Example sentences of "may [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people who have been studied will probably be interested in what is said about them , and this may affect what the researcher writes . |
| 2 | Die-hard enthusiasts may prefer one the full length of the car to cater for all maintenance without having to turn the car round . |
| 3 | Exactly , we may make it the performance evaluation and the documentation attached to it that provides you your training record . |
| 4 | The humiliations may show us the strength of the opposition which the world , temporal and spiritual , sets up against him , but they promise too the kind of imaginative and moral strength which will raise him about it . |
| 5 | Unless something happens soon , David MacDonald and the DTI may achieve what the Japanese and several recessions could not : the destruction of Britain 's greatest motorcycling name . |
| 6 | The state of the microscopist 's art is now such that the choice of instrument to use depends largely on what he wants to see , and in some applications the acoustic microscope may give him the sharpest pictures ever . |
| 7 | If the potential plaintiff has other dealings with the potential defendant , these may give him the opportunity to exercise rights of set-off . |
| 8 | ‘ … entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar , that he may give me the cave of Machpelah , which he owns ; it is at the end of his field . |
| 9 | For instance , if father has lost his job , whispered conversations about money worries , which break off as soon as children come near , may give them the idea that a terrible disaster is about to strike , or even that they are too insignificant to be taken into their parents ' confidence . |
| 10 | It may give them the light as well as what |
| 11 | They may give you the creeps , but not Ray Gabriel . |
| 12 | This may give us the best of both worlds . |
| 13 | ‘ Hopefully he may give us the help we are looking for . ’ |
| 14 | Sometimes , although not always , they may remember what the suppressed or forgotten incident was . |
| 15 | YEOVIL TOWN captain Mark Shail was heartbroken last night over the rash moment which may cost him the chance of playing in the dream FA Cup tie against Arsenal . |
| 16 | President , Congress , brothers and sisters the G M B is a general broad-based union , so the people here , the delegates here from the private sector may wonder what the fuss is about , as my colleague from London asked why was n't all this kicked about twelve years ago ? |
| 17 | Religious doctrine may describe these powers as the holy spirit descended into material form ; everyday terminology may call them the forces of Nature . |
| 18 | Now the person possessing the goods after the time limit , even if he holds the goods in bad faith , may call himself the rightful owner , while the original owner promptly loses all rights . |
| 19 | One part of a sentence may indicate what the second part is likely to be . |
| 20 | Nurses tend to control most patient/nurse conversations , and therefore may ignore what the patient needs to discuss . |
| 21 | Mr Smith renewed his demand for publication of Government law officers ' advice which suggests ministers may ignore whatever the Commons votes on the social chapter . |
| 22 | He may need to do all this , and to ventilate his fears of a future without her ; but he has probably been told since he was three years old that ‘ boys do n't cry ’ , and that men must always show courage and maintain the stiff upper lip , so he may deny himself the relief of lowering his defences and ‘ letting go ’ which society expects the widow to do quite naturally . |
| 23 | may declare what the real reasons for your dismissal were ; and |
| 24 | Fourth , the adult 's ongoing assessment of the child 's ability to understand what is being said and to make herself understood , may determine what the adult talks about and the way in which adult language is related to the context . |
| 25 | In the second place , the account that has been provided has been shown to be open to differing interpretations of value ; in other words , while we may agree what the main changes in the family have been , we may disagree over whether or not we approve of these changes . |