Example sentences of "[adv] that [noun pl] may " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unusual , for example , products which are unavailable from stock , may also be reported on , so that managers may act on these exceptional conditions . |
| 2 | We shall provide all that information to the public so that decisions may be made . |
| 3 | For practical purposes the easily observable amenorrhoeic period can be taken as a proxy for the anovulatory period , though ovulation can precede the first menstruation after birth , so that women may become pregnant during the amenorrhoeic period . |
| 4 | But even more importantly perhaps , he considers that universities must actively transmit " some idea of the stature of the English literary achievement " so that students may " achieve the fullest possible awareness of the human relevance of works of literature " . |
| 5 | The departments which teach modern European languages — French , German , Italian , Portuguese , Russian , Scandinavian , Spanish , Celtic — are committed to preserving the best features of traditional courses of language study so that students may acquire competence and skill in the written and spoken language as well as an extensive knowledge of the literature and civilisation of the countries concerned . |
| 6 | Social justice means that we deny ourselves many things so that others may have to do without them as well , or , what is the same thing , may not be able to ask for them . |
| 7 | The rotation system would enable a positive , free and unhindered development of the role so that others may share in and contribute towards what would become a valuable resource for the use and benefit of all concerned . |
| 8 | All this mass of material must be written so that others may understand it . |
| 9 | No , M' lud , it portrays a vile and hopeless marriage so that others may learn that only by following Christian instructions will their own marriages be happy . |
| 10 | Some organisations print a sheet of miniature photographs so that editors may choose which , if any , they would like to have . |
| 11 | ( So that tests may be sent direct to them ) . |
| 12 | Butterflies do so by displaying their wings , the marvellous intricate patterns of which are statements of identity so that individuals may recognise those with whom mating can be fertile . |
| 13 | Several damping arrangements are available for the sample so that measurements may be made in the bending , shear , or tensile , modes . |
| 14 | One theory to explain this is that the pigmentation of the skin may affect the sensitivity of the nerve-endings , so that chestnuts may be more sensitive to outside stimuli than say bays , therefore making them more likely to over-react . |
| 15 | Possibly de Moivre was one of Bayes 's teachers , so that Bayes may have learned of the problem directly from him , although he may equally have encountered it first in his writings or in the Observations on Man , His Frame , His Duty , And His Expectations ( 1749 ) by David Hartley [ q.v . ] . |
| 16 | No legal change in priority has been contemplated , so that drivers may continue to assume dominance over foot traffic in housing areas . |
| 17 | His Albert Angelo ( 1964 ) has holes cut in its pages so that readers may see into the future , while his celebrated novel-in-a-box The Unfortunates ( 1964 ) is made up of loose-leaf sheets , intended , as a note on the box explains , ‘ to be read in random order ’ . |
| 18 | New fears emerged yesterday that benefits may be butchered , after the line-up of the Cabinet 's public spending committee was revealed . |
| 19 | Considering this fact and also that HERMS may well be interrogated by non-CAD users for reference information , we decided to build the data base on a separate computer ; one that could , in time , be interfaced with any turnkey CAD system that supported RS232C communications protocol . |
| 20 | ’ Erskine May ’ states clearly that amendments may be made in Committee even if they are not within the Bill 's scope according to the long title . |
| 21 | The British Library Act state quite clearly that books may be disposed of if they are duplicates , though this raises the question of what exactly a duplicate is . |
| 22 | However , a syndrome of this severity is not commonly reported in foals under natural conditions , probably because larval intake is continuous during grazing ; it has been show experimentally that foals may tolerate large numbers of larvae administered in small doses over a long period . |
| 23 | To quote a Christian Aid slogan , because we refuse ‘ to live more simply that others may simply live ’ . |
| 24 | The Joint Working Party has felt very strongly that doctors may wish to spend only part of the training period working flexibly and that flexible training opportunities must be tailored to trainees ' needs . |
| 25 | A central element in the charge that companies are ‘ short-termist ’ is that the stock market undervalues projects with a long-term pay off , and therefore that companies may be deterred from investing to the extent that is socially desirable for fear of an adverse effect on the market value of their shares . |