Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [pron] may " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be as straightforward as writing down or calling out an answer , pressing a button , etc. or it may be a task that requires manipulative skills such as wiring an electrical component or threading a needle . |
| 2 | Once a person is infected they may recover naturally or they may become a chronic carrier of the virus . |
| 3 | When we are passive , and the ethereal medium which is the keeper of such images , not broken up by thought , is like clear glass or calm water , then there is often a glowing of colour and form upon it , and there is what may be a reflection from some earth memory connected with the place we move in or it may be we have direct vision of that memory … |
| 4 | The ‘ cost of capital ’ may be low enough and there may be a strong demand for the type of commodity which the investment project aims at producing , but if other competing enterprises are able to supply the same commodity or a close substitute more cheaply ( or of a higher quality ) then the project will not be ‘ commercially viable . ’ |
| 5 | The failure of this initiative set the firm back somewhat and it may find it difficult to recover . |
| 6 | There is no reason to believe that diabetic patients fare better and they may do less well . |
| 7 | I think maybe that 's right on some occasions , but the thing about this is that very much depends where we are and what situation we 're in and we may actually choose to use one of the other types of behaviour . |
| 8 | And when you do finally get to bed , you ca n't lock yourself in and you may be woken up at any time of the night on any pretext . |
| 9 | We 're going to try some further measures to get the temperature down and they may have to be a little drastic . ’ |
| 10 | By the age of 25 or so the oiliness should be settling down but you may find yourself with a new problem : laughter and frown lines must finally be acknowledged as the first signs of an ageing skin . |
| 11 | This may well be so but it may never get tried if the transition is too difficult . |
| 12 | Perhaps you 'd like to sit down rather than sort of hover at the back , it 's up to you entirely but you may feel that you 're slightly uncomfortable . |
| 13 | You may obviously you 're going to have two payments coming in but you may well find that you know they 're no longer on the same sort of day . |
| 14 | They may choose to jump on the bandwagon and agree with the decision that will be made anyway or they may choose to cosset disagreements . |
| 15 | IT IS not irrational for a jury to decide that the first of two co-accused acted in concert with the second but that the second co-accused did not act in concert with the first , because the case against each accused must be considered separately and there may be evidence which is admissible against one but not the other . |
| 16 | All dried peas have a shell life of up to a year — any longer and they may well need extra cooking , or possibly not soften at all . |
| 17 | I shall not be with you much longer and I may well not see Italy again . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ She 's going away and we may never meet again . |
| 19 | There can be , as erm I saw demonstrated recently , very large thunderstorm occurring in between observations , and that thunderstorm can not be seen by any one of the surface observations , but it is there , radar can pick it up , for instance , or a satellite can see it , but the man on the ground ca n't see it necessarily , and so that could slip through and it may be the only thunderstorm in a vast area , but it is there , but the observations do n't show it . |
| 20 | B : ‘ I am worried about my job because it looks as if we are going to be privatised soon and there may be redundancies . |
| 21 | DEAN JONES fears his Test career may be over and he may quit Australian cricket . |
| 22 | The man got away but he may have left a vital clue . |
| 23 | It may be soon but there may be some delay . |
| 24 | The rain was pelting him relentlessly and he may have been as well to have had no clothes at all for all the protection his gave him . |
| 25 | If proceedings are commenced by the wrong originating process , eg by summons rather than by originating application , such a breach of the rules is not necessarily fatal — thecourt may set the proceedings aside or it may allow them to be amended and give such directions as it thinks fit ( Ord 37 , r 5 ) . |
| 26 | Differences of opinion exist among scholars ; sometimes the appearance gives very little to go on — details may have been rubbed off or we may only have a small fragment of a large object to examine ; two or more origins may be possible contenders and it may be impossible to decide which on stylistic grounds alone . |
| 27 | I ca n't imagine that George is gon na continuing doing that forever and it may well be that we 'll be faced with a possibility of , of what we do in the future to have that piece of administration done will we be able to assume that it could done voluntary in the future ? |
| 28 | By following this procedure , you will enable us to deal with your complaint promptly and you may expect to receive an acknowledgement within 14 days . |
| 29 | ‘ Anyroad , Bob 'll already have set off and I may meet him up on t'tops . ’ |
| 30 | But she fears bureaucracy may have delayed the day of judgement even further and it may not be June until judgement is given . |