Example sentences of "[adv] we may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore we may appear , by using an epidemiological approach , to have added to the stigma of heroin use by comparing it with a ‘ disease ’ . |
| 2 | Similarly , however much we may disapprove of the Nazis judging Hitler to be evil is not a satisfactory historical explanation . |
| 3 | However much we may lament Mr Swinton 's recent seclusion , we are forced to conclude that it has done him nothing but good . |
| 4 | We all know that , however much we may try to deter it , death is the only certainty . |
| 5 | However much we may criticize the details of the explanation they offer ( above , pp. 86–9 ) , the clear fact that latent inhibition shows context-specificity ( i.e. is most likely to occur when the context predicts the occurrence of the target stimulus ) constitutes good support for theories that emphasize the role of stimulus predictability . |
| 6 | However hopeful we may be , however much we may snatch at the more encouraging indicators , we can not look forward with any great confidence to a consumer recovery . |
| 7 | This adds up to a very substantial collection , and I hope before too long we may find another set with the Organ and Piano Concertos , along with Prêtre 's recordings of the Gloria and Stabat Mater ( the earlier one with Régine Crespin ) and the almost unknown Sept Responses des Ténèbres , a simply glorious choral and orchestral piece with Prêtre recorded in 1983 and which appeared on a Pathé Marconi LP in 1984 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Perhaps we may meet again . |
| 10 | ‘ Penny , this is Miss Broome — or perhaps we may call you Ianthe ? |
| 11 | We just have to play to the best of our ability and if that 's good enough we may get something out of it . ’ |
| 12 | So we may want to introduce a more sophisticated mechanism for determining what the desired level of supply is and what we 'll do is that we 'll say this is actually a special case of a much more general , er more s sophisticated . |
| 13 | So we may want to do an , you know , an accurate revival . |
| 14 | So we may assume unc We consider the p — 3 elements of the set unc Zp and we prove ( i ) if a ε S then there exists b ε S such that unc and ( ii ) if ab — ac — 1 then b = c . |
| 15 | In the example of ICI the ratio was 9.8 and so we may assume that investors were willing to pay 9.8p for 1p of earnings . |
| 16 | If we do so we may deny our pain , it would be to pretend that all is well , and that would mean to deny the biblical faith . |
| 17 | So we may come to the third proposition of this book : THE SEDIMENTARY PILE AT ANY ONE PLACE ON THE EARTH 'S SURFACE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A TINY AND FRAGMENTARY RECORD OF VAST PERIODS OF EARTH HISTORY . |
| 18 | The characteristic parallel band contour for ν 2 ( a 1 ) and perpendicular contours for ν 5 and ν 6 ( e ) leave no doubt about the correct assignments , and so we may say that the germyl rocking frequency characteristically lies between 550 and 650 cm -1 . |
| 19 | So we may write eqn ( 2.30 ) in the form |
| 20 | that 's right , that 's right and now that he 's shaken off the Scottish Office I invited him to come along to it as well so we may find |
| 21 | So we may put together a future for Mankind brick by brick . |
| 22 | So we may have a , quite another a board or what ? |
| 23 | However highly we may value the findings of this committee , it is worth asserting again the need to distinguish the concept of language , as something as necessary to us as our limbs or our most essential man-made tools like spades and kettles , from that of literature . |
| 24 | Quantum mechanically we may know either its position or its momentum but not both . |
| 25 | Thus we may recognize a general classification of three kinds of melodic phrase : |
| 26 | Thus we may choose s = 10 828 and t = — 5053 . |
| 27 | Thus we may write , where t is a random , serially independent variable designed to pick up the random movements in the risk premium . |
| 28 | Thus we may have a close-up of a character weeping , viewed from a position in which , if the viewer were actually there , he would be coshed for intrusion of privacy . |
| 29 | First we may consider the phrase : ( 25 ) acrobatic performance In the light of the discussion above we may remark that this can be understood in either of two ways : first , as covering any performance which is so described because it is linked with the idea of an acrobat in the execution of his or her professional duties ; this would include expertise in juggling , tightrope walking , standing on one 's hands , and so on , even if they are performed by an amateur lacking any natural talent for the task ; second , ( 25 ) may be used to designate any performance which is acrobatic in itself , even if not part of the normal repertoire of acrobats , for instance , grabbing hold of a branch growing out from a cliff just after falling from the top . |
| 30 | Let's face it , we live with our negative parts and generally we may beat ourselves in public . |