Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Change your outlook P.R.S. or ‘ driving ’ a 737 may remain just a dream . |
| 2 | A pattern need not cover the whole board ; thus in Os & Xs , a pattern may cover just a row , or just a diagonal . |
| 3 | Let us now consider ( 39 ) where the word plastered follows its noun ( again , an attributive interpretation is possible in principle — Clara might be an offensively wealthy tourist who travels round Italy trying to buy buildings and parts of buildings to take home as souvenirs ; but we shall assume that this meaning can safely be left out of account ) : ( 39 ) Clara wants the façade plastered It at once becomes apparent that this may specify either an event , with the façade on the receiving end of it , or a state which Clara wishes to see existing in the façade . |
| 4 | Each class is given a credit rating ( normally one credit per class , but some half-classes like Quantitative Methods or Computing , which are obligatory in the Business School , may carry only a half credit ) . |
| 5 | bee-keeper may give away a hive , and later the recipient will find a way of unobtrusively repaying the kindness either with an appropriate gift or with some worthwhile service . |
| 6 | 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 a typewriter or word processing equipment . |
| 7 | We may see here a way of expressing the double motif of God 's transcendence and immanence discussed above . |
| 8 | ( With the privilege of hindsight , some may see here an anticipation of the modern emphasis on transactions and interaction as the basic nexus of symbolic life . ) |
| 9 | Erm and , and I think in a way you y you know you may start the exploration and then that may lead you on to do something else , and , and you may spend actually a bit of time before you actually want to start the training . |
| 10 | These expressions may constitute either a promise , by which the maker of the statement intends that he should be bound , or a representation which is not intended to operate as a promise but is made with the intention and does have the effect of persuading the other party to enter into the contract . |
| 11 | The ‘ key informant ’ will often be the same individual as made possible the researcher 's access to the group , and may become almost a partner in the research . |
| 12 | Occasionally a book has almost achieved immortality , like John Ruskin 's Stones of Venice , but even more modest books can call up the spirit of a place ; and a private letter may illuminate both a person and a work of art . |
| 13 | If medical expenses are being claimed , the estimate should include a provision for these and also any medical fees we may incur e.g. a PMA report or Additional Certificate of Medical Attendant . |
| 14 | The particular point of interest ( Table 12b ) is the extent of any difference between the attitudes of people who are not using or have not used a type of credit , and the attitudes of those who have : when the attitudes of non-users are different , this may suggest either a misapprehension , or sometimes some genuine difference — in either case , perhaps worth further exploration . |
| 15 | You may copy either a subset or all of your oldest 16 mail messages . |
| 16 | You know , particularly , you know the female may have only a state pension you know the part state pension nothing else coming in , and a lot of these accounts are still net , not gross , so the revenue have got money to give away , and they 're quite happy to do that providi providing that people tap them on the shoulder . |
| 17 | She may take quite a while adding up the wine list . ’ |
| 18 | They are class-blind , in that the programme may reach only a minority , and separates this elite from the bulk of girls who are defined as failures and frequently pushed into opposition to the school 's programme . |
| 19 | She may change quite a lot , on the surface anyway . |
| 20 | You may print either a subset or all of your oldest 16 mail messages . |
| 21 | You may delete either a subset or all of your oldest 16 mail messages . |
| 22 | So we may put together a future for Mankind brick by brick . |
| 23 | Once all the reasons behind her aggressive behaviour are worked out , your vet may put together a therapy plan , or even arrange a consultation with a behaviour therapist . |
| 24 | That the Sanskrit matr should give rise to the Greek meter and hence the Latin mater may seem hardly a surprise , since each of these languages influenced its successor . |
| 25 | He may receive quite a lot of bids and will usually accept the highest . |
| 26 | During a typical summer 's day , a mountain goat may travel around a kilometre in search of food . |
| 27 | A chital hind may last only a day but a chital stag weighing up to 200 lb ( 90 kg ) will feed a tiger for two or three days . |
| 28 | You may inspect either a subset or all of your oldest 16 mail messages . |
| 29 | This is primarily an issue of construction but it may involve also a question as to how far , if at all , the powers of the court in respect of litigation costs can curtail a contractual right of recovery . |
| 30 | Even if some sounds are similar to some in your own language they still need to be practised , as they may differ just a bit , and that sometimes makes it even harder to get them sound right automatically . |