Example sentences of "may [vb infin] like [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ulcer in both sexes has a hard floor , which may feel like a small button just under the skin surface , varying in size from the barely discernible to the size of a finger-nail . |
| 2 | Sometimes this may feel like a military strategy and it is quite in order to treat it this way : to plot and plan to take the fortress which is your imaginary castle , your silent , fertile abode , despite the background of your everyday tasks and obligations . |
| 3 | For others in this position it may feel like a forcible disengagement from the quest for security and is regarded with anger or despair . |
| 4 | I know this may sound like a long shot — but someone who 's been listening to 2 Pac 's ‘ 2PacalypseNow ’ super-LP was recently arrested in a stolen car ( with the tape still playing ) for killing a police officer in America . |
| 5 | You may sound like a Victorian headmaster , but how much worse would you feel to read of those people being injured , lost or killed when you could have prevented it ? |
| 6 | Exercise may sound like a bad idea , but in fact it will do good : raising the pulse rate to 120 beats per minute each day for two minutes , and exercising the whole body fully is the recommended regime . |
| 7 | It may sound like an intermittent road drill combined with a jet plane . |
| 8 | It may look like a crumbling chocolate sundae but it tastes like the finest birthday cake you ever had , covered with cream and laced with rum . |
| 9 | Then there 's guitarist Adam , who may look like a squat punk bruiser with his daft haircut and tufty moustache , but is actually a guitar teacher and occasional dance track sessioneer . |
| 10 | This may look like a 1300 cc Fiesta , but a glimpse in the bonnet reveals an 1800 cc diesel engine and the car 's number plate was from a stolen police car . |
| 11 | He explains : ‘ It may look like a poor run for a player of Neil 's calibre , but he 's been out with a hamstring problem for much of the time . |
| 12 | From the outside , it may look like a static heap of boiler slag , but it 's still very much alive , and mobile lava is still arriving deep within it and pushing forward . |
| 13 | She may look like a fire-breathing dragon , but butter would n't melt in her mouth . |
| 14 | What may look like a straightforward affirmation of harmony between Christianity and science may turn out to have been a counter in a dialogue between new and entrenched religious positions . |
| 15 | The image presented , whilst it may look like a visible image , it is in reality a complex pattern of temperature differences , and this means that there are a wide range of uses for thermal imaging technologies apart from the obvious military and firefighting applications . |
| 16 | It may look like an exclusive jewellers , 4 display cases stuffed with expensive rings and necklaces ; in fact it 's a police station in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire . |
| 17 | It may look like an old garden shed , but according to the owners this is a historic building . |
| 18 | IT may look like an everyday scene from any hospital operating theatre but this medical team has an unusual extra member . |
| 19 | This may seem like a backward step but for those users who only have a computer system and printer this program is ideal for completing any form that will fit in your printer . |
| 20 | Asking the fire brigade for help when you 're locked out of your house may seem like a good idea . |
| 21 | A trip to the blood donors may seem like a strange topic to write about in a staff magazine but it is one that took my mind back a few years to the first time my mum persuaded me to go . |
| 22 | THAT old glass paperweight hiding in the back of the china cabinet may seem like a worthless ornament but it could be worth more than you think . |
| 23 | This may seem like a hard thing to do , but if you 've been involved with occult powers you really do need the help of an older Christian , so pluck up all your courage and … |
| 24 | This may seem like a large haul , but trading standards officers insist it 's just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 25 | With Christmas just over two weeks away , a fitness video at between £11 and £12 may seem like the ideal stocking filler . |
| 26 | This may seem like an impossible demand to make on someone who has smoked 20–60 cigarettes a day , but psychologically it works better for most people than attempting the ‘ slowly does it ’ campaign of a cigarette less every day . |
| 27 | This may seem like an odd question but there is quite some difference between eating styles , especially eating related to what is often viewed as ‘ naughty ’ food . |
| 28 | That larger or extra fish tank may seem like an unaffordable luxury , especially in these recession-hit times . |