Example sentences of "may i [vb infin] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 SIR — As a convicted British tribalist , Scottish branch , may I urge the new Government of Great Britain not to make the same mistake as the British tribalists , English branch , who failed for so long to find a use for County Hall in London after Livingstone et al.
2 May I suggest the other way around ? ’
3 As he and Du Camp tramped along , he would introduce his friend to the trees and the bushes with mock gravity : ‘ May I present the young phenomenon ? ’
4 May I draw the Economic Secretary 's attention to a study that I have just received from the House of Commons Library 's statistical section ?
5 How may I serve the Benedictine Order and those who ride in their company ?
6 May I extend the grateful thanks of Mr. and Mrs. Emery of Eye in my constituency , whom I visited this morning and who have just had their home insulated under the Government 's home energy efficiency scheme ?
7 May I remind the honourable member that there is no reason why he should not tear to pieces these four statutory instruments if that 's what he wishes , but that is what he must do not deal with all the others .
8 May I remind the Prime Minister that the predecessors of his Back-Bench colleagues waved their Order Papers for a Prime Minister who promised ’ peace in our time ’ , just as he has promised ’ no single currency in our time ’ .
9 As a Scottish lawyer , may I make the simple point that the Lord Advocate looked carefully at the question of a prosecution for culpable homicide ?
10 From a different political viewpoint , may I congratulate the Prime Minister on his ability and the authority that he demonstrated during the negotiations that secured this agreement , which , despite all the odds , will be beneficial to the United Kingdom .
11 May I congratulate the Prime Minister both on his performance at Maastricht and on his performance here today ?
12 May I introduce the great master of medicine and royal physician , Duncan MacAirth . ’
13 May I ask the young lady 's name ? ’
14 On the question of Libya — I realise , an unpopular cause and a delicate issue — may I ask the Foreign Office to reflect again on what I have said , which is rather different from the subject of the Adjournment debate ?
15 May I join the Prime Minister — and , I am sure , the whole House — in sending good wishes to Her Majesty , and in expressing the admiration that I know is felt throughout our country , the Commonwealth and , indeed , the wider world for the wisdom , strength and dedication that Her Majesty has invariably shown throughout the four decades in which she has been our sovereign ?
16 May I join the hon. member for Rutland and Melton ( Mr. Latham ) in condemning the cowardly attacks made on the character of my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) .
17 May I thank the Prime Minister for allowing his Ministers to vote as they wish on the Wild Mammals ( Protection ) Bill on Friday 14 February , St. Valentine 's day ?
18 MAY I thank the following persons who gave their services free at a recent function held by the Royal Victoria Heart Club : Barnbrack , Sylvia Paris , Yvonne , Mary Ann , Bobby Crowthers , David Patterson ; the committee and staff of the Ulster Sports Club , High Street who gave their premises free ; the prize donors ; and , finally , those who attended .
19 May I take the right hon. Gentleman 's question seriously ?
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