Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as the image of chess suggests , one may want to ask why the agent played the move . |
| 2 | At any particular time governors and staff may want to know how the plans are progressing and whether they are being carried out as was agreed . |
| 3 | Occasionally , you may need to top up the water and to water the compost to keep it just damp . |
| 4 | Instinctively they may opt to carry out the minimum of conversation and close the interview as soon as they have supplied the list of solicitors . |
| 5 | There are some who would question his recording of details on site suggesting that in his eagerness to move on to the next find he may neglect to tidy up the details left behind . |
| 6 | Blanche may have made up the prowling . |
| 7 | Even though the writer may have planned out the essay and a line of argument , this is not a very successful beginning . |
| 8 | The Gloucester coach Keith Richardson says that the week may have turned around the team 's season … the win over a strong bridgend side was very rewarding and it reflects the old Gloucester dog attitude … when they think there 's competition a match to be won they respond and come through … there 's a big league game against Northampton coming up on saturday and Gloucester need all the inspiration they can get to win |
| 9 | ‘ Ana will be easier but with Mitch arriving every other weekend you may have to lay down the law a little . ’ |
| 10 | Through his great-grandfather , Alfonso IX of Leon , he was distantly related to Edward I 's first wife , Eleanor of Castile [ q.v. ] : a connection which may have promoted both the marriage of Henry 's sister , Isabella , to Edward 's supporter , John de Vescy ( died 1289 , q.v. ) , in 1279 or 1280 , and Henry 's own entrée into English affairs in 1297 , when he was made a knight of the royal household . |
| 11 | I may have cried down the telephone , but Mme Dragon would n't unbend . |
| 12 | This does not mean that the applicant can not let the house , but if she sells it , or simply uses it as a second home , she may have to pay back the whole or part of the grant with interest . |
| 13 | The sceptic might , at this point , complain that while I may have sketched out the functionalist position , I have not provided any convincing arguments as to why one should believe it . |
| 14 | Stirling may have laid down the principles , but it was Lewes who had trained the men to put them into practice . |
| 15 | Vincent Cannistraro , chief of operations at the Central Intelligence Agency 's counter-terrorism centre at the time of the bombing , said there was evidence Iran may have hired out the operation to both Libya and to the Syria-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command ( PFLP-GC ) . |
| 16 | Indeed , far from destroying the agreement between the ANC and the government of President F.W. de Klerk on the broad shape of a power-sharing future , the Hani murder may have brought closer the date of the election for a constitutional assembly to replace the present parliament . |
| 17 | Visitors are thoroughly searched before they are allowed in to the jail which houses two hundred remand prisoners , killers , I R A terrorists and rapists , and the investigation will examine whether a prison officer may have brought in the phone . |
| 18 | Flowers , a surprise call-up a month ago when the squads for the World Cup double in Poland and Norway were announced , so much looked the part as Chris Woods 's stand-in that he may have leapfrogged up the goalkeeping queue . |
| 19 | Now , if you 've got the odd spare weekend , a boat and £55,000 to spend , we may have found just the thing for you a fantasy island all of your own , and it 's up for sale right here in the heart of the Central South region . |
| 20 | ‘ We think someone may have picked up the jeans innocently , and maybe now thinks it 's too late to come forward , ’ a Norfolk police spokesman said . |
| 21 | The UK 's Clean Air Acts , which forced many homes to replace coal-burning fires with smokeless fuel , gas or electric versions , may have cleaned up the smog from out cities , but the utilitarian heaters and radiators that replaced those fires seemed to take some of the cheer from our lives . |
| 22 | The seller of the goods may wish to simply pass on the interest charges to the customer , or may wish to push up the price of the product and market it as zero interest finance . |
| 23 | You may wish to recreate realistically the feather and form you see before you or , as I do , enjoy the birds ' interaction with light , weather and locale . |
| 24 | The meetings of the new shareholders of History plc may well be stormy ; some indeed may wish to wind up the company or favour a merger with other subject areas to preserve its share of a declining pupil market . |
| 25 | It will also reveal , by default , which classes are not using the school library on a regular basis and the school librarian may wish to find out the reasons for this lack of use . |
| 26 | But it may serve to illustrate how the styles of kung fu that are practised today began . |
| 27 | And there 's insecurity as well : Ashley may go moshing down the front at Gallon Drunk gigs , but when he came face-to-face with James Johnson recently , the drummer was ‘ too scared ’ to talk to him . |
| 28 | Officially , the bike route ends here ; more experienced cyclists may care to carry on the ascent to the Krimml waterfalls . |
| 29 | This may help to explain why the country has a national debt of about 120 per cent of GNP , one of the highest in the world , compared to a modest 35 per cent in Britain . |
| 30 | Note , however , that while this may help to explain why the Brasserie 's sales are disappointing , it does n't really explain why L'Auberge 's have fallen . |