Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This chapter may stimulate them to contribute to the effort of welding together insights from different disciplines , rather than , as the majority of students seem to do , keeping their finance lenses firmly in place when reading finance texts and then changing to sociological lenses when reading sociology . |
| 2 | One teacher 's despair may tempt them to fall into the ‘ rescuer ’ role ; other teachers may strike them as ineffective so that the supporters become judgmentally prescriptive with those ‘ why do n't you … ’ bits of advice that can make things worse by letting the teacher feel how others can handle them better . |
| 3 | Finally , you may expect her to go through a period of depression when she is ceasing to try to avoid the reality of her loss . |
| 4 | For some types of work your District Council may expect you to apply for a grant as a tenant . |
| 5 | Paradoxically , the widespread availability of part-time employment for women may enable them to remain in the labour market , even while providing substantial levels of care , whilst men appear more likely to have to choose between full-time employment and stopping work altogether ( see Green , 1988 , Table 2.9 ; Parker , 1992 ) . |
| 6 | Jarryd then revealed that a troublesome right calf may force him to withdraw from the Swedish team to face West Germany in the Davis Cup final next week . |
| 7 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 8 | In the case of Professor Fang Lizhi , the dissident leader who is still holed up in the US embassy in Beijing , Mr Bush has been unable to say when or whether the Chinese may allow him to leave for a third country , as reportedly urged by Mr Scowcroft . |
| 9 | We may add you know at the beginning or end : |
| 10 | Some peanuts , judiciously scattered , may persuade them to linger for a while more . |
| 11 | We may regret we live in a permissive society but I doubt whether even the most staunch defender of a better age would maintain that all or even most of those who have at one time or in one way or another been led astray morally have thereby become depraved or corrupt " . |
| 12 | But the personnel manageress said later : ‘ We may ask him to appear as the real thing next time . ’ |
| 13 | Making love to me may help you to forget for a while , but it wo n't change the feelings you obviously still have for her , whether you care to admit it or not . ’ |