Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [pron] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ However much analogy may lead us to conjecture the universal prevalence of law and orderly sequence , it has been acutely remarked that the phenomena which are most immediately important to the life and welfare of man are precisely those which he has never been , and probably never will be , able to reduce to a scientific calculation . |
| 2 | It may lead us to compare the relative increase in costs over a year , believing that we were comparing like with like . |
| 3 | After mature deliberation your Committee venture to propose to you to entrust them with powers to digest a scheme for the medical department , to receive claims , and investigate the merits of the different candidates who may propose themselves to fill the different situations in this line , as well as of the subordinate attendants of the house , and to report to you at your next general meeting the names of such persons as to them appear most proper , for your final approbation . ’ |
| 4 | The following notes , questions and observations on courses which have a programmed development and which include written materials and tapes are just a few which may help one to assess the relative merits of the very many courses that are available to the EFL teacher . |
| 5 | This type of explanation may help us to understand the one-sided nature of exchange relationships with the Continent , noting also that the English probably had no direct access to a valuable and durable raw material without going to the extent of deep mining . |
| 6 | To do so , however , may cause us to miss the basic underlying reason for the patient 's problem . |