Example sentences of "[pron] may [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I may come back Mr Chairman an and er express a view on behalf of Darcy . |
| 2 | My Lord , I think the case is being made if I may say so sir , to give the jury the impression that the police just document . |
| 3 | But I think it 's a little bit rich if I may say so Joe to blame the women for this because the parliamentary Labour party did vote for this new rule and the fact that a number of women very able women put themselves forward , I do n't think it 's right to say it is the women 's fault . |
| 4 | I it does n't speak very highly if I may say so Group Captain , for R A F discipline if what you 're telling me and telling the committee that you think that pilots should be using this facility , would be using this facility when they 're ordered not to . |
| 5 | But there are national interests which may override even City interests , for a time , at any rate . |
| 6 | For example , a larger combination microwave which may cost over £3500 is ideal for turning over consistently large batches . |
| 7 | The invading army was evidently homeward bound and perhaps disinclined for a renewed engagement , which may explain why Cadafael ( HB ch. 65 ) and Oethelwald ( HE 111 , 24 ) withdrew before battle was joined . |
| 8 | Mr Brandreth was President of the Oxford Union in 1968 and stayed on the following year , a high profile position which may explain why Mr Clinton remembers him . |
| 9 | In 1939 fashions were similar to the 1960s vogue , which may explain why Mr Cross believed the girl was real rather than an apparition . |
| 10 | The sociologist then finds that this general picture ( the theory ) suggests certain ideas which may explain why non-Christians wish to have their babies undergo a ceremony in a religious belief to which they themselves do not subscribe . |
| 11 | A special interest is in ‘ flashpoints ’ : small scale incidents which may trigger off reactions from those not immediately involved . |
| 12 | ‘ You may wonder why Queen Margaret does not return . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ As you may remember when Peter Lipscomb spoke to you last year , we have embarked on a £53 million investment programme . |
| 14 | You may recall out phone conversation some time ago about Age Concern Lancashire . |
| 15 | In this chapter , I shall attempt to separate the parts that make up the whole , then to explore some of the ways in which we may bring about harmony to mind-body-spirit . |
| 16 | Using the above information for Commercial Union we may calculate both betas and covariances from first principles . |
| 17 | We look to price theory to elucidate the nature of the mutual influence exercised by decisions so that we may understand how changes in these decisions , or in the data which underlie them , systematically set in motion further alterations elsewhere in the market . |
| 18 | We may seek out partners incapable of loving us in the way we need so as to experience again the brief hope that this time it will be all right or as Lisa Minelli sang in the film Cabaret , ‘ This time I 'll be lucky ’ , before the pain sweeps in again to overwhelm us . |
| 19 | In the same way , ‘ of course we may pick up business if , say , the existing solicitor on one side or the other has no M&A expertise , and that will be a bonus . |
| 20 | Limited liability is such a useful asset to the person in business that one may wonder why partnership and sole trading still flourish . |
| 21 | Conversely , where there is an oversupply of manpower of a particular kind , one may find downwards substitution , e.g. graduates working in ‘ non-graduate ’ jobs , leading sometimes to a ‘ cascade ’ effect whereby people who trained for a particular level of work are systematically displaced by those more highly trained . |
| 22 | They may give out scents of citrus , mint , pine or rose , and most make wonderful patio plants . |
| 23 | They may pick up ideas almost at random from skimming journals , ideas that may spark new trains of thought or fruitful new cross-connections . |
| 24 | Candidates must demonstrate their ability to use , at an employable level , the skills of audio transcription in a practical office situation : they may use either typewriter or word processing equipment . |
| 25 | Candidates must demonstrate their ability to use , at an employable level , the skills of audio transcription in a practical office situation : they may use either typewriter or word processing equipment . |
| 26 | Show them how to be concise when they may have only minutes or even seconds to put over their viewpoint . |
| 27 | It may explain why scores of hon. Members are trying to get into the Chamber . |
| 28 | It may throw up pieces of plasterwork , shellwork and panelling , fragments of windows and evidence of colour schemes . |
| 29 | It may breed well north of the Arctic Circle . |
| 30 | And the West peal comes appeal and the West 's heard becomes a heard and the one sort of difference that 's still there and it may take quite while to go is that the East Mainland when they 're saying a sentence they tend to go up at the end of the sentence the voice rises . |