Example sentences of "may speak of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this sense we may speak of a ‘ conflict or variance ’ between the rules of Law and the rules of Equity , in the language of section 25 ( sub-section 11 ) of the judicature Act 1873 ( now replaced by section 49 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 ) . |
| 2 | In exactly the same sense as we may speak of cuckoo genes having ( phenotypic ) effects on the colour and shape of cuckoo gapes , so we may speak of cuckoo genes having ( extended phenotypic ) effects on host behaviour . |
| 3 | In exactly the same sense as we may speak of cuckoo genes having ( phenotypic ) effects on the colour and shape of cuckoo gapes , so we may speak of cuckoo genes having ( extended phenotypic ) effects on host behaviour . |
| 4 | For example , it may speak of ‘ Terminal Condition ’ , but what is ‘ Terminal ’ ; six days , six months or even years ? |
| 5 | Nonetheless there is a tendency within the academic establishment to regard the exposition of the black-letter law and the exhaustive analyses of concepts as the totality of the concerns of the academic criminal lawyer ; indeed one may speak of an attempt , conscious or otherwise , to distort the data to fit the expositor 's ideal . |
| 6 | By 1279 one may speak of monastic foundations in England — nearly a thousand of them — as having reached saturation point . |
| 7 | Where a strong subject-employment relationship does exist and influences course planning , we may speak of a ‘ professional ’ course . |
| 8 | This sense of heavy requires fairly narrowly defined contextual conditions : one may speak of a heavy smoker , or a heavy drug-user , a car may be heavy on petrol , etc . |
| 9 | We may speak of ( a ) a topless dress or ( b ) a topless dancer . |
| 10 | Where there are definite intuitions about which elements belong at a given level , we may speak of substantive levels . |
| 11 | ‘ And your father — if I may speak of him too — was a man all of us admired … ’ |
| 12 | In other words Psalm 104:30 may speak of the energising rather than the creative work of the Spirit , and thus fall into line with the rest of the Old Testament teaching on ruach as ‘ breath ’ . |
| 13 | Equally , we would seldom be likely to use the word acrobatic of acrobats themselves or their doings except , precisely , on occasions when they are exercising their special skills — the rest of the time we may speak of them , if a description is needed at all , as large , or rich , or charming , as standing on his dignity , or asking for black coffee , or younger than Aunt Mary , and so on . |
| 14 | Indeed we may speak of a ‘ new culture ’ created by modern communications , which affects everyone , particularly the younger generation , and is itself largely the result of technological advances which have created ‘ new ways of communicating , with new languages , new techniques and a new psychology ’ ( cf. |