Example sentences of "may [verb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the most frightening of all the symptoms of stress and anxiety that a person may experience is the panic attack . |
| 2 | This interior analogue of the exterior world is actively ‘ seen ’ ; and this we may presume is no accidental metaphor , for the dominance of visual perception in human life extends into the inner world of experiencing as a dominant mode providing a basic ‘ map ’ of an ongoing continuum . |
| 3 | ‘ A common type of case where problems of timing may arise is one in which the complaint and allegations involved in it are directly or closely associated with criminal proceedings which are pending . |
| 4 | It is very true that in one sense it must be implied that although there is no existing difference , still that a difference may arise between the parties : yet I think the distinction between an existing difference and one which may arise is a material one , and one which has properly been relied on in this case … |
| 5 | It was this room may think is sparse but is almost over furnished by medieval standards . |
| 6 | Some of these areas may become blurred , he feels : for example , one feature of complementary medicine that patients may prefer is simply the longer consultations that its practitioners tend to give . |
| 7 | A method which you may prefer is to pre-record your commentary section-by-section onto a sound tape ; this tape is not cued , and the sections follow each other with gaps of only a second or so between them . |
| 8 | The other reason is that there are at least some rules for judging advertisements , but most of these are based firmly in the objectives which the ads are trying to achieve : if we do not know what the objectives are , any judgement we may make is without a real foundation . |
| 9 | Students are often left to muddle along ; the help they may need is not forthcoming , even in tutorials . |
| 10 | Sometimes one fact or figure that you may need is not defined : you are expected to know it . |
| 11 | Now , perhaps , people will be more inclined to do just that , and if they are , then what we may need is a trade union link review group mark two . |
| 12 | Another measure which the Tories may consider is increased influence over their own affairs for Scottish MPs through the committee structure at Westminster . |
| 13 | The person holding the wing-tip should always run the down wind wing-tip so that any pull that he may exert is against the weathercocking swing into the wind . |
| 14 | The concrete form in which the host may benefit is , as noted in the previous chapter , the creation of linkages . |
| 15 | What Mrs Finni may feel is the answer may not actually be the answer . |
| 16 | For old people living alone or together , there will be risks which they and others may feel is a price worth paying for a richer and more fulfilling life . |
| 17 | A funny creation , it 's probably best to read it first before you change your life , as all it may signpost is another batch of second-rate lifestyle articles . |
| 18 | All rooms have private facilities , most have balconies , though all you may see is the wall of the house next door , and there 's a big shared fridge . |
| 19 | ‘ Whether you are a king or a street sweeper , we all have to dance with the Grim Reaper , ’ he uttered — which you may remember is from that poignant , sensitive art movie , Bill And Ted 's Bogus Journey . |
| 20 | Scots Wha Hae , which some may claim is another emotional dirge , has tremendous credentials ( tune going back to the 14th century and words by our national bard ) . |
| 21 | The order in which functional elements such as subject , predicator , and object may occur is more fixed in some languages than in others . |
| 22 | One problem which an employer may face is that of an employee accepting the relocation package , moving to the new area and then leaving the company to go to another local firm . |
| 23 | But one problem which employers may face is employees ' reluctance to move to a cheaper area as they can foresee the difficulty of moving back into a high-priced housing area later on . |
| 24 | One direction in which it may move is to replace some existing degree courses by two-year diplomas , though if this comes about it is not likely to be before the late 1980s . |
| 25 | One problem that you may meet is that on some boards , the Dabs board is one , both processor and coprocessor sockets are identical . |
| 26 | What the European Court of Justice may decide is a matter of pure speculation . |
| 27 | It is easy to be alarmed by something which one imagines does not happen to other people and which one 's family and friends may suggest is pure imagination or , worse still , the first sign of madness ! |
| 28 | The main conclusion we may draw is that significant numbers of the adult population are actively involved in the care and assistance of older people . |
| 29 | Neurotics may appear to be concerned for others , but this is based on unconscious hostility towards someone , so that their concern that someone may die , or fall very ill unless some particular action of their own is done or not done , really masks an unconscious wish for their death : ‘ … the original wish that the loved person may die is replaced by a fear that he may die ’ . |
| 30 | What may happen is that the returning reflected stress waves repeatedly meet the outgoing ones at some critical or unlucky point and thus the stress may pile up at this point until fracture occurs . |