Example sentences of "may [adv] be [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your Card ( which has your name printed on it ) may only be used by you . |
| 2 | Carvajal 's character may perhaps be gauged from his actions in the summer of 1658 , when £15,000 worth of his logwood was seized by English customs off a Dutch vessel docked in London . |
| 3 | Like the Israelite prophets , they may not be honoured in their own country but they are recognized as belonging . |
| 4 | The life may take a different form to that experienced by most of us , and may not be rewarding in our terms , or in the terms by which society judges these things . |
| 5 | Sub-text : ‘ I have to convey my message , which is more important than yours ( and I may not be listening to you ) . ’ |
| 6 | Although the book will be published in a jurisdiction with literary proceeds legislation , the report indicates that the author may not be deprived of his royalties because of the absence of an identifiable victim . |
| 7 | Especially we remember those who served on this airfield and we pray that the peace they fought to obtain may not be lost to us , but as we may live and work to bring it to thy world , that Christ the Prince of Peace may reign in the affairs of men . |
| 8 | Even if such a licence were issued , a copy may not be sent to me . ’ |
| 9 | There are many different ways of expressing the concept that what a person says may not be binding upon him ; a Greek poet wrote ‘ my tongue has sworn , but no oath binds my mind . ’ |
| 10 | Consenting to have one 's mail opened by another , to be visited without prior arrangement , and to have another arrange aspects of one 's plans or activities without prior consultation ( e.g. accepting invitations in one 's name ) may or may not be justified by their instrumental value , but in any case they are taken in our culture as expressing the existence of certain attitudes , as in part constituting those attitudes . |
| 11 | Jesus is God ‘ incognito ’ : it is of the very nature of the presence of God as man that it must be ambiguous , that it may not be recognised by everyone , that the ‘ sign ’ by its very nature may be ‘ spoken against ’ . |
| 12 | A woman may not be bound by her role as a housewife but it is still the case that in so far as any one person is left with the main responsibility for the housework , that person is the woman . |
| 13 | It therefore seems that if a person who signs a document is mistaken as to its effect as a result of the words or conduct of the other party , the signer may not be bound by its terms . |
| 14 | Emphasize the difficulty of saying anything at all with regard to religion which may not be received by someone in a misleading way . |
| 15 | Personal service may not be effected by anyone under sixteen years of age ( Ord 7 , r 2 ) . |
| 16 | The views expressed may or may not be shared by their readerships , but they are invested with a special status by virtue of numbers . |
| 17 | For some religious convictions will dictate the manner of disposal , but again these may not be shared by everyone involved . |
| 18 | Such attitudes may not be shared by everyone , but are accepted by most people without question . |
| 19 | The Judge said , " You may not be hanged for your crime , you must be sentenced to seven years to his Majesty 's colonies in Virginia , where your bond will be purchased , and you will work as a purchaser directs for seven years in Virginia . " |
| 20 | A child in care may therefore go on a family holiday abroad with his foster parents but he may not be known by their surname however long-standing the placement . |
| 21 | Statements and documents filed at court are confidential and may not be disclosed to anyone other than the parties , their legal representatives , the guardian ad litem , the Legal Aid Board or a welfare officer without the leave of the court ( FPCR , r23(1) ; FPR , r4.23(1) ) . |
| 22 | This approach clearly has the disadvantage that subjects may not be driving in their normal manner , however , the information available to the driver can be accurately recorded on video and it is possible to have them give ratings of both subjective and estimated risk . |
| 23 | Whatever else may or may not be happening in your life , the seeds of success are being planted in 1993 and , if at no other time , between November 13-15 you may get a hint of what they are . |
| 24 | Spirit mediums may not be paid for their services , and their power comes primarily from their collective efforts in large group seances . |
| 25 | Judges of the superior courts may not be sued for anything done or said while acting in their judicial capacity even if they act from some malicious or corrupt motive . |
| 26 | CANCER may soon be detected in its earliest stages — even before cells begin to appear abnormal . |
| 27 | Even though they may already be thinking about their appearance , and becoming fashion-conscious , on many occasions all this is forgotten and , in running , dancing or laughing , they revert to a natural ease through which a certain innocence shines . |
| 28 | Many of these may already be recognised in their local community but are being lost to the Church , with consequent resentment , frustration and impoverishment of the parish . |
| 29 | Someone may just be waiting for us to arrive . ’ |
| 30 | Even where such material is not incorporated by reference apparently reference may still be made to it for contextual or confirmatory purposes . |