Example sentences of "but [pron] may [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , the the the er er the fax in the first instance has been sent by a back bench member of this house who is not a minister , but I may tell the honourable gentleman that I get all sorts of things from mail shots inviting me to all er manner of functions , all of which find their way into the waste paper basket . |
| 2 | But I may monitor the progress of this team called the ‘ Cheats ’ along with our other entries . |
| 3 | They may also deliberately maintain extra production capacity so that potential entrants can see that any attempt at entry will be matched by a sharp increase in production by existing firms , forcing price reductions which in the short run will be unprofitable for all but which may bankrupt the entrant first . |
| 4 | Secondly , the tests may produce inconclusive results , or expose some minor defects which may not have the effect of causing mental or physical handicap , but which may affect the child . |
| 5 | It is not necessary for you to meet him at the moment — in fact , he is not here right at this moment — but you may use the telephone . |
| 6 | if your exit road or lane from , from is not clear , but you may enter the box when you want to turn right and are prevented from doing so . |
| 7 | But you may find the road blocked . |
| 8 | But one may note the steady accumulation of evidence that all kinds of mental disorder have a physical basis , and that biochemical adjustment brought about by drugs often provides more effective help to a disturbed person than any other process . |
| 9 | The temporal processes that we shall examine , such as the changing structure of employment , may result more from international forces than from influences in the local environment , but they may change the map of the UK at regional , sub-regional or local scale . |
| 10 | But they may underestimate the true extent of inequalities , since a large group of children — who at many ages have a particularly poor mortality record — are excluded from the main analyses . |
| 11 | opportunistic predators are good samplers of local small mammal communities , but they may alter the proportions of the species ; |
| 12 | But he may sway the odd wavering voter on polling day . ’ |
| 13 | Bogwood is semi-fossilised , and should not contain harmful substances , but it may stain the water dark brown . |
| 14 | This method of progression is unsettling enough to make some riders seasick , but it may hold the key to the beast 's endurance . |
| 15 | On a large number of matches the extra few fish that this may put in their net will not make any difference between winning or losing , but it may affect the deficit or margin by which they win or lose . |
| 16 | It wo n't cut your premiums but it may cut the risk of theft . |
| 17 | This will not stop you catching the smaller fish but it may swing the odds in your favour of selecting one or two of the larger fish . |
| 18 | If K is large , then the algorithm will ’ jump to conclusions ’ quickly , but it may overshoot the optimum weights . |
| 19 | For those publications which use colour , transparencies can usually be accepted from 33mm upwards , but it may help the magazine if plate sizes are agreed before the pictures are taken . |
| 20 | In many ways 1993 marks the end of this pattern , but it may take the whole of the year to do so . |
| 21 | If the horse suddenly starts bucking when we ride it , and we jump off and swat it with a cane ; the horse will remember , but it may remember the wrong thing . |
| 22 | If you ca n't find the pattern you want in a vinyl , you can protect paper wallcoverings with a polyurethane varnish , but it may yellow the pattern slightly . |