Example sentences of "it may [verb] [adj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where Whisky Galore ( 1948 , Tight Little Island in US ) depicts a Scottish community determined to outwit officialdom and salvage the whisky from a shipwrecked boat , The Man in the White Suit ( 1951 ) treads into that tricky area for British filmmakers , industrial relations , to suggest that when workers and management come together , it may have more to do with their own selfish interests than those of the broader community . |
| 2 | ‘ I think it may have more to do with my age — but I do feel I have got four or five years more at the top level in the game and I would love to perform at the top level of the Premier League . |
| 3 | Old stopcocks were not made to a standard size and it may take some searching in plumbers ’ merchants to find something that will enable you to connect new copper pipe . |
| 4 | In theory it may sound radical to interfere with a doctor 's right to prescribe , although it was not the drug that was being withdrawn , only the branded version . |
| 5 | It may seem odd to complain of an excess of refinement in a film that features talking anuses and rubber monsters shaped like bottoms , but it does all seem to have been done in the best possible taste . |
| 6 | With modest growth and an unemployment rate of around 7% , it may seem odd to worry about inflation . |
| 7 | It may seem odd to think of battering as an attempt to get close . |
| 8 | It may seem odd to fret about this while economies are still sluggish , but in past recoveries governments have often kept their foot on the accelerator too long . |
| 9 | As we can not use an anharmonic force field in the analysis , it may seem preferable to work with idealized harmonic frequencies rather than the observed vibration frequencies , which include anharmonic contributions . |
| 10 | It may seem petty to distinguish between the plural and singular form , and therefore unnecessary to include both in the index . |
| 11 | It may seem strange to talk about women idealising men . |
| 12 | It may seem strange to start by describing the best method of removing old finishes , but there is probably more work done on renovating old furniture and existing woodwork than on new wood . |
| 13 | It may seem strange to pass from peace-making to being persecuted . |
| 14 | It may seem absurd to talk in such terms of snooker , or David Jason , or Gold Blend commercials , but much of what there is of a British national culture consists of ( or is mediated through ) broadcasting . |
| 15 | At a time when one feels tempted to join in with the celebration of rugby as expressed by England and Ireland in the recent magnificent international match , it may seem churlish to focus on a theme that is no cause for euphoria by a source of concern for the future of sport — and rugby in particular . |
| 16 | This extent will inevitably vary and , in consequence , it may prove wiser to provide for alternative approaches within a system than to force patterns of integration on insecure and bewildered teachers . |
| 17 | Treaty , would adopt ‘ the adjustments that it may prove necessary to make to the distribution of the resources among member states . ’ |
| 18 | In a cold , late spring it may prove difficult to graze off the rye in time to work up a good tilth for mangolds . |
| 19 | A levy on imports and exports is one possibility , although it may prove difficult to square with the free-trade regulations of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) . |