Example sentences of "may [pron] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have just uttered the words ‘ May I be struck by lightning this minute ’ . |
| 2 | May I be introduced to the others ? ’ |
| 3 | It is safe to say that Hans Haacke is the least likely of all artists ever to be commissioned to design a presidential memorial ( though one day he may himself be memorialised as founder of the Academy of Anti-Establishment Art ) . |
| 4 | But then , Boaz who it , said he was honourable man , he replies , very positively he says may you be blessed by the Lord . |
| 5 | Indeed , in many societies disease may itself be viewed as a sign of moral failure , either of the victim or of some ‘ witch ’ . |
| 6 | Any such powers are evidently permutable ; for example unc Similarly , any power of a matrix may itself be raised to a power ; for example unc while if A is non-singular unc Evidently , the index laws of ordinary algebra apply . |
| 7 | One merely has to allow that harming others may itself be resisted by invoking the sanction of the criminal law . |
| 8 | The very landscape that creates the market for tourism and/or recreation may itself be put at risk in the absence of careful management . |
| 9 | Accordingly , the basis on which the rent is calculated may itself be changed through a change in the composition of the index . |
| 10 | How much more may we be biased against direct competition ? |
| 11 | May we be guided by your spirit . |
| 12 | We pray for our brothers in other parts of the family who struggle against injustice , and who serve you in societies where there is violence and oppression ; may they be filled with your wisdom in the battle against inhumanity . |
| 13 | May it be said of you that you found Paris stinking and left it sweet . ’ |
| 14 | If you elect to seek redress under this Scheme , written notice requesting arbitration under this Scheme must be made within 9 months after the scheduled date of return from holiday ( only in exceptional circumstances may it be offered outside this period ) . |
| 15 | There are also purist considerations : should the integrity of the original object be maintained , or may it be tampered with to display it to its best advantage ? |
| 16 | Decisions on management structures may themselves be decided on political rather than efficiency grounds ( see Ch. 5 ) . |
| 17 | Alternatively , buying organisations may themselves be faced with concentration amongst suppliers , and find that there are fewer alternative sources of domestic supply . |
| 18 | Among possible factors are human activities ( notably grazing and deforestation ) , which promote desertification and may lead to local climate change , and changes in sea surface temperatures in the southern hemisphere , which may themselves be linked to global warming and/or the increasing incidence of ocean current changes such as the El Niño effect . |
| 19 | Each of these may themselves be reduced to a further level of decision tables . |