Example sentences of "[pers pn] may have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In theory , the shareholders have legal control of the company , but in practice this is most often exercised by the directors who between them may have a small minority of the shares with the acquiescence of the institutions which are the major shareholders . |
| 2 | If I live , I may have a crooked back like my father , but I 'll probably die . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I think I may have a wrong number , ’ it said . |
| 4 | You may have a handicapped child who has special needs who er has a requirement for extra resources , you should think of that . |
| 5 | Personally , you may have a separate claim against the retail outlet because the computer was not of merchantable quality under the Sale of Goods Act 1979 . |
| 6 | If you are homeless you may have a legal right to housing from a local authority . |
| 7 | You may have a new group for whom you have to work out a syllabus , or you may want to check to see whether a revision session is necessary or not . |
| 8 | You may have a good deal of ups and downs and hard work ahead of you , but sweating on a ridge is , in my opinion , far preferable to plodding up a hillside or toiling along a zig-zag path to a top . |
| 9 | You may have a rough idea of where you are going and if it fits in with the cosmic blueprint , doors open easily . |
| 10 | A disadvantage of budget schemes is that if your fuel consumption is underestimated , you may have a large sum to pay out at the end of the year . |
| 11 | A glass or plastic aquarium is ideal , or you may have a large jar or plastic sandwich box that can be put to use . |
| 12 | As I think you may have a particular interest in this subject , I thought you would like to see the paper . |
| 13 | I think you may have a fundamental flaw in your thought processes . |
| 14 | You may have a poached egg but you not have a poached egg with rice . |
| 15 | erm To what extent do you rely on measurements , as it were , and to what erm extent do you rely on actual observations , because it seems to me that there 's a , at least a possibility that you may have a whole sort of set of measurements that may indicate something 's going to happen , but if you actually stuck your head out of the window and looked up you could see it was actually raining instead of sunny ? |
| 16 | If you are using the Drachenfels Lives ! adventure ( see Adventures in Castle Drachenfels ) , you may have a special scene in the Pit , showing a man in an iron mask greeting a bunch of people who are exact duplicates of the adventurers . |
| 17 | ‘ First Lady Francesca may be beautiful , she may have a sharp wit , but not the power to collect and convey secret information to some spy-master in Paris . |
| 18 | Alternatively , he or she may have a self-imposed rule not to drink before a certain time of day or on particular days , weeks or months or even years . |
| 19 | ‘ We may have a mild winter , ’ she reminded him . |
| 20 | We may have a genetic pre-disposition to cancer , but where or when it appears in our body is determined by a combination of factors . |
| 21 | We may have a theoretical reason for believing that the variable we are studying will require a particular transformation . |
| 22 | Nine months or a year 's time we may have a different animal working in that office and it may well be some person who has who does some J L O work to supplement John and does some project work , now er Jackie has indicated she 'd love to fill that role , and we all know what project she 'd want to be doing it , but er if we do put somebody in that role they will be project officer as well and on the wall will be a year planner and it 'll have things like crucial crew gala day and all these major major things and that particular officer will work quite closely with the new Pat and they 'll be able to take some of the weight off our shoulders so when we start planning for something like crucial crew you can delegate some of the work to the project officer and perhaps the other sergeant Now I know things do n't always work out quite that straightforwardly but you know the last year has been a bastard of a year for us in terms of sickness , four S L O's have been on long-term sick we 've lost Pat for all that time Jed was off for quite a while |
| 23 | They may have a strong urge to provide care which they can not translate into reality , and they may be acutely uneasy as a result . |
| 24 | They may have a weak digestion and be intolerant of many foods yet crave pungent , bitter , spicy things , tonics or milk . |
| 25 | In the chest they may have a dry racking , teasing , hacking cough and so sore and worse ( < ) motion ; it is similar to Bryonia and Phosphorus . |
| 26 | They may have a joint account but she feels that it is his money because he earned it . |
| 27 | They may have a lasting impact . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's the Iti 's turn to have a go at us tonight , Hitler has said that they may have a good go at us , as a reward for their help to him . ’ |
| 29 | The conclusion on the whole matter seems to be that trustees , albeit only the representatives of ulterior beneficial interests , are assessable generally in respect of the trust income under Rule 1 of the Miscellaneous Rules applicable to Schedule D ; but that — just because they represent those beneficial interests they may have a good answer to a particular assessment , as regards some share or part of the income assessed , on the ground that such share or part arises or accrues beneficially to a cestui que trust in whose hands it is not liable to Income Tax , e.g. a foreigner under Case V , Rules 1 and 3 . |
| 30 | They may have a minimum order and offer only firm sales , but they are all likely to have a range of titles that will fit the profile of your shop . |