Example sentences of "[det] [coord] [pron] may " in BNC.
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| 1 | This bonus may be given because the employee concerned has no pension rights and does not have an enhanced salary already reflecting this or it may just be a reward for satisfactory completion of the contract . |
| 2 | Soil mixtures provide the means for some types of adhesion : an inorganic soil may form a matrix with another or it may form a discreet layer to which another soil might adhere if it can not adhere to the base substrate . |
| 3 | You may be able to solve the problem by introducing one or more Regal Tangs to give some sense of security in numbers , but there is no guarantee of this and you may end up with three nervous fish instead of one . |
| 4 | It might be tempting to make a small charge for this but it may be even more advantageous to offer this as a free service with the profit being goodwill . |
| 5 | In those pieces that are workable for both groups , it seems perfectly plausible that the string and wind ensembles could have played simultaneously the statement in the first entrée that the bride and groom are led by the violins and oboes suggests as much or they may have played in alternation . |
| 6 | If they are doing purely local journeys , then that may be too much and they may prefer to use the Oxford ringroad , but if they are doing long-distance journeys ten miles is not a very significant addition to their journey in length and the congestion on the Oxford ringroad is such that it may actually be shorter in time terms to go the longer way round in distance . |
| 7 | Give too much and it may bring about the very conditions it is capable of curing ; ‘ Through the like , disease is produced and through the application of the like it is cured ’ , said Hippocrates over 2000 years ago . |
| 8 | There are advantages and disadvantages of each and you may need to see them all before deciding . |
| 9 | Well it 's got some different meanings that and you may be able to talk about that another time with your teacher . |
| 10 | Trace the answer to that and it may lead into much deeper waters . |
| 11 | On the other hand I think we have to take seriously what Mao is , is saying that and it may conflict with that , that other view of the countryside an an and we , I think we do have to take this evidence into account , I think it 's more important to accept what Mao is saying . |
| 12 | Now they may have their own reasons for that and it may be difficult for them to send someone at this precise moment , but I do n't think that they 're necessarily geared up to dealing with the sorts of things that you want them to deal with . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | While small farmers and part-time farmers have to adapt to a changing agriculture , in exactly the same way as large farming businesses , their options for coping with changed circumstances are fewer and it may be that training and the development of new skills and the reinforcement of old skills are important elements in widening their range of options . |
| 15 | Erm it may be erm er worth , in that , in that context , saying something about erm to get a contrast effect between y'know sort of how people would feel if they saw a man and a woman kissing in public and they may be perfectly alright about that but they may er feel particularly disgusted when it 's sort of two men or two women . |
| 16 | Now you would n't do that but it may that may be worth a go . |
| 17 | I am sure that an America would love that but it may not you know , to an English audience because er we might not be sure what they are talking about . |
| 18 | Elderly people require a lot of time and effort on a GP 's part , the GP gets extra money for that but it may not compensate for the extra work . ’ |
| 19 | Wherever possible they try not to have that but you may have to stay away . |
| 20 | In the best case you may inherit excellent facilities needing only minor alterations ; in the worst there may be no buildings at all or it may be wisest to level the lot and start again . |
| 21 | Very often the history of an object is not known at all and there may be reason to believe that it is not all that it purports to be . |
| 22 | They may also deliberately maintain extra production capacity so that potential entrants can see that any attempt at entry will be matched by a sharp increase in production by existing firms , forcing price reductions which in the short run will be unprofitable for all but which may bankrupt the entrant first . |
| 23 | An even lower profile is provided by teachers who may not set foot in the classroom at all but who may spend considerable periods of time in discussion with colleagues on ways in which the curriculum can be made more accessible to all children in the class , including the least able . |
| 24 | If confirmed transport is cancelled , changed or delayed by more than six hours or hotel is changed or if we are unable to provide you with the services as confirmed to you by us at the time of booking due to war , threat of war , riot , civil strife , industrial dispute , terrorist activity , disaster , fire , flood ( including fire or flood in hotels ) or bad weather we can not accept liability or responsibility and compensation is not payable but provided the holiday has not begun we will offer alternative travel routing or alternative travel date or alternative hotel and advise additional cost if any or you may elect to cancel and we will offer a full refund of monies paid . |
| 25 | You think to yourself now what am I giving , what am I giving in the contribution box now as compared to one , two , three , four , five , years ago , it may be the same and it may be as much as you can afford , well if that 's so , then that 's grand is n't it ? |