Example sentences of "[modal v] i [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I urge you all to generously support today 's raffle . |
| 2 | May I urge my right hon. Friend to keep as tight as humanly possible control on public expenditure so as to meet the objective of a balanced budget as soon as possible ? |
| 3 | Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman : May I inform my right Hon. Friend that I lunch in the cafeteria every day ? |
| 4 | Er , first of all may I give my sincere and abject apology for not being here to chair the Garrick 's A G M , this is due to a longstanding appointment made before I realized that the first Thursday in December is traditionally the day for the A G M. |
| 5 | Lady Ursula , may I give you some advice ? |
| 6 | Now if anyone is tempted to join our happy band may I give you some advice which will ensure you get maximum enjoyment from your hobby — specialise . |
| 7 | May I give you twenty four pence ? |
| 8 | May I substantiate my hon. Friend 's point ? |
| 9 | May I assure my right hon. Friend that , in my judgment , it is both correct and entirely characteristic that he should offer his resignation ? |
| 10 | May I draw my right hon. Friend 's attention to the delegation that I led to the Lord Chancellor to consider the problem of bail bandits and light sentencing by Crown courts , and to the concern in my constituency that the Hampshire police authority is short changing the Isle of Wight in terms of the number of constables on the beat ? |
| 11 | May I draw my hon. Friend 's attention to the Government 's response to the Select Committee report ? |
| 12 | ‘ May I express our deep sympathy , ma'am , ’ Bragg said . |
| 13 | On behalf of the members of the Punch and Judy Fellowship and , indeed , Mr Punch himself , may I express our sincere condolences . |
| 14 | Sir , — May I offer my sincere thanks to the many voters who so successfully supported the candidacy of Gerald Malone in Alton , Holybourne , Chawton and Beech . |
| 15 | May I press my hon. Friend a little further on the question of the special car tax , given the Government 's excellent record in getting rid of idiosyncratic taxes , of which this is one ? |
| 16 | May I press my hon. Friend on this matter ? |
| 17 | May I extend my heartiest congratulations to Dexter Tiranti , Lesley and Peter Adamson , Troth Wells and the whole NI team on reaching the 200th issue . |
| 18 | To our prizewinners may I extend my particular congratulations . |
| 19 | May I associate my right hon. and hon. Friends with the tribute paid by the Prime Minister to Her Majesty the Queen , and may I join in the other congratulations already expressed ? |
| 20 | May I remind him that inflation has come down from 10.9 to 3.7 per cent. , that interest rates have been cut by 4.5 percentage points and that we have the lowest level of inflation for 25 years — below that of west Germany . |
| 21 | May I remind my right hon. Friend of today 's unemployment figures for Wales , where both the actual and the seasonally adjusted rates have fallen ? |
| 22 | May I make it clear to my hon. Friend that this is a document that the Labour party simply could not write , because the principle of being critical of the producer is anathema to a party that is totally in thrall to the producers ? |
| 23 | As this is the first Prime Minister 's Question Time since the Commonwealth conference , may I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his constructive and positive approach to the issues ? |
| 24 | May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on that record ? |
| 25 | If to tax and to please , no more than to love and be wise , is not given to man , may I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment on seeking to do the impossible . |
| 26 | May I congratulate my right hon. Friend particularly on the formation of a second Territorial Army Air Corps squadron ? |
| 27 | May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the structure and military role that he has announced today ? |
| 28 | May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on what he has done at Maastricht in limiting the powers of the Commission , about which my constituents have been concerned for a long time ? |
| 29 | May I congratulate my hon. Friend the Minister on securing a 40 per cent . |
| 30 | May I pour you some coffee ? |