Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [pron] may " in BNC.
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| 1 | The underlying question for a reader of criticism is what influences are exerted on the critic ; but as in this instance , for long it may be impossible to know the truth . |
| 2 | • My advice is to resist the impulse to buy Swan Mussels for your pond ( you wo n't see them anyway ) , and get rid of any you may already have . |
| 3 | Only the barest biographical outline is sketched , only one anecdote is related about him , and no information is recorded about any he may have endowed or any works he may have written . |
| 4 | All week long , the Hollywood gossip about this case was of drugs , mysticism and off-beat sex , and for once there may be more truth than fantasy in the flashy talk of the town . ’ |
| 5 | Behind both we may , if we wish ( and many do ) , suggest causal relationships between such ideas and changing social and economic conditions and the supposed needs of dominant social classes . |
| 6 | We must therefore resist any temptation to read a book on doubt like a medical dictionary , or before long we may convince ourselves that we are suffering from every variety of doubt . |
| 7 | 130 and H167 seem to have made good starts , but Z114 better watch out since before long he may be in H167 's dirty wind . |
| 8 | There is , therefore , before any understanding of historic agents and movements , a certain aporia in all social ensembles : from afar they may appear whole , but close to , they can be seen as riddled with holes . |
| 9 | Until now you may well have been making samples only 60 stitches wide . |
| 10 | And somewhere in there it may be that something 's got to give perhaps . |
| 11 | Sometimes they do n't know how to even they may not have the language for communicating feelings . |
| 12 | Speed is important to prevent the parasitised birds from catching sight of the intruder and becoming aware of the deception , for then they may desert the nest altogether . |
| 13 | A lot of them send stuff that might be the greatest thing they 've ever produced , but looked at objectively it may not be up to much . |
| 14 | And if a strange person is walking up the driveway with intention of breaking in at least somebody may notice it . |
| 15 | At least they may tell me so . |
| 16 | How about the new 0–0-10 system where everyone plays up front and tries to score — at least we may score and a result is better than another bloody draw . |
| 17 | Harry admits he 'd be ‘ phenomenally lucky ’ to find a male Glaucous , but at least she may be able to save her species . |
| 18 | What seems to happen there is the bird that 's deserted has to stay with the existing family because if he or she erm deserts , those chicks will , will , will die , so er it 's what is sometimes called the Concorde fallacy that if you put a lot of resources into something , you 've got ta see it through , because if you pull out just before the end you can lose everything , whereas i if , if you stay on even if you know it 's a failure , erm at least you may get something out of it , so the , in that case wi with monogamous birds the parent that 's deserted the one that 's left may have to stay , because if they desert then they can have no reproductive success whatsoever whereas at least if they stay they get something . |
| 19 | But at least you may be comfortable in your captivity . ’ |
| 20 | At least it may allow the client to do some local shopping or allow a child more space outside . |
| 21 | One mother ( the widow of a lamplighter ) was a machinist at a printer 's ( bookbinding ? ) , and in this case at least it may have been the mother who introduced her daughter to the trade . |
| 22 | Working through committees may provide opportunities for a form of participation in decision-making in an institution ( a cynical view would be that at least it may give the illusion of this ) , but by their nature committees can be introspective and restricted in their outlook . |
| 23 | But remember that dreams and ambitions change as you get older , by his forties your high-flier may have turned into a slippers and spaniel man , and who knows , by then you may want to be PM . |
| 24 | by then I may have sold the house and , I mean , as soon as I sell the house |
| 25 | They may yet have a marginal impact on the projected two-hour general strike , planned for next Monday , but by then it may already be too late to matter . |
| 26 | They may yet have a marginal impact on the projected two-hour general strike , planned for next Monday , but by then it may already be too late to matter . |