Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] may [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever abstract mathematical objects I may choose to represent energy or momentum , the consequence of actually measuring them is the concrete one of finding that I have present so many units of whatever it is . |
| 2 | And just in case I may say things I 'll be sorry for , I 'd better not go on , except for one last word . |
| 3 | And you , Rose , if you want to be useful you may keep everyone away , run any errands I may require , and take over from , or help McAllister , when I tell you to . |
| 4 | It is your husband-to-be who declares ( or will declare , and of course I may misquote ) that poets are mirrors of the tremendous shadows which futurity casts upon the present , and the unacknowledged legislators of the world . |
| 5 | Sore eyes I may have , but at least I am not blind and can still darn my own stockings . |
| 6 | The back row played well and so did the front three , so any optimism I may feel about the future is well grounded . |
| 7 | Towards the end of his life he told Osbert Sitwell ; ‘ Any talent I may have was due to a long illness as a boy , which afforded me time to think , and subsequent ill-health , because I was not allowed to play games , and so had to teach myself , for my enjoyment , to use my eyes instead of my feet . ’ |
| 8 | In emphasizing simplicity of signals I may have gone too far . |
| 9 | Second , it provides a choice of storage media for BLOBs which may have advantages both of cost and convenience . |
| 10 | When you are assessing a patient who is being admitted to your ward , make a list of potential risks which may affect this particular individual . |
| 11 | A Japanese government spokesman claimed that post mortems had revealed parasites in the animals ' ears which may have resulted in their having lost their sense of direction . |
| 12 | Nor do I consider that any in-house tariff which may exist in the Home Office need be disclosed . |
| 13 | The original problem definition of ‘ How to improve the sales team ? ’ could be re-expressed as ‘ How to make the sales team perform like Newcastle United Football Club ? ’ ( an analogy which may suggest better team training or a new look at tactics ) or ‘ How to address corporate turbulence ? ’ a metaphor which may prompt ideas of inter-departmental conflict . |
| 14 | This difference of perspective and lack of immediate concern with definitions of power and with empiricist rigour result in research methods which may appear to be more approximate in their conclusions than are the pluralists , at least as far as the distribution of power is concerned . |
| 15 | Does it not add to the reasons for which they have to act , and to the considerations which may justify their authority ? |
| 16 | There are many different financial considerations which may affect the decision as to which form of business enterprise to undertake . |
| 17 | Apart from questions of naturalness , accuracy , and the ‘ logic ’ of a text , there are sometimes stylistic considerations which may make the translation of conjunctions particularly difficult . |
| 18 | Into a pattern of military administration which may appear deceptively well organised there stepped a class of soldier , the mercenary , whose presence to people of the late Middle Ages meant destruction and disorder . |
| 19 | ‘ Tolls are a daily expense which may deter motorists more than a rush-hour permit which is a one-off expense , ’ says Rob Lenterman , of Nedlloyd , a multinational freight company based in Rotterdam . |
| 20 | On the other hand the farm worker has been placed in control of important and costly pieces of farm investment which may run into many thousands of pounds . |
| 21 | 9.1.6 the Tenant has any distress or execution levied on [ its ] goods the Landlord may re-enter the Premises ( or any part of them in the name of the whole ) at any time ( and even if any previous right of re-entry has been waived ) and then the Term will absolutely cease but without prejudice to any rights or remedies which may have accrued to the Landlord against the Tenant or the Guarantor [ or to the Tenant against the Landlord ] in respect of any breach of covenant or other term of this Lease ( including the breach in respect of which the re-entry is made ) All leases will , or should , contain a forfeiture provision which is usually in the form of a proviso reserving to the landlord a right of re-entry in the event of non-payment of rent , breach of covenant or circumstances resulting in , or likely to give rise to , the probability of the tenant being unable to perform its obligations under the lease , eg bankruptcy or liquidation . |
| 22 | Warning : These plays are sexually explicit and contain nudity and violence which may offend . |
| 23 | Freud is not saying that the individual feels the emotion which may underlie religious beliefs and practices , and that this is why they are performed . |
| 24 | This form of communication must not , however , be equated with the formal , structured monologue which may reflect classical Greek influence rather than the Judaic-Christian tradition . |
| 25 | In many cases they are actually simpler since a complete instruction is executed in a single machine cycle unlike a microprocessor which may make several memory access when executing a single instruction . |
| 26 | And now , my dear Sir , having said this much on behalf of this deserving Youth , I must beg to assure you that however zealous my wish to be the means of serving him and his poor Mother , I do not wish , on that account , to influence you — Quite the contrary — I know that in similar cases , your benevolent views have been disappointed , and , perhaps , you have consequently made arrangements for the Future which may render it ineligible to take any youth in the same way as proposed to his Brother — even if you have at present — or are likely in course of a year or two — to have a vacancy . |
| 27 | When it came , the eruption was of massive proportions and deposited a great thickness of ash which completely buried the town , and it set off great tidal waves which may have been responsible for the termination of the Minoan civilization by ravaging the coastal towns all around Crete . |
| 28 | Where the main constructive waves are swell waves which may have been generated hundreds and even thousands of kilometres away and travelled on as free waves , it is quite likely that the local resultant wind has a far smaller part in the orientation of coastal forms . |
| 29 | The durability of the Royal Scotsman over five long seasons of operation , with the top tour price now only a short step away from £3,000 was proven by 1989 , but even as this book was being prepared for press , there were changes in the wind which may prove to be a sterner test of the depth of the elitist train-tour market . |
| 30 | The strong glasses needed will give an odd appearance to the eyes which may result in teasing and although the child may see well directly through the glasses , there may be difficulties with the peripheral vision and mobility will have to be watched . |