Example sentences of "may [adv] [vb infin] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As China 's reaction to Western sanctions over the events in Tiananmen has shown , further international pressure on the Dalai Lama 's behalf may only reinforce Peking 's siege mentality and strengthen its conviction that the West is conspiring to undermine socialism in China . |
| 2 | They may also have cricket 's champion talker in fast bowler Brent ‘ Bomber ’ Smith who commutes from Stockton and looks like a 39-year-old Clark Gable . |
| 3 | Having considered the various modes of experience ( including science and practice ) and the different sorts of knowledge involved in concrete human activity , we may now address Oakeshott 's argument about the emergence of Rationalism in politics . |
| 4 | Moral purists may well debate Aitken 's propriety in selling — even for a charitable cause — something which did not belong to him , namely the copyright in the report , but others may share my own view that , having regard to the intensity of the pro-Biafran feelings of Aitken and Fraser , this particular act would not seriously impede an unobstructed entry into heaven . |
| 5 | If there is any demand , it may well add Hewlett-Packard 's object database management system , OpenODB , alongside of its own On-line product . |
| 6 | If there is any demand , it may well add Hewlett-Packard 's object database management system , OpenODB , alongside of its own On-line product ( CI No 1,974 ) . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , a doctor or psychologist may sometimes reinforce parents ' concern by remarking , ‘ Well , of course , he 's adopted , ’ when this has nothing to do with the matter in question . |
| 8 | We may then apply Ampère 's law to the path shown in Fig. 3.8 yielding It is a bit of a coincidence that eqns ( 3.71 ) and ( 3.72 ) agree . |
| 9 | We may then apply Ampère 's law to the path shown by dotted lines to obtain |
| 10 | Some prescribing habits may adversely affect patients ' health : systemic steroids for fever , psychotropic drugs for pain , and use of inappropriate antibiotics fall into this category . |
| 11 | Cuts of £2.9 million to the specific grant for the development of AIDS services may seriously restrict SSDs ' ability to respond to HIV/AIDS cases from next week . |
| 12 | We may therefore use Choleski 's method ( see 2.4.2 ) to find a lower triangular matrix L such that |