Example sentences of "[pron] may [verb] for a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If I may digress for a moment , I refer him in turn to the successful water system invented by the Greeks at Pergamon . |
| 2 | Such reversals , which may last for a period of several years , have been observed on the east coast . |
| 3 | At present , however , there is a student gap , which may last for a few weeks or a few months , separating the exemptions from the day on which a person enrols on a full-time course of education . |
| 4 | Other areas covered are : how to apply for a grant ; who may apply for a grant ; inheritance tax ; settling the estate ; intestacy ; and other sources of information . |
| 5 | You know , you may go for a long time and not see any , then you 'll see two or three in possibly a week . |
| 6 | You may qualify for a ‘ do-it-yourself ’ divorce if all the conditions below are met : |
| 7 | Also , if you/re older or disabled you may qualify for a free British Gas safety check . |
| 8 | If you have been saving under the Homeloan scheme for two years or more you may qualify for an extra £600 loan and a cash bonus of £110 , provided you buy a house or flat below a certain price limit for each region . |
| 9 | You may apply for a Disabled Facilities Grant towards the installation of a lift . |
| 10 | You may apply for a full licence if : |
| 11 | You may apply for a job in the next grade if you meet the requirements stated in the job advertisement . |
| 12 | you may work for an overseas subsidiary of a UK company ; |
| 13 | You may wish for a partner to give you all that , but what are you prepared to give of yourself ? |
| 14 | Full details of the Terms , Conditions and Exclusions will be sent with your invoice or you may ask for a copy of the Master Policy beforehand should you wish to inspect it . |
| 15 | In any event , you may ask for a specimen copy of the cover note before booking should you wish to examine this in advance . |
| 16 | One said : ‘ If it happens we may press for an inquiry by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . ’ |
| 17 | Responsibility for the memorandum 's factual accuracy and the opinions expressed therein will rest , therefore , with the vendors and we may ask for a formal representation from you . |
| 18 | We may ask for an explanation of how our perceptual apparatus is a reliable source of information about reality , or how our instinctive judgements of plausibility or similarity can be useful in forming hypotheses or making inductions . |
| 19 | Meaning lies in the mind , beyond words — just as one may search for a word to express one 's meaning . |
| 20 | A larger number of bigger girls and women were in waiting at one of the locks , where the passengers are politely informed they may walk for a mile ; they had large pitchers and small jugs , and we are all favoured with pressing invitations to have ‘ sweet milk . ’ |
| 21 | They may ask for an extra premium if they 're including it they may ask for a bit towards it , but they can give a better cover . |
| 22 | They may ask for an extra premium if they 're including it they may ask for a bit towards it , but they can give a better cover . |
| 23 | The sort of questions which can be asked concern both the role of coins themselves and the wider implications they may have for an understanding of a particular society . |
| 24 | For one reason , space is almost a vacuum , so that molecules erm are few and far between , and one thing about chemistry it is really the science of not particularly molecules but molecules that react with one another , but here once one has got a molecule in space it does n't actually meet another one for a very long time , so even a molecule that is reactive and which may only last for maybe a microsecond in the laboratory , interstellar space it may last for a thousand years . |
| 25 | Although it may cry for a short time , it should settle down and sleep before long . |
| 26 | Speakers told the jokes on Friday at a dinner honouring a former Virginia representative , Stan Parris , who has said he may campaign for a congressional seat next year , the Washington Post reported yesterday . |
| 27 | Further ( i ) he may apply for an order for the costs incurred by him before the receipt of the notice of payment into court where the defendant has legal aid or where Ord 11 , r 4(2) ( see below ) applies , or ( ii ) in any other case provided he abandons all other claims , he may lodge a bill of costs for taxation , or have costs assessed and if the costs allowed are not paid within 14 days , he may have judgment entered for them ( Ord 11 , r 3(5) ) . |
| 28 | Alternatively , he may provide for a change in the method of rent review , and if this is done it is usual to revert to the more traditional method of periodic reviews to market rent . |