Example sentences of "what may [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was throughout his life a long conflict between what may one may call a sort of scientific naturalism in his attitude to the world , and the impulse to hypostatize his ideals , to create out of his ideals erm ideal beings of some kind , and so to worship . |
| 2 | This power is still available to the police today and three questions arise in relation to it : first , what is the meaning of breach of the peace ? ; secondly , when may the police act ? ; and thirdly , what may they do ? |
| 3 | Now if he is kidnapped , what may we deduce ? |
| 4 | The article enthused about the return to the norm , but what may we ask is the norm ? |
| 5 | If the direct comparison with human beings , defective or otherwise , is not to be the touchstone of our treatment of animals ; if they are , as I have argued , sui generis primitive beings , then what may we do with them ? |
| 6 | We have the money for the current week and for future weeks in our hands , we know come what may we can rely on our Family Allowance . |
| 7 | BEEDING : What may we hold when we are within ? |
| 8 | ‘ And what may I practise on ? ’ she asked . |
| 9 | She was going on to add something more , when a cold voice behind me said , ‘ What may you be after ? ’ |