Example sentences of "it [adv] may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It thus may need to be understood , incidentally , more strictly than its original proponent intended . |
| 2 | The individual himself may be perverse or oversensitive ; the reviewing court itself is capable of an Olympian detachment and impartiality , and it thus may find it difficult to believe that others are ever tempted and swayed . |
| 3 | But in the same way that the sexual act is losing its meaning , in pub scene , or baroque interior , or city flat , with the result that we are brought to question whatever meaning it once may seem to have possessed , so in The Waste Land the rituals of religion appear also to be failing . |
| 4 | It also may bring much lower returns , both economic , political and ( in a bureaucratic framework ) promotional , than spectacular breakthroughs in irrigated rice or wheat , for example . |
| 5 | It also may have answered a few queries over which he may have pondered in his youth and then discarded to the rear of his mind for later consideration . |
| 6 | It also may have a significant effect on the problems of Lloyd 's . |
| 7 | If the pattern is large and dominant , shifting it sideways may upset the symmetrical visual effect on the front of the garment . |
| 8 | to a lot of A G Ms recently and this topic is coming up at most and one feels that it almost may become an issue at the next general election . |
| 9 | It there may need a press release which gives out a more balanced view to go out . |
| 10 | There is little incentive for critics to tie up political capital by confronting the project until it looks like it actually may happen . |
| 11 | If Airbus pulls out , McDonnell-Douglas may still survive , or it too may pull out of the industry , leaving Boeing the sole producer without fear of competition . |