Example sentences of "may [adv] [verb] [verb] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may possibly have heard talk to the effect that I was a damned good scrum half . |
| 2 | You may also need to apply heat to the pipe in order to separate the joint . |
| 3 | Rather less simply , some people close to Crédit Lyonnais think it may also have lent money to Florio Fiorini , a Swiss-based Italian associated with Mr Parretti . |
| 4 | If the lunar curves in Figure 6.9 can roughly be applied to Mercury then crater erasure took place before about 4000 Ma ago , and most of the present craters , which may also have given rise to the smooth plains , were in place by about 3000 Ma ago , and little has happened on the Mercurian surface since except for the effects of tidal slow-down and interior shrinkage . |
| 5 | The Goldsmiths ' Company may also have paid attention to other claims upon them . |
| 6 | Since the Duke supported Constantine 's claim he may well have brought Bertrand to Normandy on the theory that it was safer than leaving him behind to foment trouble . |
| 7 | At the same time , however , increased taxes on income mean that people derive less income for each hour they work and they may therefore decide to prefer leisure to work , i.e. work less — the substitution effect . |