Example sentences of "[pron] may [vb infin] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But there are national interests which may override even City interests , for a time , at any rate . |
| 5 | For example , a larger combination microwave which may cost over £3500 is ideal for turning over consistently large batches . |
| 6 | Using the above information for Commercial Union we may calculate both betas and covariances from first principles . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Show them how to be concise when they may have only minutes or even seconds to put over their viewpoint . |
| 11 | It may breed well north of the Arctic Circle . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If a small child is asked to group a set of objects he may gather together items according to their colour ( for example , all brown objects ) or according to their normal use ( for example , all cutlery ) . |