Example sentences of "may [vb infin] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a case of dramatic irony when we as readers recognize and share with the fabliau author a knowledge of the " realities " of the fictitious situation denied to the merchant of Orléans and may laugh at the merchant 's misguided belief as a result . |
| 2 | Words flung out in temper , for instance , do not carry lasting conviction although they may wound at the time , whereas a calm statement , arising from inner knowledge , is likely to come from the centre of one 's being and to hold fast . |
| 3 | Some may baulk at the name though : Converse Rear Entry . |
| 4 | The story — accompanied by more than 150 colour paintings — of how they find a land where humans and dinosaurs live in harmony is an imaginative and interesting read , although adults may baulk at the price . |
| 5 | The diplomatic or business historian may gaze at the e-text archive and ask who decided what , but in situations which involve rule based elements in a Decision Support System ( DSS ) , the historian may well ask whose decision ? |
| 6 | But there is a way through and in spite of how the sufferer may feel at the time , there will be a return to normality . |
| 7 | They may feel at the time very sincere about their forgiveness but if that is all that happens the old feelings of misunderstanding and bitterness can swiftly recur . |
| 8 | In spite of what the candidates may feel at the time , there is no stigma or criticism in being allocated a job flying something other than a fast jet : rescuing downed pilots in foul conditions or carrying out low level paratroop insertions in a Hercules are just as dangerous and demanding . |
| 9 | Talk about your feelings with them and that will help you decide if you 're going to need some professional help to come through this experience which is very common and in which you can be helped , no matter what you may feel at the time . |
| 10 | I appreciate that sir , but you may feel at the end of the day that you need to hear conducts from the case and if he is still present obviously whatever the court wishes to do . |
| 11 | You may feel at the end of the day that you need to hear from the officer of the case and he is still present obviously in case the court wishes |
| 12 | People who have children may blanch at the idea of those cream sofas , but Rachel has two young children of her own and the slipcovers can go straight into the washing machine . |
| 13 | We may scoff at the sort of community action that was represented by ducking-stools and pillories , by ‘ sending to Coventry ’ and by , in its extremest form , lynch law . |
| 14 | While Britain may appear at the top of the European Community lone parent league table , other countries , both in and outside Europe , have as high or higher rates . |
| 15 | For example , it may appear at the beginning of a statement ( You know , it 's time we talked ) , but it is distinctly unusual at the beginning of a question ( You know , is it 6 o clock ? ) or a command ( * You know , shut the door ) , or an exclamatory or minor sentence ( one does not say , after banging one 's thumb with a hammer , * You know , damn ! ) . |
| 16 | As pointed out by the collector and historian van Mander writing in 1604 , ‘ Whoever so desires nowadays has only to go to Prague to the greatest art patron in the world at the present time ; there he may see at the Imperial residence a remarkable number of outstanding and precious , curious , unusual , and priceless works . ’ |
| 17 | Congress may balk at the spending list . |
| 18 | Secondly , the council may balk at the costs of determining whether a treatment is scientifically valid . |
| 19 | A curriculum audit may look at the following : |
| 20 | So I may look at the Indy Car World Series in America and see what opportunities are available if any . ’ |
| 21 | In this climate , it is likely that people may look at the Office of Innovation model through analytical eyes . |
| 22 | A committee may look at the rationale underlying a major aspect of policy , e.g. the investigation of the Treasury Committee into Monetary Policy . |
| 23 | This may occur at the exposed soil surface as raindrops selectively erode fine clay particles , leaving heavier sand particles : with time this process can affect deeper parts of the soil profile , impairing its water-retaining capacity to such an extent that even after agriculture has been abandoned the forest may be unable to recolonise . |
| 24 | Cutting may occur at the time of binge-eating . |
| 25 | The polypary may occur at the end of a stalk , giving the coral the appearance of a toadstool , or alternatively , in encrusting forms , the polypary may rest directly on the substrate , attaching itself by rootlike processes as the coral grows . |
| 26 | Furthermore , loss of a spouse may occur at the same time as other bereavements . |
| 27 | Spelling changes may occur at the morpheme boundaries resulting in slight changes to the surface string produced by the morpheme combinations . |
| 28 | We would suggest that an altered metabolism ( possibly related to gut transit time ) may occur at the large polyp or cancer stage . |
| 29 | One problem with the circuit is that when the input is a low-frequency signal , the output amplitude becomes large and limiting may occur at the potentials of the bias supply . |
| 30 | But as you may discover at the end of your course you 'll have a questionnaire to say how found it , how it 's gone on and of course in the past people have filled in questionnaires saying what they want to know about the legal aspect is all about wills . |