Example sentences of "may [be] think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or they may be thinking about the unthinkable : independence for their tiny — but vastly more successful — China . |
| 2 | The attitude of all care staff will be important to other residents , who may be thinking about how they will be treated at the end . |
| 3 | One of the problems for Unix system users who may be thinking about adopting Microsoft Corp 's forthcoming Windows NT operating system as part of a heterogeneous IT environment is that NT does not support Unix 's widely-used Network File System protocol or indeed a native Unix file system . |
| 4 | But do n't forget he may be thinking of messing around with you . ’ |
| 5 | In their convoluted way , the Taiwanese may be thinking of power-sharing with Beijing . |
| 6 | It may be held at that important time of the first anniversary of the death , and is thus at the time when the people most bereaved may be thinking of re-engaging in life . |
| 7 | But if his practical measures are anything to go by , he may be thinking of the Libyan nation , for he discourages international marriage not only with English or American persons , but with Algerians , Egyptians and Palestinians . |
| 8 | I imagine he may be thinking of keeping on the mill as a holiday home and feels it 's time to acknowledge that he does have neighbours . |
| 9 | The possibility of publication was raised by Thorneycroft who suggested not only that it would demonstrate the thinking that had been done , but tactically that it would ‘ in some degree pre-empt any White Paper which the Socialists may be thinking of producing based on Longford ’ . |
| 10 | In retirement some of you may be thinking of erm having some improvement work done to your house . |
| 11 | You may be thinking of moving house altogether and going to live in a different part of the country . |
| 12 | You may be thinking of treating yourself to a holiday erm or something of that kind . |
| 13 | ‘ I s'pose you may be thinking of selling the Britches now , Edward ? ’ asked a neighbour . |
| 14 | Any amateurs who may be thinking of turning professional should contact Marion Davies at the WPG European Tour , The Tytherington Club , Macclesfield , Cheshire SK10 2JP . |
| 15 | When you ask about the dangers of using peppermint oil , you may be thinking of the concentrated essential oils used in aromatherapy ( the massaging of the skin with oils or creams containing plant extracts to relieve tension ) which are very potent and should not be used undiluted . |
| 16 | Yet others may be thinking of going on to more formal education , and treat a year with the OCA as an introduction to their particular interest . |
| 17 | We would also encourage any of you who may be thinking of starting to go ahead — in many areas the Local Authority will pay the fees for teachers already employed by them . |
| 18 | All the trouble and strife is behind you today is a golden glow beh today , a golden glow begins to settle over all of your relationships and during the next month many of you may be thinking of making serious commitments . |
| 19 | It looks as if there is a walk down there but we 've never been on it but tell you where you may be thinking of , you may be thinking of that walk that goes towards the erm adventure park at the other side of Buckfastleigh . |
| 20 | It looks as if there is a walk down there but we 've never been on it but tell you where you may be thinking of , you may be thinking of that walk that goes towards the erm adventure park at the other side of Buckfastleigh . |
| 21 | A way of understanding this difference may be to think of formal features as in some way built up in our minds from the black marks which form writing on the page , or from the speech sounds picked up by our ears , while contextual features are somewhere outside this physical realization of the language in the world , or pre-existing in the minds of the participants . |
| 22 | The most obvious reason why there is a greater concern with visual images than with the printed word may be thought to be the emergence of the new media — film , television and even the computer . |
| 23 | A salesman whose last two months ' returns fall below the required norm may be thought to be failing , until one knows that this is the first time that it has happened in five years . |
| 24 | As for the infrequency with which it is celebrated , this may be thought to be a reaction against the daily sacrifice of the Mass and the emphasis that grace comes dear and difficult not cheap and daily . |
| 25 | Nuclear weapons can not escape from the kinds of restraints built up carefully in the laws-of-war tradition over the centuries , but there is a risk that they may be thought to be so escaping ( especially in view of the UK and US reservations to 1977 Geneva Protocol I ) unless positive action in this direction is taken , The comparative neglect of the whole subject of laws-of-war restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons has endured for forty years , for reasons which can be understood if not approved . |
| 26 | This may be thought to be the legal way to control force . |
| 27 | Indeed , the theodicy question as to how one could ever use such texts as a medium through which to worship God may be thought to be even more insoluble than is Schüssler Fiorenza 's finding inspiration in the early Christian community . |
| 28 | That the classical doctrine of the trinity has in this manner been departed from may be thought to be of no small consequence . |
| 29 | The repercussions of this maleness of the concept of Christ may be thought to be incalculable . |
| 30 | Change to the concretion may be thought to be extraordinarily difficult , for the imagery is built into the literature and thought structure which form the basis of the religion . |