Example sentences of "[conj] you may [verb] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most should be obtainable at university/polytechnic careers offices , or at local reference libraries where you may need to request them . |
| 2 | If not you may be able to get legal help through a law centre , or you may prefer to consult your own solicitor , if you have one already , or a local firm recommended by a friend or colleague . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Or you may have to seek one out . |
| 5 | Putting names to faces : You may wish to be able to look at someone and think instantly of his name because it makes social life so much easier ; or you may wish to improve your chances of impressing a business acquaintance ( and possibly making a deal as a result ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Hydrangea florets can be picked and pressed in the autumn when they are a lovely green shade with reddish tinges , although you may have to choose your bush carefully as they do not all have the same density of colour . |
| 8 | It is even possible that you may have to leave your project before it is complete because of illness or assignment to other responsibilities or for some other reason . |
| 9 | Your check list should have given you some words , but maybe not in different positions , so you may need to ask your language helper for some more words . |
| 10 | Birds love the seed , so you may need to net it . |
| 11 | In some high crime areas you ca n't get cover without a lockable garage so you may have to rent one . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Erm one difficulty with with giving a financial report is so many things seem to happen quickly and a erm apart from the fact that there was a , a major finance resources comes from we , as well you see that I have to tell you now these have been done on the red letter assembly side and you may want to alter one there er according to reform I see the cost per erm person attending is not a hundred and twelve pounds , but a hundred and fourteen pounds and that means that we have forty representatives we 've got to try and find four thousand five hundred and sixty . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Just watch a bat weave its way through the evening sky and you may begin to glimpse something of the world it perceives . |
| 16 | Remember to reinforce ( words of praise , cuddles , a star for a star chart ) the actions — and you may have to prompt her , at first — that compete with having tantrums , i.e. acts of compliance and co-operation . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | July brings confusion to your romance and you may need to remind yourself why you 're in love ! |
| 19 | Otherwise , you may find that they are not what you had anticipated and you may need to adapt your performance . |
| 20 | There are advantages and disadvantages of each and you may need to see them all before deciding . |
| 21 | Where one-off items have been selected some stores will reserve them for you , but you may have to buy them yourself if they are n't chosen . |
| 22 | Yes ar are not that good but I 'm working at it on a sort of regional basis erm but you may have to keep me here for a very long time in order to achieve it . |
| 23 | I 'll do in that case is hold this press release because you may want to change it again a little bit . |
| 24 | Valuable experience can be gained in small agencies anywhere because you may have to turn your hand to any job that needs doing at a given moment . |
| 25 | Though you may wish to insist it is not true , the fact remains that Leos are as stubborn as the stains on a butcher 's tunic . |
| 26 | For instance , you could choose a cushion , chair seat or bell pull , though you may wish to make something relatively simple and uncomplicated on your first attempt . |