Example sentences of "that [noun] may " in BNC.
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| 1 | They raise no interpretative difficulties of the kind that credo may do . |
| 2 | During the last few years there have been a number of discoveries suggesting that conodonts may be vertebrates . |
| 3 | 12.1 Except to the extent that liability may by statute not lawfully be excluded in an Agreement of this nature and between the respective Parties hereto , any statement , condition or warranty , expressed or implied , statutory or otherwise , as to the quality , marketability , suitability or fitness for any particular purpose of the Licensed Software is hereby excluded and shall not be liable to or to any other persons for loss or damage , whether direct or consequential , arising directly or indirectly from the use of the Licensed Software or any modification or enhancement thereof and any documentation , manual or training relating thereto . |
| 4 | Its practical object is to gain access to certain documents disclosed by the Police Complaints Authority ( ‘ P.C.A. ’ ) by order of this court for use in a criminal appeal , so that C.N.L. may use them in the libel action . |
| 5 | The Renton Committee noted that definitions may take various forms : they may be exhaustive ; they may be merely inclusionary ; they may concentrate only the boundaries of the concept ; they may seek to exclude descriptive material and concentrate upon conceptual analysis ; they may rely upon general principles . |
| 6 | ‘ While I respectfully agree that recommendations of a committee may not help much when there is a possibility that Parliament may have decided to do something different , where there is no such possibility , as where the draft Bill has been enacted without alteration , in my opinion it can safely be assumed that it was Parliament 's intention to do what the committee recommended and to achieve the object the committee had in mind . |
| 7 | A Midland-based company , British Contact Sports Supplies , is currently trying to make the suit knife- and bullet-proof and , although no one from the Met Police could confirm or deny the rumours , it seems that plans may be afoot for them to adopt the suit in the future |
| 8 | Qaddafi , at only one point , seems to say that states may be legitimate if they coincide with nations : ‘ The nation-state [ al-dawla al-qawmiya ] is the only polity harmonious with natural social structure . ’ |
| 9 | It follows that states may make the exercise of the right of registration subject to particular rules applicable in inter-state relations , such as the provisions of articles 7 , 52 and 221 of the E.E.C . |
| 10 | Goals are often too readily set and aims too ambitiously expressed and unless a systematic ( scientific ) examination is made of the methods utilised to achieve these ends , there is the danger that progress may be slowed or even upset … . ’ |
| 11 | The architectural parallels between Canterbury and Chichester suggest that William may have been the master architect at Chichester during the rebuilding of 1187–99 . |
| 12 | It makes it clear that solicitors may only breach the duty of confidentiality they owe to clients , whether adult or child , in exceptional circumstances . |
| 13 | Here , with my seal-profile friend Fairfax , in the sight of the Mountain of God , I see that Victoria may have had a point . |
| 14 | Apart from the fact that this ignores the possibility that shareholders may have other objectives in investing ( such as opposing investment in countries practising apartheid , or opposing the manufacture of armaments or cigarettes , etc. ) the profit-maximization norm does not provide a hard guideline as to how directors should exercise their discretion . |
| 15 | At least one writer has speculated that Carver may recently have lost a son ( by circular argument , in that selfsame Stirling plague ) , but the truth is we simply do n't know what , if any , personal reference is composed into the music . |
| 16 | As representatives of the ranks of the great unfashionable made their way to their seats weighed down by crates of lager , it was clear , at the band 's first British appearance for seven years , that paunches may come and full heads of hair may go , but times do n't change . |
| 17 | The introduction makes a perfunctory bow to linguistics when Genette puts forward the hypothesis that narrative may be regarded as ‘ the development — monstrous , if you will — given to a verbal form , in the grammatical sense of the term : the expansion of a verb … |
| 18 | Working within this Hegelian framework Oakeshott also suggests that experience may be viewed from limited standpoints or ‘ modes ’ . |
| 19 | And talking of news , Alice , you might be interested to hear that Madeleine may be getting engaged to an army officer called Lionel Dunbar . |
| 20 | I have considered this previously in the context of necessity , and have suggested that necessity may provide an adequate ground for ignoring such a request . |
| 21 | And if I ca n't , can I begin to entertain the thought that teaching may not be for me ( as a substantial number of new teachers do ) without feeling guilty or a failure ? |
| 22 | Vendors should not rely on the possibility that protection may be available under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 23 | A share certificate will contain two statements on which the company will know that reliance may be placed . |
| 24 | As to genius , ‘ Reynolds ’ opinion was that Genius may be taught & that all Pretense to Inspiration is a Lie & a Deceit , to say the least of it . |
| 25 | Boswell countered this critique , suggesting that genius may also reside in the inventive distribution of sparse material . |
| 26 | But there is also evidence that the level of nuclear calcium increases dramatically following mitogenic stimulation , suggesting that calcium may also act within the nucleus . |
| 27 | There is a danger that projects may be undertaken not because they are likely to lead to academically interesting results , but simply because they are susceptible to computerisation . |
| 28 | British law in this area is roughly based on the liberal precept that immorality may only be tolerated so long as it remains a wholly private matter . |
| 29 | Among many other factors , it is probably true that smoking may be a contributory cause of the disease . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , the findings suggest that smoking may seriously reduce the chances of pregnancy after IVF- ET . |