Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] may [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I may be able to get some money from my parents a little bit |
| 2 | Given the problems explained above , it may be difficult , and in some cases counter-productive to attempt any correction of errors within our system , however initial investigations suggest there may be particular situations where correction can be attempted and is in fact useful to improve recognition rates . |
| 3 | I realise there may be many runners who I believe have not yet heard of this relatively new organisation . |
| 4 | Officials laugh ruefully at the miserable performance of collective farming , and suggest it may be phased out . |
| 5 | It may be , I say it may be , that the Jews are once more called to make an utterance to mankind , to manifest , for a new age , a new holiness and a new divinity . |
| 6 | ‘ First you say you 're not equipped , then you say go back to doctoring , then you say it may be good . |
| 7 | Joan and Malcolm , both 51 , of Cooks Court , Ormesby , realise it may be some time before Bogdan goes back to Romania . |
| 8 | But Hobbes is certain that as to ‘ those that say anything may be … produced by … substantial forms … and other empty words of schoolmen , their saying so is to no purpose ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ And I hope I may be spared to repaint my own house when I am ninety-eight , Doctor ! ’ |
| 10 | Working as I do for a technically based industry , I hope I may be forgiven for believing that almost anything can be achieved through technology , if we are dear enough about what is needed . |
| 11 | I see no problem in your raising this at Whitley , but I hope I may be able to answer some of your specific points in advance , without in any way prejudicing your right to raise this in Committee . |
| 12 | An alternative , indeed additional , remedy which may be of help to an aggrieved investor is that provided by s.61 of the FSA . |
| 13 | That is , there are criteria which determine the way in which others also think and act which may be completely contrary to those of Gandhi . |
| 14 | If you are receiving income support , family credit or housing benefit you may be able to get a grant towards the cost of insulating your house . |
| 15 | If you are receiving Income Support , Family Credit or Housing Benefit you may be able to get a grant for 90% of the cost up to a maximum of £144 . |
| 16 | The Inspector concluded , ‘ The questions we have to ask , therefore , and which we hope you may be able to help us shed some light on are , one , who was motivated to kill Hereward Marr ; two , what precisely might have provoked them to do it ; three , who drove the mini into the Broad and four , where is Mrs Marr at this moment ? ’ |
| 17 | Which I hope we may be able to in April because really they are a disgrace at the moment . |
| 18 | I hope we may be forgiven for feeling a little jubilant , on that beautiful dawn , at the thought that together we had helped to raise over 20,000 for Christian Aid . |
| 19 | In considering this , Stoker and Williams conclude that when gastric and duodenal secretions mix there may be a toxic synergism between the two that leads to mucosal disruption and intracellular damage to oesophageal cells . |
| 20 | Yes , right , I think maybe this is the moment where we could list some of the signs of dyslexia , both for parents and teachers , and indeed I hope there may be some educational psychologists who have some doubts who might like to enter into some erm dialogue with us . |
| 21 | As children mature they may be prepared to share one ball between two , or play with an adult in a small group taking turns at catching or rolling a ball . |
| 22 | I imagine he may be thinking of keeping on the mill as a holiday home and feels it 's time to acknowledge that he does have neighbours . |
| 23 | To avoid inconvenience it may be scheduled to run at a specific time when LIFESPAN itself is not required . |
| 24 | Indeed we hope it may be possible to predict some of the medical problems our Iron Age ancestors were subject to , using just these methods . |
| 25 | ‘ We hope it may be possible to get these objects back on loan . |
| 26 | ‘ This death is a tragedy but I hope it may be a turning point on the estate , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Erm I hope it may be of some interest . |
| 28 | I fear you may be ill . |
| 29 | ‘ A most dull and unimaginative way to proceed , but I fear you may be right . |
| 30 | I mean you may be on a diet and see a wonderful cream cake and consciously resist temptation to eat it . |