Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] may [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The couple themselves may find it no problem , but Grandpa or Auntie may see it differently . |
| 2 | Patients awaiting investigations or surgery may find it helpful to keep occupied , by reading or watching television . |
| 3 | After flirting with Modernism in his earlier fiction , John Fowles was to deride the whole idea as late as 1982 , with Mantissa , which makes elaborate fun of the tradition of Joyce and argues that fiction may find it hard even to survive the grinding tedium of the nouveau roman . |
| 4 | The authoritative TV voice concluded : ‘ The tradition of televised Sunday afternoon football means that Sky may find it difficult to maintain viewing levels on Monday evenings with viewers staying loyal to big terrestrial shows . ’ |
| 5 | The most common is the all-too-familiar cystitis — the bladder could be inflamed and JoJo may think it needs emptying even when it is only partly full , with the result that she could be effectively ‘ caught short ’ . |
| 6 | Even in the case of a willing witness , considerations of cost and convenience may make it very desirable to avoid the requirement of attendance . |