Example sentences of "may [pron] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have just uttered the words ‘ May I be struck by lightning this minute ’ . |
| 2 | There was also wistfulness about Paros and whether I found it more beautiful , which I said I did n't — may I be forgiven . |
| 3 | I know the spells laid on you at your birth , for I heard her sing them — and I smiled , may I be forgiven , for I thought then I 'd have the strength to break them ! |
| 4 | I can not , therefore , detach myself from the wickedest soul nor may I be denied identity with the most virtuous . ’ |
| 5 | REGARDING Mr E.W. Swanton 's interesting piece on A.E.J. Collins ( Watching Brief , April issue ) may I be permitted to put the question of declarations into perspective . |
| 6 | Sir , — At the risk of prolonging correspondence , may I be permitted to join the debate started by my old friend Stella Fearnley ( see ACCOUNTANCY , August , p 66 ) and continued in the September issue ( p 6 ) by Richard Harwood ? |
| 7 | May I be permitted … ? ’ |
| 8 | May I be introduced to the others ? ’ |
| 9 | " May I be allowed to give my opinion ? " she asked . |
| 10 | May I be allowed to stress that in overall terms the quality of the lifts and the level of service is exceptional . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | But then , Boaz who it , said he was honourable man , he replies , very positively he says may you be blessed by the Lord . |
| 13 | May you be forced to listen to The Beautiful South albums . |
| 14 | Each assembly of models may itself be stored away as yet another model of a higher order . |
| 15 | Indeed , in many societies disease may itself be viewed as a sign of moral failure , either of the victim or of some ‘ witch ’ . |
| 16 | In cases of this kind ( which rarely come before the Court of Appeal except on appeal against sentence ) , the last act of the provoker , even though minor in itself , may be placed in the context of the previous provocation , and may itself be treated as sufficient to show that the loss of self-control was ‘ sudden and temporary ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | One merely has to allow that harming others may itself be resisted by invoking the sanction of the criminal law . |
| 19 | It is crucial to note that ‘ wealth begets wealth ’ : that is , productive property provides a return which may itself be reinvested to provide further return . |
| 20 | The very landscape that creates the market for tourism and/or recreation may itself be put at risk in the absence of careful management . |
| 21 | Accordingly , the basis on which the rent is calculated may itself be changed through a change in the composition of the index . |
| 22 | May we be given the opportunity to debate the economy of Renfrewshire , which has suffered 35,000 job losses since the Government came to power ? |
| 23 | How much more may we be biased against direct competition ? |
| 24 | May we be guided by your spirit . |
| 25 | May we be introduced ? " |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | We pray for those who suffer as prisoners without trial ; for hostages , for deported people , for all victims of violence in this land and in the countries from which we come ; may they be comforted and delivered ; |
| 28 | How may they be improved ? |
| 29 | What are the non-market factors which may increase the risk of an investment and how may they be minimized if not eradicated ? |
| 30 | As my right hon. Friend prepares for Maastricht , may he be reassured that to return without a treaty would be no failure ? |