Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each of these are covered in this leaflet as each may affect you personally when deciding whether to take the HIV antibody test . |
| 2 | If your timing is right , Positive ideas of this kind may well give her hope and encouragement , but they should not be introduced too early in the grieving process , or she may regard them almost as an insult to the depth of her sorrow at a time when she is not yet ready to look to the future . |
| 3 | This can be a helpful approach in discussion — someone may regard you as stubborn , whereas you see yourself as determined . |
| 4 | But if the other party does n't use this level of response themselves , they may regard you as insincere or phoney . |
| 5 | It is true that today 's speakers , not knowing the origins of generic he , may regard it as just a feature of grammar . |
| 6 | But you may think me merely biased if I say that my own father could in many ways be considered to rank with such men , and that his career is the one I have always scrutinized for a definition of ‘ dignity ’ . |
| 7 | But the believer must wait for God 's time of deliverance ; he may think it long in coming — forgetting that God 's time is the best time . ’ |
| 8 | Others may think it digestively more prudent to follow the example of Badger in The Wind in the Willows , sitting down quietly in a commodious armchair for a session with — or maybe under — the newspapers . |
| 9 | Mr Wakerley told the jury : ‘ You may think he soon realised his position was hopeless . ’ |
| 10 | You may think you just nursed me . |
| 11 | Trampling over it may damage it so that it ca n't be used . |
| 12 | Hard thinking and research may aid us individually , and eventually as a species , to counter some of these problems . |
| 13 | For the hemiplegic patient , it requires extra care , because the patient is likely to be sitting still for much of the day , which in itself may make him more prone to infections , and the risk is magnified if there is any damp or dirty material next to his skin . |
| 14 | Salt concentrations near the surface may make them especially inhospitable to vegetation ; only the soils of damper areas , in which salts are distributed evenly or concentrated at depth , are likely to support plant propagules . |
| 15 | But this , it is claimed , may make them more vulnerable than most to negative emotions when they are shown to be powerless . |
| 16 | We do not deny that some characteristics of prison inmates may make them more or less likely to cause problems — if the prisons predominantly housed old people or nuns rather than young men with past records of anti-social behaviour they would doubtless experience fewer riots . |
| 17 | But , insurers point out , this may make them less able to compete against other financial institutions . |
| 18 | That learned attitude in its turn may make me uncomfortably edgy and aggressive when situations . |
| 19 | The recent liberalization of legal services which allows more people to do conveyancing may make it even more important than it has been hitherto . |
| 20 | A story of marginal interest may make it simply because it was quite easy to sub , whereas another similar story is spiked because the lines were too close together and the margins were very narrow . |
| 21 | I do not believe that a contract which clarifies hours worked or tasks to be done will prevent teachers from caring , but it may make it rather more difficult to implement school-based initiatives . |
| 22 | But the degree of frustration over IBM 's continued non-performance may make it too late for such half measures , leaving break-up of IBM into more manageable units the only option . |
| 23 | Apart from specific anatomical and physiological disabilities which may make it less easy for the individual to maintain safety , there are many external agents in the environment which can cause injury and disease . |
| 24 | The fact that where goods are designed and manufactured to the buyer 's special order the seller will have greater knowledge of the buyer 's requirements and the buyer will rely on the seller 's skill may make it less reasonable for the seller to exclude or limit liability ; on the other , hand , if goods are manufactured to the buyer 's special order , it may be more reasonable to expect the buyer to insure against losses . |
| 25 | The lowering of physical , technical and fiscal barriers may make it much more attractive for companies to take advantage of different labour market conditions in one country as compared with another . |
| 26 | The way they are phrased may make it hard for us to understand their origin . |
| 27 | Even in the case of a willing witness , considerations of cost and convenience may make it very desirable to avoid the requirement of attendance . |
| 28 | It is an aspect of privacy we should take more seriously ; it may seem a frail distinction to draw when armed police can batter down your front door on suspicion that a wanted person may be inside , but at least it gives the possibility of some redress , and may make it more difficult to achieve the total surveillance of society . |
| 29 | What makes a task easier for some may make it more difficult for others . |
| 30 | This may make it more difficult for these firms to raise finance in the future : the Stirling study will cover both these questions . |