Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] [pron] may [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is commonplace to find sufferers from alcoholism or drug addiction denying that they may themselves have food , nicotine or caffeine addictions or other compulsive behaviours and they may even deny that these other addictions are " real " addictions at all . |
| 2 | At the age of 21 — with real fears that he may never work again — Mike is a statistic that should shame John Major . |
| 3 | Moreover in the years 1176–7 he was taking a keen interest in the competing politics of the Spanish kingdoms and he may well have instructed Richard to ensure that the great road south from Bordeaux to the Pyrenees was kept open for travellers of all sorts , pilgrims , traders and couriers . |
| 4 | Lee Dixon ( shin ) and Paul Davis ( hamstring ) are both major doubts while there may also be a big question mark over Alan Smith . |
| 5 | Often they result from particularly stressful circumstances but they may simply be a moment of carelessness . |
| 6 | Certainly , there are evident differences and they may well sketch one political conjecture for postmodern organization premised on stable private capital formation , production-centred strategies of economic calculation and high degrees of labour market segmentation . |
| 7 | A horse can lose as much as three gallons ( 15 litres ) of sweat in one hour of hard work in hot conditions and he may well become dehydrated . |
| 8 | Views differ as to suitability of various systems and it may well be that different systems and models emerge . |
| 9 | They may still be in a considerable amount of pain and shock , they will undoubtedly have financial worries and they may well be experiencing difficulties in coming to terms with the implications of the accident for themselves and their families . |
| 10 | The crucial importance of the functions of convening and chairing meetings seems to have been overlooked by those who set it up , or else these duties were delegated to people who did their best in adverse circumstances but who may well have been inappropriate choices . |
| 11 | If , for instance , he is on the common law side , the case that he is asked to consider may turn on the Landlord and Tenant Acts , the Rent Acts , the Consumer Protection Act , the Food and Drugs Act , the Town and Country Planning Acts , the Arbitration Act , tax law , separation , bankruptcy , conflict of laws , carriage of goods , insurance , and many other topics that he may never have studied at the University or for his Bar examinations He will not be expected , and will not need , to have every detail of all these subjects in his mind . |
| 12 | Other spices that you may only be able to find in a delicatessen include juniper berries , which are used to flavour gin and are essential when cooking game casseroles ; tamarind seed , which is really a dried pulp and is used in curries ; and annatto which is a small seed used in latin American cookery . |
| 13 | Heartily do we wish it well ; and to you , as one of its greatest celebrities , allow me to offer my hearty good wishes and earnest prayers that you may long live to witness its triumphs in all that appertains to the well-being of mankind . |
| 14 | Being scavengers gulls have quickly exploited the possibilities of urban areas where they may now be more numerous than along the open shore . |