Example sentences of "may [adv] [vb infin] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one cat is always given a completely monotonous ( but nutritionally complete ) diet , day in and day out , always the same brand of canned cat food , it may eventually refuse to touch any other , new kind of food , no matter how tasty . |
| 2 | Scudder ( 1964 ) , however , has emphasized the need to apply modern concepts of homology based on experimental studies of development ; such an approach , combined perhaps with the use of genetic markers for homologous segmental regions may eventually help to resolve some of the persistent difficulties in this field ( Sokoloff and Hoy , 1968 ; Fletcher , 1970 ) . |
| 3 | We may eventually need to relate these factors to one another or to other events in a child 's life , such as educational progress , length of stay in care or destination on exit . |
| 4 | Some novice gardeners may not want to do much actual gardening at all , but conversely , do not want to look out every day over a scene of threadbare grass and rotting fence . |
| 5 | But , erm , you may not , you may not want to do that . |
| 6 | Both may be statements of truth , but they are bad statements because they can make an elderly person feel how unimportant she is in your life , even though you may not mean to convey this . |
| 7 | Palin may not have travelled much as a young man , but he has now made up for lost time . |
| 8 | And you may not have realized this but these many misunderstandings can be sorted out while you 're still here to agree 'em . |
| 9 | Though Dawson may not have masterminded this sophisticated and influential forgery , his complicity in the affair was strongly suspected . |
| 10 | Some letters , however , suggest that Leapor was rather dilatory , and may not have done much work in the winter . |
| 11 | But he may not have done another thing ; he may just have faded into obscurity if he 'd lived on . ’ |
| 12 | I may not have liked some of the things I saw and heard , but remember I was present from choice . |
| 13 | Treitel ( 8th ed. ) , p. 87 says of Ward v. Byham : ‘ One basis of the decision is that the mother had provided consideration by showing that she had made the child happy , etc. : in this way she can be said to have conferred a factual benefit on the father , even though she may not have suffered any detriment . ’ |
| 14 | Ernst & Young stress , as did Price Waterhouse , that ‘ it should be recognised that our review did not constitute an audit and may not have revealed all material facts ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ You may or may not have guessed this , Wallace , but I do n't like you . |
| 16 | But as I say the the people who did not five five percent er , therefore , others may not have given more ! |
| 17 | You may not have met these before and will need help to master them , e.g. |
| 18 | Charles and Diana may not have had many interests in common when they first met , but one that they did have , and have enjoyed together throughout their marriage , is skiing . |
| 19 | Others , who may not have had such a happy relationship with their parents in the past , take on care out of a sense of duty . |
| 20 | Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend . |
| 21 | She may not have had any opportunity to understand their capacity to nourish her emotional life . |
| 22 | Therefore when he refers to the sphere of circulation here he does not have in mind market relations , but rather a system of planned production and exchange , which may or may not have included some form of monetary accounting . |
| 23 | Northern Brave , the probable favourite , was rather disappointing last time out , and Valiant Boy may not have won such a good race as Stay Awake . |
| 24 | NEIL Booth may not have won any silverware in Swansea . |
| 25 | At the time of presenting themselves for employment , many nurses/mothers may not have experienced any difficulties with their children 's health or may not have foreseen the possible difficulties . |
| 26 | Some local authorities may not have introduced those measures as quickly as possible , but it goes further than that . |
| 27 | You may not need to pay these fees — for example , if you are on supplementary benefit OR on family income supplement OR receiving advice and assistance from a solicitor under the Legal Advice and Assistance Scheme . |
| 28 | ‘ But of course , you may not wish to meet another man , except with a whip and when he is manacled . |
| 29 | You may not seem to have much in common with your cat or with the bacterium living in your gut , but in fact , in terms of basic biology , there is little to choose between you . |
| 30 | Now at the back of the re , rest of that packet , erm , in front of the vinyl cardboard but you may already have extracted this , you 'll find two sets of pre-printed labels . |