Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [to-vb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you can afford private treatment , or you have medical insurance cover to pay for it , you may prefer to take on a full treatment programme with the specialist physiotherapist . |
| 2 | Your doctor may want to carry out an MSU ( mid-stream urine ) test , to find out whether bacteria are present in your bladder , and if so , which kind . |
| 3 | Your doctor may want to carry out an internal examination to check the size and position of your womb , which will help indicate how far along you are , or this may be done at your hospital appointment . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's a problem we still have to solve , ’ said a spokesman : it may want to look up the latest crop of hopefuls such as Covia Technologies Inc , Locus Computing Corp , and NobleNet Inc which have recently begun to offer just such solutions . |
| 5 | At times , you may need to fill in an official form . |
| 6 | You may need to carry out the above exercises a few times before you get any results . |
| 7 | You may have to commit yourself to buying a new home before you have sold your existing one , in which case you may need to take out a bridging loan to tide you over until you sell . |
| 8 | Occasionally , you may need to top up the water and to water the compost to keep it just damp . |
| 9 | Instinctively they may opt to carry out the minimum of conversation and close the interview as soon as they have supplied the list of solicitors . |
| 10 | The latter measures may be carried out by a company representative or the organisation may choose to bring in an outside specialist to run this part of the communications exercise . |
| 11 | There are some who would question his recording of details on site suggesting that in his eagerness to move on to the next find he may neglect to tidy up the details left behind . |
| 12 | Just as a doctor may decide to switch off a life support machine because the patient is in effect dead , so care workers could ‘ switch off ’ the services on which the old person is totally dependent for care in the community , thus making admission to an institution inevitable . |
| 13 | Very limited entrepreneurial ambitions , conspicuous consumption and a tendency to spread their thin investments over many ventures [ the ‘ group of companies ’ mentality ] , a tendency … to only scratch the surface of innovation , the aversion to teaming up with others , all these and other motivational factors are likely to continue to limit the growth of Nigerian enterprises even in those spheres which are exclusively reserved to them and to postpone the day when they may hope to take over the higher reaches of enterprise . |
| 14 | Thus , a tenant may contract to yield up the demised property including tenant 's fixtures ( Leschallas v Woolf [ 1908 ] 1 Ch 641 ) . |
| 15 | Lamont may attempt to lay down an encouraging market for the industry . |
| 16 | You may have to pick out the occasional burnt chip ! |
| 17 | And a judge may have to sort out the immediate squabble . |
| 18 | Indeed , because of deficiencies , the Air Force has had to change some of its plans for the bomber and may have to dish out an extra $1 billion to correct the problems . |
| 19 | ‘ Ana will be easier but with Mitch arriving every other weekend you may have to lay down the law a little . ’ |
| 20 | There 's speculation that he may have to sell off a collection of Ferraris . |
| 21 | Not only do you have to find it , but you may have to knock out the retaining plug . |
| 22 | This does not mean that the applicant can not let the house , but if she sells it , or simply uses it as a second home , she may have to pay back the whole or part of the grant with interest . |
| 23 | However , if they do n't collect you may have to pay back the 80 per cent you have already received . |
| 24 | The seller of the goods may wish to simply pass on the interest charges to the customer , or may wish to push up the price of the product and market it as zero interest finance . |
| 25 | Governors may wish to draw up a common procedure which applies to all staff working in the school . |
| 26 | The tenant will not wish to restrict himself to too narrow a use , for while this might be satisfactory in the short term , if the lease is for 25 years much can happen to the tenant 's business , eg expansion or contraction resulting in the necessity for the tenant to assign or sublet the premises , in which case the assignee or subtenant may wish to carry on a different use . |
| 27 | You may wish to carry out a full post-production assemble edit . |
| 28 | The meetings of the new shareholders of History plc may well be stormy ; some indeed may wish to wind up the company or favour a merger with other subject areas to preserve its share of a declining pupil market . |
| 29 | If a letter is very good and the applicant clearly fits the job/ personnel specification fairly well you may wish to send out an appointment for an interview at the same time as the application form . |
| 30 | It will also reveal , by default , which classes are not using the school library on a regular basis and the school librarian may wish to find out the reasons for this lack of use . |