Example sentences of "[prep] it [pron] may " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the face of it they may appear to do little more than give effect to the government 's consistent promise to maximise the opportunities for parental choice in the education system . |
| 2 | Answer guide : On the face of it you may not need much financial information as you are not judged on profitability over which you have little control as selling prices and buying prices are fixed . |
| 3 | If something happens at the school or to someone associated with it which may reflect badly give facts but no opinions . |
| 4 | Because once you 've got a computer running for your main application then you can always find other things to do with it which may help you to improve your business . |
| 5 | No I do n't know what I 've done with it it may be upstairs . |
| 6 | In it you may find , among other goodies , a Chuck Close of Alex Katz , and Alex Katz of Philip Pearlstein , a Philip Pearlstein of Raphael Sawyer ; a Robert Mapplethorpe of Alice Neel and an Alice Neel of Duane Hansen ; and a William Beckman of Gregory Gillespie and vice versa . |
| 7 | But this is one candle you can not possibly afford to extinguish in your life , for without it you may lose much of the valuable to-and-fro of friendship , which can protect you from isolation , and act as a safety-valve when you are under strain . |
| 8 | Acorn Computer Ltd chose the Cebit Hannover Fair to launch a German version of its RISC OS 3 operating system : not much to it you may think — just translate the error messages — unfortunately the company had reckoned without the sheer verbosity of the German language — it took five beta versions before all the Achtung ! messages were successfully squeezed into the ROM . |
| 9 | Erm but taking a very broad approach to it it may be that we can suggest to the receivers of that erm taking the inconvenience , the extra cost and so on , roughly say half of that account erm |
| 10 | Clearly , this sort of material needs careful analysis : it is too easy to impose patterns on it which may not correspond to much that Libyans thought or said . |
| 11 | erm but if you 're , what if you 're actually going to step on it you may as well be at work for the day . |
| 12 | It can be evaded by careful drafting such as the addition of " whatsoever " , or some synonym for it which may prevent its application . |
| 13 | Despite the noise of the traffic out in the piazza , the room had a peaceful sense of intimacy about it which may have had something to do with the large low beds and the subtle green and white colours . |
| 14 | What are you 're dou if you 've got to think about it you may there are obviously some questions in your mind . |