Example sentences of "may give [pers pn] " 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 | Arguing things out in front of the child may give him or her the idea that the illness can be used to manipulate difficult family situations — which can create vet more trouble in the future . |
| 4 | The first thing to be said is that the ‘ circumstantial variables ’ of a president 's incumbency may give him important advantages . |
| 5 | The court may give him help , certainly ; for instance by discovery of documents inter partes … ; by allowing evidence to be obtained or presented at the trial in various ways … ; and by the issue of subpoenas … |
| 6 | Russia may give him back to me . ’ |
| 7 | Hmm , a spell in the reserves may give him his confidence back , that 's if he scores . |
| 8 | Where the defendant has no defence then , if he is unable to come to an arrangement with the plaintiff as to payment , the court may give him time to pay ( Ord 37 , r 4 ) . |
| 9 | If the potential plaintiff has other dealings with the potential defendant , these may give him the opportunity to exercise rights of set-off . |
| 10 | ‘ … 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 . |
| 11 | And he turned toward the East and knelt and said , Holy Mary Mother , and all Saints , pray to God for me , that he may give me strength to destroy all the Pagans , and to win enough from them to requite my friends therewith , and all those who follow and help me . |
| 12 | He may give me till tea-time . |
| 13 | No , she may give me her money and my legitimate heir , and that is all . |
| 14 | ‘ You may give me a kiss , dear Mary , since it is soon to be your birthday . ’ |
| 15 | She may give me six inches in my height , but what she tells me , goes . ’ |
| 16 | CANCER drug campaigner Janet Murray has had the first tablets which may give her a chance of a normal life . |
| 17 | Waddle may give them this on the left , but it would surely have done no harm to start the match with Dorigo 's dash instead of the perennial , peripheral Pearce . |
| 18 | Over other property of an infant , neither parents nor guardians have now — if they ever had — any effective powers , except such as a will or settlement or an order of the court may give them ; they can not , for instance , give a valid receipt for a legacy or money payable to the child . |
| 19 | Their reward must be such as may give them that rank in society which so important a trust requires . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They may delay the decision , in confusion or conflict over the choice now open to them ; but their bodies may give them messages . |
| 22 | In those situations where the hole has been dug and the ferret and rabbit ( or rabbits ) have been located , you must be well drilled in the exact procedure to ensure that the rabbits are unable to take advantage of any opportunity you may give them to escape . |
| 23 | On the other hand , employers who value the services of key individual employees and are dependent on them accepting a transfer may give them more generous relocation packages . |
| 24 | Which is why any passing busybodies who choose to peer into the rear seat of a parked London taxi are rewarded with a sight that may give them pause for thought . |
| 25 | However , they do not give doctors legal justification for a particular course of action but they may give them greater moral authority ’ . |
| 26 | It may give them the light as well as what |
| 27 | ‘ I would have had no objection to telling them the position , in all honesty we could have done that and I may give them advance warning next year . ’ |
| 28 | Matron says she may give you a hand today — or , indeed , at any time when things are slack on the wards . ’ |
| 29 | May give you inspiration . |
| 30 | However , if you are aged 60 or over , the AA Retirement Health Plan may give you tax relief on your monthly payments . |