Example sentences of "may [vb infin] a [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some cases , a company may need a dozen licences from a dozen universities for any particular genetically-engineered product . |
| 2 | The high society platinum beauty brought up in a secluded hot-house may look a million dollars on the show stand , but is all too liable to fall flat on her face at the first pinprick of adversity and does not stand a chance unless she is cocooned in protective sprays . |
| 3 | The new show-stopper may look a million dollars on the show bench and the exhibition stand , but be of little value in your garden . |
| 4 | You may have a dozen doctors er how many has it got in there for instance , oh it 's just got four all right . |
| 5 | Reversion , complete only when all of the moorland plants return , may take a hundred years . |
| 6 | Though the adult worms are never numerous , they are very fecund , and an infected pig may pass a million eggs per day . |