Example sentences of "may give [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The provision sometimes inserted in a settlement for giving remuneration to a professional man who is one of the trustees is open to considerable objection since it may give him an interest in incurring expense , and will , in any case , tend to make the other trustees leave the management mainly in his hands . |
| 2 | The state of the microscopist 's art is now such that the choice of instrument to use depends largely on what he wants to see , and in some applications the acoustic microscope may give him the sharpest pictures ever . |
| 3 | If the potential plaintiff has other dealings with the potential defendant , these may give him the opportunity to exercise rights of set-off . |
| 4 | ‘ You may give me a kiss , dear Mary , since it is soon to be your birthday . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ … entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar , that he may give me the cave of Machpelah , which he owns ; it is at the end of his field . |
| 6 | CANCER drug campaigner Janet Murray has had the first tablets which may give her a chance of a normal life . |
| 7 | For instance , if father has lost his job , whispered conversations about money worries , which break off as soon as children come near , may give them the idea that a terrible disaster is about to strike , or even that they are too insignificant to be taken into their parents ' confidence . |
| 8 | It may give them the light as well as what |
| 9 | Matron says she may give you a hand today — or , indeed , at any time when things are slack on the wards . ’ |
| 10 | You may also be told that there is an alternative route via Dakar , some 500 kilometres away , which may give you a connecting flight to Praia , the capital on Santiago Island — provided , of course , that the plane turns up . |
| 11 | Your answer may give you a guide to the sort of clothes to wear for the interview . |
| 12 | To them you are just a very large creature who for some unknown reason feeds them , and for that , and that alone , they may give you a grudging sort of respect , if owls have any idea what respect is . |
| 13 | But there are some standard arrangements which may give you a few helpful ideas . |
| 14 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 15 | They may give you the creeps , but not Ray Gabriel . |
| 16 | I should add that there are also a great many flowers that seem to have rather negative meanings , such as the lovely little lawn daisy , which apparently means ‘ delay ’ , or ‘ return after a few days when I may give you an answer ’ — not necessarily the most suitable text to put on a bookmark . |
| 17 | When you visit your doctor , he or she may give you an prescription . |
| 18 | Like many European economies , Austria faces a difficult year ; its close links with the ailing German economy may give it a worse time than most . |
| 19 | Do nothing that may give it a bad name . |
| 20 | Hefter and May give us no reason to modify this statement . |
| 21 | The observables , the exotic items of gold , amber , shell , garnet , pottery ( and perhaps what it contained , for instance wine ) , glass , mercury , ivory , may give us a distorted image of the nature of exchange , but there is no reason for rejecting the acceptance of the pattern at face-value . |
| 22 | Instances of how some of these registers were destroyed may give us a pointer to the fate of our own ; in some cases rats and mice destroyed them , other instances of fire , damp , silver fish , some being stolen and a case where one vicar used the sheets to baste his goose . |
| 23 | That may give us a pointer to one approach . |
| 24 | ‘ These are enormously strong roots and the melding of them may give us an organisation far more formidable than either could be on their own . ’ |
| 25 | This may give us the best of both worlds . |
| 26 | ‘ Hopefully he may give us the help we are looking for . ’ |