Example sentences of "[pers pn] may [be] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may condescend perhaps to think I may be good enough for his harlot and these things do n't disgrace men that ruin poor women as the world goes . |
| 2 | ‘ My dear girl , I may be moronic as far as modern music is concerned , but I have attended classical concerts in my time . |
| 3 | I think I do n't know , I may be wrong there but erm |
| 4 | You may be affluent enough , in space as well as money , to be able to indulge in such fancies — and run the great risk of finding , in a year or two , that your early triumph turns to sad disappointment . |
| 5 | Enquire about the possibility of donated breast milk from a milk bank — you may be fortunate enough to live in an area where such a bank has been established . |
| 6 | You may be fortunate enough to benefit from an inheritance , or make a profit from the sale of a house or some other valuable asset . |
| 7 | Abbot Kenneth here will hear it , and give you a sweet little penance , and then you may be easy again . ’ |
| 8 | Yes , oh , you may be right there Lynda you may be right . |
| 9 | You may be private enough , my lord . |
| 10 | With smaller firms , you may be near enough to visit the factory , or they may offer to put you in touch with some of their customers in your area . |
| 11 | Should you arrive at a delicatessen counter when a salame is just being started or finished , you may be lucky enough to collect the end chunk which can be used to give extra flavour to spaghetti sauces or risotto-type dishes . |
| 12 | Martin and Liz Hunt 's Adventurline offers walking and exploration tours to uncover Cornwall 's flora , fauna and prehistory — and in warm weather you may be lucky enough to swim with Atlantic grey seals , as a break from trekking the coastal path . |
| 13 | This area is very popular for camping in summer , and the lower part of the road is through moorland crossed by levadas where you may be lucky enough to see small wild pigs or , in the summer months , wild ponies as well as sheep , goats and the occasional deer . |
| 14 | The open-air markets , held weekly in most major towns , are lively social gatherings at which you may be lucky enough to strike an excellent holiday bargain . |
| 15 | The park is teeming with big game and you may be lucky enough to see the Royal Bengal Tiger . |
| 16 | Our wild coastlines have fewer human visitors than in the summer months , but if you brave the elements you may be lucky enough to see grey seals hauled up on beaches and rocks . |
| 17 | You may be lucky enough to be watching when young aphids are born . |
| 18 | You may be lucky enough to find two of the worms mating . |
| 19 | You may be lucky enough to hear the sound , coming up from the very earth beneath your feet . |
| 20 | From mid April to late summer , depending on the success of the breeding season , ospreys will be around and , if you visit in July or August and the season has been a success , you may be lucky enough to see a new family of young birds exercising their strengthening wings . |
| 21 | Try to track down more details of either the EEC Standard Industrial Classification or the International Statistical Classification of Diseases than are given in Section 6.4.1. ( you may be lucky enough to have a sight of the complete listings or you may have to scan EEC or World Health Organization publications for information . ) |
| 22 | Though she may be old now , Lady Amory has lost none of the original excitement and enthusiasm which she shared with Sir John , and , like a true gardener , she is constantly looking forward : ‘ I do n't think a garden is the thing to keep ; it 's not like furniture in a room or a house . |
| 23 | Most of the time , though , we are unlucky : the supernova remnant is invisible to us , although we may be fortunate enough to observe the expanding cloud of gases and other matter receding from the pulsar . |
| 24 | then we may be sure both that the sergeant means his words to be perceived as an order , and that the private will perceive them as such . |
| 25 | One example , suggesting that we may be able mentally to rotate objects , was mentioned at the end of the last chapter , and a second , in this one , demonstrated that we do in fact recognize sets of similar markings ( note that a psychological demonstration that we can do something , and an account of a calculation which would enable us to do so , are quite different things ) . |
| 26 | We may be wrong sometimes but we should not be afraid of this . |
| 27 | It may be useful also to refer to the National Code of Local Government Conduct , para. 5 ( Appendix D , post , p. 105 ) . |
| 28 | It may be appropriate just to state this intention in the heads of agreement and to leave the detailed description , which should be in greater detail than is normal in statutory accounts ( i.e. the policy for holiday pay accrual etc ) to the purchase and sale agreement . |
| 29 | It may be appropriate sometimes to use a material which does not confirm to a given-set of standards ; equally some artists need their materials to be consistent . |
| 30 | It may be appropriate therefore , for schools or Dioceses to consider the possibility of awarding such pupils some form of Certificate of Course Completed . |