Example sentences of "may [adv] [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Relax ’ may only have become a scandal when the BBC in belated confusion ( and in response to teasing video clips ) banned it , but singers Holly Johnson and Paul Rutherford promote an explicitly gay image , and ‘ Two Tribes ’ was a pointed response to nuclear defence policy . |
| 2 | But when you have a situation where youngsters of 12 or 13 — and in some cases even younger — who may only have won a couple of matches , are being offered $500,000 guarantees to sign up with one of the management companies before they are snapped up by one of the rival agents , the potential for long term damage is enormous . ’ |
| 3 | But Mr Lawson and the Bank may only have bought a week for sterling . |
| 4 | Despite all the apparent sophistication of defence analysis , it may thus have produced a set of answers to the wrong question . |
| 5 | Often people who share your compartment wish to relax and do not wish to indulge in polite conversation , they may just want to read a newspaper or magazine so we must respect their wishes . |
| 6 | come and sit down and get to business , now he may not , he may still want to have a chat about the weather or whatever you know so again be aware that to cut too soon to business |
| 7 | Latics ' cash-strapped manager Joe Royle admitted he may still try to arrange a loan deal for the Anfield veteran , but it seems any transfer fee is beyond the range of the Lancashire club 's purse . |
| 8 | ‘ I may possibly have added a word or two . ’ |
| 9 | A contract audit may also serve to reassure a client who is unfamiliar with construction that the project is being carried out efficiently and effectively . |
| 10 | Even the smallest plot will have sufficient room for a small table and chairs , You may also want to include a barbecue . |
| 11 | You may also want to have a tumbler of alcohol to sip to relax beforehand . |
| 12 | The logical path intended to be a-d may also fail to generate a solution and become distorted into the path a-e-f , returning to the failure level of the catastrophe surface . |
| 13 | Bearing in mind that it will be mostly hidden by the curtain that will fall around it , and that it may also have to support a wire umbrella frame , a 3 inch ( 7.5cm ) diameter or square stake is not too big . |
| 14 | Other factors may also have played a part . |
| 15 | Left : Most wide waterway craft were built with a more spacious cabin and many boatmen lived on board although they may also have kept a house on shore . |
| 16 | In a manufacturing company , he or she may not only do public relations for the Board of Directors and the general information about the company as a whole , but may also have to satisfy a marketing department who demand the benefits of public relations for their products . |
| 17 | ( Note : You may also have to pay a fee if you go to a notary public or commissioner for oaths to sign your affidavit . |
| 18 | Depending on the shape of the frame that you have chosen , you may also wish to use a mount in the picture . |
| 19 | The purchaser may also wish to suggest a willingness to re-open discussions at a future date , subject to the candidate 's approval at that time . |
| 20 | The role of woman as employee is systematically ignored , and this may unintentionally help to maintain a situation where women form a docile and cheap work-force . |
| 21 | Some walls may bend slightly and corners may even appear to twist a bit . |
| 22 | Despite Alcuin 's reservations about Eardwulf , the king must have stepped into the shoes of the slain Aethelred as a recipient of Carolingian favours and may even have married a kinswoman of Charlemagne . |
| 23 | He may even need to use a blanket over his legs when he is sitting in his chair . |
| 24 | I may even ask to see a priest , but the essential point remains the same . |
| 25 | In such cases , if what is being transferred is a part only of the business , the employee may well prefer to assert a claim to continue employment with the transferor in the retained parts of the business this was the stance of the employees in Katsikas . |
| 26 | Anyone who has travelled the country lanes around Holt , near Wrexham , may well have seen a tractor working that they could n't quite identify . |
| 27 | You know the government may well have given a priority for special needs |
| 28 | The reduction in the nature conservation interest will probably have been slight and reintroduction of light grazing may well have prevented a decline in floristic diversity in some upland , species-rich grasslands traditionally subject to such grazing . |
| 29 | He kept in check the political and economic expectations of his people , but in so doing he may well have placed a burden on his young and untried successor , the fourteen-year-old Makhostive , his son by Ntombi Latfwala , who was queen regent of Swaziland from 1983 until the prince was crowned in April 1986 . |
| 30 | After the threats of the early '80s we may well have relaxed a bit . |