Sentence examples for may lie to from inspiring English sources

This means following an existing set of social rules, like Vronsky ("One must pay one's gambling debts, but need not pay one's tailor; one must not tell a man a lie, but one may lie to a woman"), or breaking rules, as Anna does, or inventing their own set of rules, as Levin tries to do.

Mr Obama's prospects are even harder to discern, since no black American has ever come this close to the presidency and people may lie to pollsters about his candidacy.In this section Battlefield America Stimulus and shopping Dropping a brick And the winner is... Unspinning the war Miner '09er National treasure Raising the Barr ReprintsHow, then, might the electoral map be redrawn this year?

Moreover, some customers wishing to maximize their own benefit may lie to energy suppliers [15, 16].

On the other hand, however, you may lie to the murderer at the door, because he has opted out of the game of Intendo.

(So, legally, candidates may lie to public as much as they want).

Many animals have no choice except to cross the road regularly, for their source of food may lie to one side and their source of water or shelter (or their nesting site or mating site) may lie to the other.

"This finding may lay to rest a long-standing debate in tropical forest ecology," says ecologist Steve Turton of James Cook University in Cairns, Australia.

But you may not lie to her, even passively, by withholding information.

We may also lie to our partners about their skill, our experience and mutual levels of enjoyment.

It may lie close to the surface, superficialis, or deep, profundus.

Huge quantities of treasure – and the Emperor's body – may lie waiting to be discovered.