Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] may [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 In Europe police organisation is hierarchical , centralised and supervised by the government , all of which may account for the tendency to rely on police investigations while , at the same time , declining to constrain them by the kind of normative rules we find in Anglo-American law .
2 Some of us may compensate for this by driving our cars like dervishes or creating dramas in our personal lives .
3 With her grace , and a few prayers the rest of us may find for you , you can hardly go unblessed . ’
4 In conditions of rising population , such as we may assume for most of this period over most of Europe , land is scarce and labour plentiful , and the lords may commonly compel land-hungry peasants to accept their terms .
5 A family centre is a place where a child and his parents or those caring for him may go for occupational , social or recreational activities , or for advice , guidance or counselling .
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