Example sentences of "[that] [pron] may be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally it is possible that I may be mistaken . |
| 2 | If you have information to sell , be so good as to state your price , that I may be left in privacy . |
| 3 | Similarly for the " second boundary-value " problem where the surface tractions , compatible with the uniform stress are specified , the classical extremum principles show that which may be written , using the equality as |
| 4 | But verily , for that lawless coronation that she made , she shall be most firmly enclosed in a dwelling of stone and iron , made like a crown , and at Berwick be hung up in the open air , that she may be given , in life and after death , for a gazing-stock and an everlasting scorn to those who pass by . ’ |
| 5 | In the days of the Raj , British passengers on the Rajputana State Railway received enviable attention : this handbook is a personalized itinerary for Miss Baring and warns her that she may be kept awake by one train driver 's ‘ unpleasant whistle ’ . |
| 6 | Another possibility is that you may be treated inconsistently . |
| 7 | I tell you this sister only that you may be warned and not endanger your dear son 's health or put your husband to an unnecessary and useless journey . |
| 8 | The second point is that you may be asked to take a drug test at any squad session . |
| 9 | If you wish to obtain cover please send £5.00 to the office so that you may be added to the list . |
| 10 | The problem in gearing up investment to shoot off down the experience curve and become the cost leader is that you may be overtaken by technology . |
| 11 | Thus wiping and licking do not seem to require a change of state as a matter of their essential meaning , but it is quite accepted that one may be involved , so that we can have : ( 34 ) Rover licked his plate clean Wendy wiped the floor dry |
| 12 | Poppy-straw and concentrate of poppy-straw are controlled drugs and the Act apparently contemplates that one may be produced from the other . |
| 13 | Let us pray that we may be granted the wisdom necessary to discern the values of the new culture created by the mass media , and to use the opportunities offered by modern communications technology always for the service of God and the good of his people . |
| 14 | They hold that we may , with justification , be certain of beliefs which , we admit , risk falsification , or that we may be justified in holding beliefs although there are none of which we are certain . |
| 15 | ‘ Sidacai has not been condemned in order that we may be served , but to satisfy the Yasa , ’ Artai responded , bridling . |
| 16 | Now there is nothing wrong with this argument as it stands , but it is weak ; it assumes that there are other minds than our own , and argues only that we may be mistaken about their states , thinking someone to be happy when she is really sad , etc . |
| 17 | Therefore we pray that a new spirit may be born in our midst this morning and that we may be carried on its tide to the work of national reconstruction . |
| 18 | Finally , Lord , we pray that we may be transformed more and more into the likeness and nature of the bride of Christ ; cleanse us from all that is not pure , and help us all to walk in ways that are holy . |
| 19 | Swift was soon appointed dean of St Patrick 's in Dublin , though he assured Diaper : ‘ I will move Heaven and Earth that something may be done for you . ’ |
| 20 | Mr. Collins submits that this wording implies that there may be appointed representatives who are subject to the rules of recognised S.R.O . 's . |
| 21 | Therefore , it is clear that there may be expected to be remains of comparable marine terraces at any level between that terrace and present sea level . |
| 22 | The lack of such a maximum at Cape Grim leaves open the possibility that they may be caused by phenomena other than , or in addition to , increased transport from the stratosphere in springtime , such as enhanced photochemical production of ozone at that time . |
| 23 | Community regulations and certain provisions of the founding treaties ( such as Article 30 of the EEC Treaty on free movement of goods and Article 85 of the same treaty on competition ) have direct effect , which means that they may be relied on directly by any citizen without the need for any intervening national measures to ‘ receive ’ them and indeed without any possibility for national measures to exclude or modify them . |
| 24 | ‘ Woe unto them that join house to house , that lay field to field , till there be no place , that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth ’ . |
| 25 | This is not to say that they may be uttered with absolute impunity for the House itself , in regulating its own procedures , may treat as objectionable whatever it chooses . |
| 26 | This is not to deny that the ending of a marriage through death , and through divorce , are in many ways very different experiences , nor that they may be handled differently in families , but the point here is that the idea that kin groups used to be much more stable over time than they are today has to be modified by historical evidence . |
| 27 | In our society the judges have in some aspects of their work a discretionary power to do justice so wide that they may be regarded as law-makers . |
| 28 | But social practices only need legitimating if there is some chance that they may be rejected . |
| 29 | ‘ I know grace rooteth not out the affections of a mother , but putteth them on His wheel who maketh all things new , that they may be refined ; … |
| 30 | For teenagers , that they may be blessed with wisdom and discernment , and choose those audio and video cassettes which enrich the spirit and bring true joy to the heart . |