Example sentences of "[pers pn] may [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may not for instance sue somebody in a court of law . |
| 2 | There must be mechanism for identifying persons in need and for reaching out to those willing to participate ; it may also at times be necessary to reach out to those who do not wish to participate but are at risk of harm to themselves or others . |
| 3 | To begin with , people who have suffered from schizophrenia are readily identifiable , and it may well at times be possible to make the lives of this high-risk group less eventful . |
| 4 | Cross-addiction ensures that the weaker Fellowships receive support from members who have experience of stronger Fellowships but it may nonetheless at times be more helpful for a newcomer to receive slightly less individual identification but gain the experience of a stronger Fellowship . |
| 5 | The alternative is that the dog , like the children , has the capability of becoming aware of the misery of its present existence , although it may never in fact do so . |
| 6 | I wish to show Lord Wyatt that he may not with impunity threaten any partner of ours . |
| 7 | He may not in fact manage to produce what meets the requirement , even when something he knows about would meet the requirement ; but that is simply a failure in a sort of performance in which he is at least sometimes capable of success , while no instrument is ever capable of it at all . |