Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh det] [pron] may " in BNC.

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31 The plaintiffs then had a new point which I may call the waiver argument , the basic principle of which is stated in Wigmore on Evidence , 8th ed. ( 1961 ) , pp. 453–455 , para. 2275 :
32 As far as the social element is concerned , a government should recognise the need to promote social cohesion by securing that all citizens have a standard of living that enables them to participate in the life of the community ; governments must take care that reductions in the social element of citizenship which they may regard as necessary in the area of economic policy do not result in sections of the population being excluded from citizenship and membership of the national community .
33 Damaged spark plugs and exhaust systems all resulting from overheating which you may not detect if your aircraft has no EGT gauge .
34 Improved economic status now gives more elderly people the option of a fairly comfortable retirement which they may prefer to continued employment in unattractive work .
35 The empirical evidence may destroy the reformative aim as a plausible general justification of the penal system , but reform remains a reductivist aim which it may well be right to pursue within a penal system .
36 Furthermore , participants in such orders may utilize and develop a heritage of knowledge which they may never be capable of grasping as a whole .
37 The quality of the photographer 's work is not the only factor which you may need to check on .
38 ( 4 ) At the hearing the arbitrator may adopt any method of procedure which he may consider to be convenient and to afford a fair and equal opportunity to each party to present his case .
39 Whatever we do with a horse from the beginning of its life will influence the creation of habits or forms of behaviour which it may well keep for the rest of its life .
40 This is in addition to any policy excess which you may have to pay .
41 This is in addition to any policy excess which you may have to pay .
42 This is a self which there may be ‘ no way of proving ’ .
43 For example , the period 1945–51 has come to acquire a retrospective glow which it may not altogether deserve .
44 Be assured however that if I can in any manner contribute to the success of your efforts , either by the proposal of questions for discussion , or subjects for Papers or giving my opinions on any part of the Veterinary Art which you may think proper to investigate I shall at all times feel myself honored by the request , & I am persuaded that Mr Sewell will be most happy to ( ? add ) his exertions in any way congenial to your wishes .
45 So for its first half-century , after Weisthenes , the Athenian Council was an unpaid elected body , something which gave it an elite character which it may never wholly have lost .
46 Important , too , although not always easy to evaluate , is the evidence which we may call literary , not merely the chronicles , but rather the tracts , pamphlets , newsletters and even poetry through which people expressed their ideas and views , as well as their emotions , on contemporary issues and problems , which might be the need for government to be better managed , hope of peace , or the criteria according to which society 's military leaders should be chosen .
47 The first half-year was to he duty free and clear of all taxes " impositions and assessment whatsoever which may be imposed by act of Parliament or otherwise howsoever … "
48 People clearly are interested in what Darwin had to say erm and they mind about whether he was right or not , and I think that many people , I dare say many people in this room , have a wish which they may be conscious of and they may not , sometimes quite a strong wish , that he 'll turn out to be wrong .
49 But you asked me to comment on potential weaknesses , and this is one area which you may consider to be worthy of some serious attention .
50 There is also a microfiche catalogue which is like a miniature card catalogue which you may need some help with and the computer catalogue which you will definitely need some help with .
51 It will be clear that my not being a Christian has nothing to do with any feminist stance which I may espouse .
52 Hamilton also points out that the replacement of forest by well-maintained agricultural terraces may actually reduce the amount of soil erosion , and Ives ( 1987 ) provides a timely reminder that the Himalaya are undergoing tectonic uplift which itself may be of sufficient magnitude a account for much of the increased sediment load of the major drainage systems .
53 A method which you may prefer is to pre-record your commentary section-by-section onto a sound tape ; this tape is not cued , and the sections follow each other with gaps of only a second or so between them .
54 It will frequently be necessary for it to know whether the employee was being advised at any material time and , if so , by whom ; of the extent of the advisers ' knowledge of the facts of the employee 's case ; and of the nature of any advice which they may have given to him .
55 The above fees are exclusive of VAT and do not include the cost of advice which we may provide separately from the sale of the company .
56 The L-Field regulates and controls the creature whatever it may be , and its alms are wholeness , organisation and continuity .
57 So far as he was concerned , a great danger had been averted , and the matter was now closed , but it had a sequel which we may now follow .
58 The jewelry stall would , for instance , like any unwanted item of jewelry which anyone may have .
59 so it is erm something of a step forward , erm we 've had material in the past which you may have seen which was recorded from the telly , a couple of years ago in nineteen ninety
60 Involvement is one thing , but we should never make the mistake which we may have done in relation to local government , of appearing to focus all our energies in one direction .
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