Example sentences of "[noun] may [vb infin] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experience may help you take some of these into account but if you went for a fixed fee you may have to pitch it at such a level to allow for these that it 's perhaps twice what it might be and you could lose the client . |
| 2 | Understanding your potential employer 's motives may help you maintain your sense of humour throughout what can be a rather trying experience , not least because you are having to cooperate with your rivals and in some cases even help them out . |
| 3 | Fear of losing our grip may make us hang on to jobs for longer than we should , in an attempt to reassure ourselves . |
| 4 | The fragments show that the horses were standing , or walking quietly ( a lovely little contemporary chariot-horse from Olympia may help us see them ; and cf. fig. 84 ) , and the charioteer stands quite still , feet together , weight evenly distributed , hands forward with the reins ( perhaps a goad also in the left ) . |
| 5 | The aerobic content may help you lose some weight but exercise is not a cure-all . |
| 6 | Two answers may be given : first , just as they illuminate many other areas of social life , the methods and findings of our rivals may help us understand the work of the professions ( to illustrate this , some of my examples will be drawn from medical novels ; no doubt legal novels will be equally instructive ) ; second , it is not clear how far we can go in understanding other occupations ' behaviour unless we grasp that of our own . |
| 7 | If another 's reasoning is usually better than mine , then comparing on each occasion our two sets of arguments may help me detect my mistake and mend my reasoning . |
| 8 | This leaflet may help you judge . |
| 9 | Dame Edna Everage may make us laugh at prejudice , but are we smiling or laughing at ourselves ? |
| 10 | Some of the following points may help you decide : |
| 11 | Firing off a writ or an unfair dismissal application may make you feel better for a little while , but you should think carefully before launching yourself into a full-scale battle . |
| 12 | … and pull-ups may help you escape |
| 13 | OK — when you 're in a dazed state , drugs may make you think you understand it all . |
| 14 | Sometimes changing to a normal lifestyle may make them feel guilty . |
| 15 | In such circumstances their use of slang and informal language may make them seem rather stupid in the eyes of others . |
| 16 | Excessive heat may make us feel ‘ stupid ’ and unable to function mentally . |
| 17 | An enjoyable social life at the beginning of June may make you think twice about getting married now , Aquarius ! |