Example sentences of "may as well [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 're going to take a break it may as well be a clean one . |
| 2 | Once you lose sight of land , you may as well be in space . ’ |
| 3 | And the translations are so incredibly liberal , there may as well be no original text at all . |
| 4 | The ‘ new conservatives ’ have made it worse by arguing , incorrectly as it happens , that since the children of the élite for the most part ( and for both genetic and environmental reasons ) become the élite , then the elaborate process of selection may as well be shortened and a plain hereditary principle reintroduced . |
| 5 | Christopher Robson ( countertenor ) has recently been electrifying audiences with his performances of Arsamenes in Xerxes at the English National Opera , and when he opens his mouth on this recording he may as well be plugging us all into the mains . |
| 6 | Blade , right , amiable enough bloke , Lewisham , all that , smiling all the time , may as well be wearing carpet slippers onstage instead of the uniform open-mouthed trainers — but what throwback tosh he spouts between songs . |
| 7 | Evidently , if the design of text recognition systems is to be at all inspired , it may as well be by the best natural example available . |
| 8 | ‘ And , besides , if I am going to wear it I may as well be able to use it . ’ |
| 9 | I may as well be blunt : Sir Richard Springall and all his household have also been invited . |
| 10 | Right , if you 're ready , darling , we may as well be on our way and pay our respects to the lady who made the complaint and set her mind at rest . |
| 11 | If this phase difference is negligibly small , say , less than a few degrees , then the line may as well be represented in terms of lumped components corresponding to the total series and parallel impedances . |
| 12 | erm but if you 're , what if you 're actually going to step on it you may as well be at work for the day . |
| 13 | If there 's a form the colour of which is irrelevant , it may as well be on the colour of the wallet . |