I would n't give it to you — and you may have enough clout to shut me down , but even Merymose could n't reach high enough to touch him . ’ |
| 30 | Take along a prosperous adviser on all shopping sprees , demonstrate a high degree of trust and strong reliance in what they say and you may have unexpected protection should the seller go out of business and the goods fall to pieces . |