Example sentences of "to [pron] may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A phone call or a letter to them may set your investigations off on a completely new heading and give you further experts whose evidence would be helpful to you . |
| 2 | Some people who comply well with all that is suggested to them may have done little more than comply ( incidentally , much of the " normal " first year of recovery is reckoned to be little more than compliance ) and think erroneously after a few weeks of treatment that they have learnt all they need to know and have done all they need to do to remain free from addictive disease . |
| 3 | Making love to me may help you to forget for a while , but it wo n't change the feelings you obviously still have for her , whether you care to admit it or not . ’ |
| 4 | ( 2 ) A general immunity , possessed by all persons and bodies , from being compelled on pain of punishment to answer questions the answers to which may incriminate them . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) A general immunity , possessed by all persons and bodies , from being compelled on pain of punishment to answer questions the answers to which may incriminate them . |
| 6 | There are no suggestions yet as to who may succeed Forster . |
| 7 | Be careful during team matches if you are heavier than your opponent , because what seems like a light tap to you may prove a sledgehammer to him , and may result in a penalty . |
| 8 | I have what to you may seem a small problem but one for which I can find no reason . |
| 9 | You may need to You may need to put dots in you may need to put semiquavers or even demisemiquavers in . |
| 10 | If you do not want to actually volunteer for a specific charity but would like to offer your services generally to whoever may need them , then phone the Volunteer Co-ordinator , who will match you up with all sorts of jobs . |
| 11 | The locomotive was ‘ Perseverance ’ , and the damage to her may have included boiler damage , as old tubes were sold and new ones bought as a consequence of the accident . |
| 12 | There are 5–8 pointed arm spines ; the second ventralmost spine and some of those dorsal to it may have a small distally directed terminal hook . |
| 13 | I you know how conservative I am with figures and er with advising you as to what may occur I 'm myself relatively confident that erm we shall meet our ticket sales target by the year end and that there will be no as there as there 's been in previous years since er the aforementioned not to be noted er crisis . |
| 14 | But , with simultaneous political vacuums this weekend in Prague and East Berlin , there must be some apprehension as to what may happen if either or both implodes . |
| 15 | I can not commit myself or anyone else to what may happen in future . |
| 16 | There are several references to what may have been congenital syphilis . |
| 17 | The Company 's hint was taken , and on 6th July the Charity Commissioners approved the new Board , which met for the first time twelve days later and agreed to advertise for a Headmaster who — after all the fuss and contrary to what may have been expected — was required to be an Anglican clergyman ! |
| 18 | Which brings me to what may turn out to be the tragedy of this election . |
| 19 | The island parable focuses not upon the reactions of workers and employers to what may turn out to be imaginary variations in the real wage rate but upon the reactions of producers to variations in the prices being paid for their products . |
| 20 | Surely an ethical theory is not much use without some view as to what may induce humans to live by it . |
| 21 | You are , or pretend to be , indifferent to whatever may happen to your reputation . |
| 22 | So , an animal with eyes of a similar design to ours may perceive a much less detailed image than we do . |
| 23 | At least your writing to us may prevent the same thing happening to another reader . |
| 24 | A few short descriptions of the kinds of activities reported to us may serve to illustrate some of their range and variety . |