Example sentences of "may even [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The findings support other evidence of the importance of doctors ' attitudes towards helping patients to achieve good glycaemic control and that skilled strategies to support dietary change can make an appreciable contribution to glycaemic control and may even affect survival . |
| 2 | This idea has spawned irrational diets that defy science , cause much inconvenience , and may even threaten nutrition . |
| 3 | It is revealing that , in a very similar way , to be can be present or omitted in an actual non-finite clause where it signals the passive of a verb phrase although its presence is generally preferred : ( 48 ) Cromwell ordered the Abbot of Reading ( to be ) tried and executed immediately The same insertion is sometimes superficially possible for predicate qualifiers ; but in reality this indicates a main verb which is semantically compatible with the relation of either construction ; an example would be like ( or want ) which makes it possible for us to set ( 49 ) beside ( 8 ) : ( 49 ) Alastair likes his beef tea to be strong However , with most preceding verb phrases , such a change to the predicate qualifier construction will produce a result which is ungrammatical and may even present difficulties of interpretation : ( 50 ) ( a ) the children have kept the fish-tank clean : how have the children kept the fish-tank ? ( b ) the children have kept the fish-tank to be clean |
| 4 | You may even throw caution to the wind and try one of our Mystery Trips . |
| 5 | Indeed , it is perhaps not overly optimistic to think that the view of the relation between an event and its support put forward here may be applicable , mutatis mutandis , to the -ing form and may even throw light on the vexed question of gerund vs participle . |
| 6 | It may even give passers-by the impression of drunkenness , which is why some people carry a card or note to say , ‘ I suffer from bad attacks of giddiness . ’ |
| 7 | Tony Underwood also suggests that the crown of thorn starfish may even do good . |
| 8 | As the donor becomes more and more concerned at lack of action the recipient country staff become more and more dubious that the project is really in their national interest , and may even start discussions with another whose conditions may be perceived as less onerous . |
| 9 | And if B 's violence takes the form of assault with a deadly weapon , A may even inflict death if his own life is in peril . |
| 10 | It may look to some extent like the original , it may even retain traces of the original , but the many pieces that make the whole were added at different times and have been the subject of change and much repair work . |
| 11 | Similarly , someone who is primarily in a bulimic phase of the disease may binge on lettuce or on other foodstuffs that have particularly low calorie value and weight-producing potential or may even control body weight by dramatically reducing fluid intake . |
| 12 | Professional : The family member may give progressively less attention to his or her own work because of the problems at home and may even change employment in order to have more time or opportunity to supervise the worsening chaos at home . |
| 13 | Yes , family members can have addictive disease that is life.threatening : their own " family disease " can drive them to distraction and despair ( frequently misdiagnosed simply as a reactive depression ) and they may even commit suicide . |
| 14 | Some doctors may even hasten death with the pain-killing drugs they administer at this time , but their ‘ intent to kill ’ or otherwise , is rarely tested in a court . |
| 15 | If you are lucky , you may even see Nancy Blackett at anchor among the little yachts and ancient barges and houseboats , although her present owner , Michael Rines , usually keeps her at Ipswich . |
| 16 | We must all hope the negotiations succeed and that perhaps we may even see Bobby Fischer on the regular tournament circuit . |
| 17 | Stress affects the circulatory system : heart rate increases , people are aware of their heart pounding ; blood pressure increases ( some people claim it decreases ) ; they suffer from nose bleeds ; they may even have heart attacks , strokes or other serious circulatory problems . |
| 18 | You may even have grandchildren by that stage and so you 'll probably want to help them . |
| 19 | Generally middle-aged , they may even have children who are working for the left-wing opposition , but their own closed environment has protected them from any understanding of the reality of their country . |
| 20 | Its usefulness overstated , its flexibility limited , it may even increase teacher workload , despite claims to the contrary . |
| 21 | In some smaller countries such as Lesotho and Swaziland schools may even use materials designed for other African cultures . |
| 22 | Sebastiao Lazaroni , Brazil 's team manager , may even put Romario , who has scored 50 goals in 51 games for PSV Eindhoven , on the bench in order to pair Bebeto with Careca of Napoli . |
| 23 | Because you are so aware , you may even hear background noises outside , and you will certainly hear the therapist 's voice . |
| 24 | So next time a lazy Sunday rolls around and you ca n't face the performance of getting together a roast , try a vegetable alternative you may even convert grandma ! |
| 25 | Baldwin 's speech sets out the boundaries within which the press must operate : it can act as an adjunct of the political parties , it can be the mouthpiece of the parties or politicians and it may even criticize governments in power , but it can not transgress the real line which marks off dependence on , from independence of , the political parties . |
| 26 | Sugar addicts gain weight , rot their teeth , and in extreme cases may even develop diabetes . |
| 27 | Very dry and sensitive skins can not use alcohol-based cleansers and may even find water-cleansing too much . |
| 28 | They may even find time for a sustained effort to win the Premiership , a trophy which has eluded them since 1987 , the only way they can improve on their remarkable exploits of the last two seasons . |
| 29 | Indeed , Tivoli says it may even adopt SOM as a subset of its own future offerings . |
| 30 | Until then , the poor rule may even gain weight . |