Example sentences of "[pers pn] may [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may look for another opportunity to talk to Mrs Tate . ’ |
| 2 | What you 've got ta recognize , well you may go for both . |
| 3 | If you decide to start your collection , you may pay for this first print in three interest-free monthly payments . |
| 4 | If you have any belief in God and a life hereafter ( or whatever other words you may use for that concept ) , then surely that is the one place where there has to be true forgiveness . |
| 5 | If a substantial loss has been suffered you may be able to sue the vendor , and if you lack financial resources you may qualify for legal aid . |
| 6 | If when you pay prescription charges you think that you may qualify for free prescriptions , ask the chemist for a receipt form FP 57 ( EC 57 in Scotland ) . |
| 7 | If you are looking for respite care for short periods , or convalescent care , you may qualify for some help through Income Support if you have less than £8,000 in savings . |
| 8 | Tony in charge of services and communication , Simon in charge of policy and development , Richard in charge of resource development , and although it 's not on the script and she said I must n't to the script , I ought to mention also Samantha who has joined us as head of communications on whom , you may thank for all the sort of visuals that we 're having , and the bright idea of videoing er , our Chairman . |
| 9 | If for any reason you fail to register the transfer , etc , within the period of priority , you may apply for one ( no more ) fresh certificate . |
| 10 | If you do not hold such a licence you may apply for Provisional LCG/PCV entitlement to be added to your ordinary licence provided it contains full car entitlement . |
| 11 | e ) You may enter for all five competitions but remember , you will need the coupon printed in each week 's issue of Autocar & Motor . |
| 12 | That we may work together according to your will so that you may work for good in us . |
| 13 | You may opt for extra services such as private banking , insurance planning and tax reviews . |
| 14 | a fixed-term contract for one year or more entered into from 1 October 1980 can include an agreement in writing by you to exclude any claim that you may have for unfair dismissal , where your dismissal consists only of the expiry of the term ; |
| 15 | a fixed-term contract for one year or more entered into from 1 October 1980 can include an agreement in writing by you to exclude any claim that you may have for unfair dismissal , where your dismissal consists only of the expiry of the term ; |
| 16 | Before you order goods , you may ask for one of these . |
| 17 | In conditions of rising population , such as we may assume for most of this period over most of Europe , land is scarce and labour plentiful , and the lords may commonly compel land-hungry peasants to accept their terms . |
| 18 | If formed from viscous magma they are normally limited in lateral extent but where composed of basic rocks they may extend for thousands of square kilometres . |
| 19 | Among the various choices available to electors in different countries are the following : they may vote for one candidate , or a specified number of candidates , or for as many candidates as there are members to be elected ; they may cumulate two votes on one candidate ; they may cast votes on more than one list ; presented with lists on which the parties have arranged the candidates in an order of preference they can change that order . |
| 20 | They may decline for some quite considerable time to use any particular sound to indicate their mother , instead preferring to fix on some other aspect of their environment . |
| 21 | They may moan about it every Monday morning , they may agitate for shorter hours and longer holidays , but they need to work for their self-respect . ’ |
| 22 | They are , therefore , formulaic in character and although they may call for some adaptation for contextual fit they are not composed on each occasion from constituent parts . |
| 23 | Details of entitlement can be obtained from the address below and anyone who considers they may qualify for such relief should contact this office . |
| 24 | A family centre is a place where a child and his parents or those caring for him may go for occupational , social or recreational activities , or for advice , guidance or counselling . |
| 25 | If the hair should snap off from the tear , it may drift for many kilometres on the wind , falling slowly , and come to rest a long way down-wind from the vent . |
| 26 | A sufficient moral universe it may remain for those who inhabit it , but they are a dwindling band and for large areas of the country Labour 's world is a cultural world apart . |
| 27 | It may make for easier government and public convenience to restrict the tradition of marching and assembling for protest , but it would be a dangerous and a foolish idea to believe that public protest can somehow be laid aside as belonging to a bygone age . |
| 28 | It may make for some good headlines , but De Niro certainly does n't come on like a tycoon , talking about his company as not so much a business , more an ‘ artistic community ’ where people can freely exchange ideas . |
| 29 | Its use for examination purposes is clearly a rather restricted justification , although it may account for much of the labelling of ‘ failure ’ which the working-class child experiences . |
| 30 | The number of fully established senses is presumably finite at any one time ( though it may differ for different members of the language community , and at different times for the same speaker ) . |