Example sentences of "[pers pn] may be [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helynsar ran well in the later stages of her race at the last meeting when Treat Me Good scored and she may be worth following against a moderate lot in the Moira Novices Chase . |
| 2 | Annoyed as we may be at having the cardinal terms left thus undefined ( for Pound proceeds no further towards defining them ) , we are compelled to see that this criticism is not of the chalk-or-cheese , sheep-and-goats variety ; the discrimination proposed is more subtle — between a quality in poetry that is ‘ nearly always ’ a virtue ( ’ I can think of no case where it is not' ) , and an opposite quality that is ‘ not always ’ a fault . |
| 3 | Unfazed by the fact that we may be off making a cuppa when his big moment hits the screens , Des has set his sights on playing James Bond in Goldblender , perhaps ? |
| 4 | They may be worth considering if you live in a high-rise flat , or have infrequent refuse collection , but they do take up space . |
| 5 | It may be worth mentioning that some candidates achieve Grade " A " without mentioning any historian or writing down a single quotation . " |
| 6 | If you 're the owner of a rogue tank and you 've tried everything else , it may be worth moving the set-up to another area of the room . |
| 7 | if you rely on the loop , it may be worth moving the set around to find the best location for receiving . |
| 8 | As there were signs of some useful action by the Government on cold weather payments , I believe that the struggle may avail something , so it may be worth pursuing the point . |
| 9 | It may be worth pointing out to new customers who prove reluctant to pay on time that the keenly competitive rates being charged on the haulage contract can only be maintained if customers settle promptly . |
| 10 | Also , it may be worth pointing out that most shareware distributors offer a policy whereby users buying more than a certain number of disks pay less per disk . |
| 11 | I sent off for mine last week — I 'm sort of hoping that they wo n't have posted them yet so it may be worth ringing up to try and cancel . |
| 12 | If this has no effect , then it may be worth trying Stage 3 of the elimination diet . |
| 13 | However , in view of the low toxicity of chromium , when suffering with sugar cravings it may be worth trying chromium supplements as a way of overcoming the sweet cravings . |
| 14 | it may be worth trying quinine which is widely used for night cramps . |
| 15 | If ivy starts to grow up the trunk of a tree with attractive bark , it may be worth removing the ivy , but only to preserve the appearance of the tree , not its state of health . |
| 16 | Before the Digital Servo Interface is described it may be worth looking at the principles of operation of these model servos . |
| 17 | It may be worth looking at the pair made up of Phi¹ ; ( 3.6 ) which is orange , and Phi² ; ( 4.5 ) which is white . |
| 18 | If higher education is not an end , not an output , it may be worth looking at it as a process : a process which plays a crucial role in the creation and reproduction of gender difference . |
| 19 | It may be worth looking at Customer acquisition as a whole . |
| 20 | It may be worth investing in a course of vitamin supplements — they ca n't make up for a poor diet but they can provide a useful boost occasionally . |
| 21 | Although the test results from your water company are average , it may be worth investing in a tap-water filter , such as a Nitragon , de-ioniser or reverse osmosis unit . |
| 22 | But you 'll still be legally entitled to some compensation if the machine is faulty , so it may be worth thinking about accepting a free repair or a replacement . |
| 23 | If , nevertheless , your job does come under threat , perhaps because you suffer disablement which makes fulfilling your original job description very difficult , it may be worth urging your employer to consider whether your duties can be revised so that you can cope and continue to make a worthwhile contribution to the success of the business . |
| 24 | If the frame is a particularly good one with relatively little damage , it may be worth repairing the problem areas with gold leaf . |
| 25 | If this is true for you , it may be worth considering the movement that lies immanent in every English sentence . |
| 26 | If you suffer from really severe indoor condensation problems that sensible ventilation will not cure , it may be worth considering dehumidification — removing the moisture from the air , rather than trying to disperse it . |
| 27 | Once every six months it may be worth considering removing all the stock to another tank and syphoning all the coral sand out , cleaning it with mature tank water and returning it . |
| 28 | It may be worth considering the use of one or more of the keeper-batsmen there — Blain had two Tests purely as a batsman in 1988 , and Young displaced Smith for one-dayers in Australia last year through his batting ability . |
| 29 | It is difficult to exclude vulgar fractions as correct answers to such questions by rewording them , and it may be worth considering modifying the criterion to specify " between two decimal numbers in size " . |
| 30 | However , in assessing whether the limits are in principle too low , it may be worth considering the gross income of people entitled to representation . |