Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than let their cottages become occupied by potential sitting tenants , some farmers may prefer to let them to anyone but their own employees . |
| 2 | Many people when they have something to discuss may prefer to take it outside their family group to an old friend or a trusted adviser . |
| 3 | But logical or not , the 5TH is certainly complicated — as the most respectable of its apologists admit , though they may prefer to call it " sophisticated " and will refrain from giving a full and candid account of the intricacies of its operation . |
| 4 | Sometimes such material is simply tipped-in or stuck down on a blank ; the professional may prefer to inlay it on paper to match the size of the volume , which will often be fairly large . |
| 5 | Even if you are a very small business or taking on domestic staff you should write a job specification , although you may prefer to make it a more informal list of everything the job entails . |
| 6 | For example , the two competing public interests in employment cases are : ( a ) a person should be held to his promise ; and ( b ) every person should be free to exercise his skill and experience to the best advantage of himself and of those who may want to employ him ( see Lord Atkinson in Morris ( Herbert ) v Saxelby [ 1916 ] 1 AC 688 ) . |
| 7 | In the meantime , of course , the holders of the bonds may want to sell them . |
| 8 | Well they may want to lead it themselves and actually |
| 9 | You may want to use it to chop through modest-sized tree and bush roots so an effective , labour-saving cutting edge is a must . |
| 10 | You may want to instruct him to say each pair twice all the way through , without you having to ask for a repeat each time . |
| 11 | But if you have that information you may want to confirm it 's right . |
| 12 | Tom will want to check for proteinuria and test your reflexes , but even if those things are normal he and Dr Greene may want to pop you in hospital for a while . ’ |
| 13 | It shows does n't it ? you may want to discuss her too |
| 14 | I 'll do in that case is hold this press release because you may want to change it again a little bit . |
| 15 | You may wish to leave your monthly transfer at the same amount ; or you may want to amend it in the light of an increase in the cost of living or changes in your expenditure plans . |
| 16 | If your item of concern has been placed at the end of the agenda , the probability is that time will run out and you may want to get it moved forward . |
| 17 | You may have included words that do n't fit , and you may want to remove them immediately from the list , so as to avoid confusion when you check . |
| 18 | However , it follows on very naturally from the issues raised in chapter 3 , and some may want to read it directly after that . |
| 19 | If you 've got a sister who 's a Rainbow , she may want to read it first . |
| 20 | For our pay rounds we now create APL programs to model the types of offers we may make to enable us to assess the costs and effectiveness of different strategies ( as in figure 13 ) . |
| 21 | I may seek to control him , if he is potentially useful to me ; but I shall be betraying my principles if I begin to enjoy the sensation of another resisting and yielding , if I develop a taste for power for its own sake . |
| 22 | The F-A will now decide whether it should take action against the men which may include banning them from football for life . |
| 23 | If you are claiming compensation for damage , please keep the damaged article and its packaging , as we may need to inspect them . |
| 24 | Read the instructions supplied with the card as if there are serial and parallel ports on the card you may need to configure them as LPT2 , COM3 and COM4 if those devices are already installed . |
| 25 | If a player 's fitness falls below 75% his performance is impaired — you may need to substitute him . |
| 26 | Erm it 's in Leeds erm and they know that I 'm going but I may need to call them and say that I 'm sending somebody else because I ca n't possibly go anywhere during the day on Wednesday . |
| 27 | When you want other people to do things for you , then style should be polite and you may need to persuade them to co-operate . |
| 28 | You may need to allow her to feel very free to express mixed feelings of grief and anger too within the safety of your confidential relationship . |
| 29 | You may need to watch him at first , so that you can clean and dress any grazes or cuts immediately . |
| 30 | ‘ If Carnelian leaves Stalinvast , ’ Jaq said bluntly , ‘ we may need to take you a vast distance . ’ |