Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] may be [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a general rule it may be said that the more serious the breach , the clearer the words needed to exclude liability for it , and that where the court is faced with a choice of two or more interpretations of a clause , it will favour the one which produces the most reasonable result . |
| 2 | In conclusion it may be said that the structure of the spirit world constitutes both a model of and a model for the larger social system in which the Buid are embedded . |
| 3 | First of all , if support teachers always take individual needs as their starting point it may be assumed that any modifications to the curriculum for a particular child relate uniquely to that child 's difficulties . |
| 4 | At this point it may be noted that there is no completely satisfactory definition of ‘ an utterance ’ . |
| 5 | On this latter point it may be noted that the Katib Celebi view runs counter to all three basic assumptions lying behind the " traditional " Mustakimzade view , as summarized above . |
| 6 | In response to this argument it may be observed that even the BCG itself , in a series of articles about strategic investment in the Financial Times , November 1981 , points out that there can still be profitable niches in declining markets and that ‘ dogs ’ may be able to bite back by identifying new possibilities in their industries ( see also Thietart and Vivas , 1983–4 ) . |
| 7 | Where reefs are notably wider than the average it may be assumed that there the corals were not killed off during the Pleistocene . |
| 8 | For the sake of completeness it may be added that the tenor tuba ( euphonium ) is sometimes to be met with in addition to the ordinary bass tuba ( e.g. Strauss ‘ s Heldenleben and Don Quixote , and Holst 's Planets ) . |
| 9 | Undoubtedly , as a general rule , the seller wants to get the highest price for his property , and the purchaser wishes to give the lowest , and in that sense it may be said that an expected difference between the parties is to be implied in every case , but unless a difference has actually arisen , it does not appear to me to be an " arbitration " . |
| 10 | At the outset it may be noted that the development of large-scale impersonal capitals , integrating purchasing , production and marketing within a multidivisional form , substantially increases the element of ‘ planning ’ within capitalism . |
| 11 | However , at the outset it may be said that to some extent the political objective of requiring the Community legislative institutions to bear those considerations in mind would appear already to be being observed ; for example , Council Decision 92/421 on tourism policy expressly refers in its recitals to ‘ the need to comply with the subsidiarity principle ’ . |
| 12 | e.g. At the beginning of a lesson you may be told that you are to " make written notes on the rise of Louis Napoleon , paying particular attention to his sense of historic mission , his coups and his writings " . |
| 13 | She can enjoy the last freedom to be as she is ; her pursuits may seem strange , but after her death it may be discovered that her treasured collection — of old cups , pressed flowers , or newspaper cuttings — is quite priceless . |
| 14 | In this context it may be argued that if the ‘ inputs ’ are high in conventional terms it may reasonably be expected that the ‘ outputs ’ will also be high . |
| 15 | ( In this context it may be mentioned that in Athenian law courts it became the custom to have a clepsydra to ensure that most speeches were limited to half an hour . ) |
| 16 | Despite the memorandum by Keynes referred to above , the foreign exchange aspect of overseas government expenditure was conspicuously absent from the debate in the Defence Committee from its beginnings in 1946 right through to August 1947 , by which time it may be argued that the damage had largely already been done . |
| 17 | A widespread factor is found where real or suggested expertise is involved in a transaction and where at the same time it may be assumed that the customer is ignorant about what it is he is paying for . |
| 18 | In many cases the structure may also be capable of being assessed under TA 1988 , s739 although if there is a UK life tenant it may be argued that the income is not in reality paid to a person who is resident or domiciled outside the United Kindom within TA 1988 , s739 . |