Example sentences of "they may well " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heirs to the freedoms which , on the threshold of the Sixties , Take a girl like you may be thought to have assisted in inaugurating , but which it also contrived to criticise , young people now seem to feel that the old Patrick belonged to a sexist work , and they may well feel that the old Adam has surfaced again in the new Patrick . |
| 2 | Furthermore , he will know that his contemporaries are not really too keen on its revelation : indeed they may well argue that the police have research facilities of their own which are geared up to the internal needs and interests of the institution ( Benyon 1988 : 21 ) . |
| 3 | Otherwise , if the team does n't show up after one or two public announcements , they may well be disbarred . |
| 4 | But since 1988 they may well have taken out ‘ Le Mortgage ’ offered by the French company 's British offshoot , UCB Group , to finance their terrain gastronomique . |
| 5 | In theory , things can only get better ; in practice , they may well become a lot worse before Wasps return in the league next March . |
| 6 | They may well be tempted to take their businesses private again . |
| 7 | Indeed they may well risk their pale-faced prodigy again in the match against Egypt today — even though this must be won if a vital quarter-final seeding place is to be secured . |
| 8 | Last year costs climbed faster than revenues ; this year they may well do so again . |
| 9 | But in practice , if most countries want to go ahead with something , they may well ignore a lone dissenter . |
| 10 | On the High Street , the post-Christmas sales began in November , and they may well continue through to Easter . |
| 11 | If you go back to the original manufacturer , they may well be able to help you out or at least recommend someone that can . |
| 12 | Most people have absorbed the idea that there is some sort of accountability at the end of life and that they may well need to be preparing to ‘ meet their maker ’ . |
| 13 | In most research studies of bereaved people it is recorded time and time again that , so long as the people involved have somewhere to go and someone to talk to about this major loss in their life , then they may well cope . |
| 14 | Luckily I learnt early on that whereas I might see there are all sorts of emotional issues that the person grieving could work on , they may well choose not to . |
| 15 | By the time you add a three-way catalytic converter there 's not much difference in the cost of making petrol and diesel engines ; take into account the lower warranty claims on diesels , and they may well actually cost the manufacturer less . |
| 16 | If they do not receive it , as many do not , then they may well give up drawing altogether . |
| 17 | Renters are not ‘ down-and-outs ’ , but those who do not yet have the opportunity to own a home , though they may well do so in later life . |
| 18 | But despite the positive counselling they may well receive , many parents , especially fathers , find it impossible to come to terms with the nature of their son or daughter . |
| 19 | Encourage children to write about ‘ the trouble with teachers ’ and ‘ the school I would like ’ they may well come up with ideas worth adopting . |
| 20 | Even while authoritative actions reflect the subjects ' reasons , indeed in order that they should do so , they may well lead to different outcomes on particular occasions , and that without being in any way wrong or mistaken on those occasions . |
| 21 | Such reading in the classroom may still be the only occasion when some pupils experience this activity : in which case , they may well value it very highly indeed . |
| 22 | There is interesting speculation about the Rainbow Inn , for the rainbow was one of the signs of the Dyers ' guild , and they may well have gathered here when work was done . |
| 23 | They do not feel so defensive , but they may well feel uncomfortable about these new insights into their personal weaknesses . |
| 24 | When they arrive there , they may well wonder why they have come , for Leck Fell at first sight appears to have no compelling attractions , certainly no obvious ones . |
| 25 | They may well have elderly parents who need to be cared for , whether physically or materially , and they may cause a good deal of pressure . |
| 26 | If they formulate detailed hypotheses and produce elaborate questionnaires or interview schedules without first carrying out informal interviews they may well go off in a completely fruitless direction and have only themselves to blame when they end up with several hundred completed forms , none of which have asked the right questions about the right key factors . |
| 27 | It is quite likely that the bureaucratic procedure involved in securing the Secretary of State 's approval , via SEAC , to these competitions means they may well wither away . |
| 28 | Because of the way PPs are structured , they may well give a better pension than SERPS does if you pay in when you are young ; but the older you are , the less value they are . |
| 29 | They lead to a formal , didactic , teacher-centred approach , they operate with devastating force upon teachers newly trained in ‘ activity methods ’ , but in the tough , bleak conditions which obtain in some schools they may well represent the only possible alternative for a struggling teacher to adopt . |
| 30 | The truth of this creed would then become accepted as axiomatic and be regarded as an article of faith , although , to those who closely examine the propositions they may well appear to be self-evidently true . |