Example sentences of "may [vb infin] them [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not simply that it is a vital matter for some small group of people ( as some may think them to be ) called ‘ Christian feminists ’ who would reconcile their feminism with their Christian faith . |
| 2 | Little is known about the effect of different care settings on the children 's education though the fact that many foster parents and residential staff have had limited educational opportunities themselves may influence them in the importance they attach to the children 's success in school . |
| 3 | In examining these conflicts and changes the particular aims of the researchers are to : elucidate the changes that occurred in the UK defence science and technology system in the 1980 's and to analyse their dynamics and interactions ; ii identify and examine the assumptions about the future being made by firms and governments to guide their current decision-making in this area ; iii consider whether clear and stable structural trends are emerging , and the factors that may influence them in the 1990's , including the transition to a single European market ; iv establish a better framework for assessing contemporary developments in defence technology policy and their consequences for other areas of science and technology policy . |
| 4 | We get quite used to our domestic dog actually bringing us sticks and balls so that we may throw them for our four-legged companion to retrieve . |
| 5 | You may treat them as your children since they were two years old but if they 're not a blood relative of yours they wo n't be inheriting anything anyway however close they may be . |
| 6 | Adolescents conscious of personal appearance may prefer them to eyeglasses . |
| 7 | Women are being asked detailed questions about their child-care arrangements , and failure to produce satisfactory answers may disqualify them from benefit . |
| 8 | To inform them of who to contact if they have a problem plus benefits , discounts etcet etcetera , with particular emphasis on accrual benefits that may be lost if membership lapses , and the possible mention of loyalty benefits that may assist them in helping to recruit and retain other members . |
| 9 | If you have any other items you wish to raise at the meeting , please advise me beforehand so that I may include them on the agenda . |
| 10 | Outgoing ministers may buy them for about £75 , but the boxes must be fitted with new locks to preserve the secret of their mechanisms . |
| 11 | Do n't forget , you may need them to be there for you , another time , another place ! |
| 12 | I 've a feeling we may need them before this is over . ’ |
| 13 | There are , however , considerable problems with such approaches , however desirable radical adult educators may consider them to be . |
| 14 | Those of us who enjoy them need only a name for each condition , so that we may discuss them in expectation and in recollection . |
| 15 | The public good defence for performances which were proved to be ‘ in the interests of drama , opera , ballet or any other art , or of literature or learning ’ omitted the words ‘ or other objects of general concern ’ , thereby rejecting the so-called ‘ therapeutic defence ’ according to which pornography was claimed to be ‘ psychologically beneficial ’ to some persons ‘ in that it relieves their sexual tensions and may divert them from anti-social activities ’ . |
| 16 | If they are predominantly female , and 83 per cent of part-timers are , the equal pay legislation may entitle them to the same benefits and conditions as their full-time colleagues . |
| 17 | The hospitals may discharge them on it , but make sure it is continued . |
| 18 | 36 , or relating to protection of the environment or the working environment ’ shall notify such provisions to the Commission , and the Commission may confirm them after having verified that they are not a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between Member States . |
| 19 | They identify people who need counselling help and may refer them to the priest or minister ; they recognize their own rituals as important aids to grieving . |
| 20 | They may live far from their nearest bureau and the expense or lack of public transport may prevent them from coming . |
| 21 | While special programmes for older viewers undoubtedly offer information and support , television companies may use them as an excuse for not including realistic portrayals of older people in their mainstream peak-time programmes . |
| 22 | Please make copies of this so that you may use them at your convenience in the future to return information to the Council . |
| 23 | I may use them on Mrs occasionally . |
| 24 | Its practical object is to gain access to certain documents disclosed by the Police Complaints Authority ( ‘ P.C.A. ’ ) by order of this court for use in a criminal appeal , so that C.N.L. may use them in the libel action . |
| 25 | As to ( b ) , the rule that if A 's goods are feloniously taken by B , A may follow them onto C's land rests upon a passage in Blackstone which commended itself to two of the judges in Anthony v. Haney . |
| 26 | You may see them during the summer when they rest in Britain . |
| 27 | Often we may equate them with more formal partnerships which fall by the wayside after only a short existence ; except that in their breakdown the feelings of guilt , humiliation and bitterness may occur even more strongly than when an " honest " attempt is felt to have been made . |
| 28 | Once the shares or any class of them are fully paid , the company may convert them into stock ; in other words the company may merge the relevant share capital , say 10,000 shares of £1 each into £10,000 of stock . |
| 29 | They find a site for a new nest , such as a hollow tree ( or a bee-keeper may provide them with one ) and start immediately to build combs . |
| 30 | If rail travel gets worse before it gets better , voters may dump them at the next general election . |