Example sentences of "[pron] may [vb infin] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I may make one suggestion to the South Africans that is meant to be helpful , it is this : call on Bob Burrows , the ITV producer who was in charge of the Rugby World Cup in this country , and invite him to be your consultant . |
| 2 | The Life of Wilfrid offers two versions of Aldfrith 's dying injunction concerning Wilfrid which may reflect two stages in its production . |
| 3 | Means ( 1988 ) argues that some authors treat the total group of " pensioners " ( a group which may cover 40 years given the trend to early retirement ) as a " special needs " category . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) Because their amplitude , which may exceed 200 mmHg , high amplitude propagated contractions are easily differentiated from other colonic contractions . |
| 5 | Frogs , lizards and small mammals are all hunted on the ground ; and the largest rattlesnakes , such as the diamondbacks , which may exceed 2 m ( 6l/2 ft ) in length , feed on animals as large as a hare . |
| 6 | Attempts are being made to link gasifier deployment with the planting of fast-growing species such as the ipil-ipil ( Leucaena leucocephala ) , which may yield 25 tonnes of dry wood per hectare per year . |
| 7 | As Lt Col Neil Hatton MHCIMA , the school 's chief instructor , explained : ‘ Regiments send us certain people who may have two jobs — infantryman and ration clerk , for example . |
| 8 | There will be three open classes each with a different teacher from which you may choose one session ; there will also be a separate class for the children and an interesting selection of displays . |
| 9 | For a programme in which you can devote six hours a day to language learning , Brewster and Brewster suggest the following amounts of time on each phrase : In your daily programme you may experience two reactions — boredom or frustration . |
| 10 | You may get one example of of what in a joint local authority have done . |
| 11 | If you go to an estate agent you may have two people to help you out . |
| 12 | You had no way of knowing what it would be like and she may change one day . " |
| 13 | During the next few days , she may produce 25,000 eggs . |
| 14 | In time-dependent form therefore we may expect one relation between the deviatoric stresses and strains and another , independent one between the dilatational parts . |
| 15 | Elements other than in the uth , vth columns and rows are unaltered from those in A ; at the intersections of the uth , vth columns an rows the new elements are given by ( 3 ) ( with Buv = 0 ) , while the remaining elements Biu , Biv in the uth , vth columns and rows are unc We may make two deductions . |
| 16 | Now at , at the moment we have to keep fifty percent of our investments in the narrow range and we may place fifty percent in the wider range . |
| 17 | In short , we may recognise three sources for the similarities in bylaws of common field farming in the East Midlands : first , a pattern of intermingled parcels of land involving all classes of tenants and lords ; second , some commonly accepted principles governing social life , which may fairly be regarded as the necessary outcome of the first proposition ; third , a similar physical environment which influenced the choice of farming objectives ; and last , similar economic pressures arising from the basic human need for food , and developing along similar lines , as the market in agricultural produce expanded and communities were driven to pursue change in the same general direction . |
| 18 | We may add two observations . |
| 19 | We may wait two hours in the cold or dark , but when the show starts , it 's a moment of magic , ’ says Gertrude Holle-Suppa , 44 , a veteran of 20 years on the circuit . |
| 20 | Here we may note one fact with an importance in a long perspective which overshadows all others : the conquests by Islam . |
| 21 | Putting aside what does not concern us here , cases where the petitioner asked for redress against the King himself , we may note two kinds of cases where this extraordinary relief is asked for : |
| 22 | We may note two points : ( i ) since unc has a zero root , must be singular , ( ii ) it is not necessary to normalise the vectors ; we can write B1 generally as |
| 23 | We may take two approaches to the identification of this group . |
| 24 | Twain is quoted as recording that ‘ one may ride ten miles , hereabouts , and not see ten human beings ’ and that ‘ the hills are barren … the valleys are unsightly deserts … it is a hopeless , dreary , heartbroken land … |
| 25 | Or ( another possibility ) , one may judge one theme in scripture to be an organizing focus ( first stage ) , and then ( second stage ) bring that criterion to scripture , judging other themes to be of lesser importance or frankly wanting . |
| 26 | Among the various choices available to electors in different countries are the following : they may vote for one candidate , or a specified number of candidates , or for as many candidates as there are members to be elected ; they may cumulate two votes on one candidate ; they may cast votes on more than one list ; presented with lists on which the parties have arranged the candidates in an order of preference they can change that order . |
| 27 | They may invite one child at a time to come to visit or stay , and give each the luxury of being an ‘ only ’ for a little while . |
| 28 | They may attack 30000 men each year in Britain . |
| 29 | And , they may have one display displayed , but if you go to somewhere like a warehouse or distribution where you go round and pick up your you can go to a garden you 'll pick up a box that 's illustrating a Flymo lawn mower or something and , and it 'll , er they spend a lot of time and money on the packaging , but , a lot of people for pilferage reasons do n't illustrate and that 's good practise not to illustrate , from our point of view , what 's on the package . |
| 30 | If one of the big parties wins something close to a majority of seats , it may have two ways of avoiding dependence on either Catalans or Basques . |