Example sentences of "that [pers pn] may [vb infin] the " in BNC.

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1 Do you say , madam , that I may rent the room ? ’
2 How often have those lines been my prayer : ‘ Teach me to live that I may dread The grave as little as my bed .
3 That I may soar the sky ,
4 To that end keep alert with all perseverance , making supplication for all saints , and also for me … that I may declare the gospel boldly , as I ought to ’ ( Eph. 6:18f ) .
5 ‘ You are to move me so that I may see the moon . ’
6 Will my right hon. Friend arrange an early debate on education , and especially on the local authorities ' responsibilities and their relationship with Government in terms of school organisation , so that I may highlight the need for an early decision on proposals to reorganise schools in Ealing , where parents , teachers and children will be greatly affected by those decisions ?
7 BACKERS are plunging on Oaks contender Yawl undeterred by trainer Barry Hills 's warning that she may miss the fillies ' Classic .
8 What reason could we produce to allow that she may have the capacity to act autonomously while denying her the capacity-to-act-autonomously ?
9 The reason for writing in pencil is that you may change the order .
10 Those here written have been recorded in order that you may hold the faith [ or , that you may come to believe ] that Jesus is the Christ , the Son of God . ’
11 When you start there is a sense in which everything you do is right , there is no clear sense of wrong , though of course it is here that you may make the inevitable false move , take the inevitable wrong turning .
12 Most important of all , try to get as much information as you can about each of the universities you are considering , in order that you may make the most sensible choice to suit your own needs .
13 The apostle Peter has a similar understanding of this primary purpose of the church , when he writes : ‘ You are … a holy nation , a people belonging to God , that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light . ’
14 It is necessary for the efficiency of study , but dangerous in that you may let the ten minutes drift on into the next study period .
15 This is unavoidable , but it means that you may get the impression that they are also used one at a time .
16 ‘ To this he called you through our gospel , so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ ’ ( 2 Thess. 2 : 1 4 ) .
17 You must therefore insist on clear and full answers so that you may understand the way in which the student 's mind is working .
18 Towards the end of his reign , in the ordinance of the forest of 1306 , the king speaks of being confronted ‘ with the inspection of human weakness ’ and the wide burdens that fell upon him , he being ‘ inwardly tormented with divers compunctions , tossed about by the waves of divers thoughts ’ , and being ‘ frequently troubled , passing sleepless nights , … hesitating in our inmost soul upon what ought to be done , what to be held , or what to be presented ’ ; ‘ about this chiefly is our mind busied without intermission , that we may prepare the pleasantness of ease and quiet for our subjects dwelling in our realm , in whose quiet we have some rest , and in their tranquillity we are inwardly cherished with odours of satisfaction and the flowers of hoped-for peace . ’
19 There is a great demand from universities , polytechnics , further education colleges and sixth form colleges to implement the reforms as quickly as possible so that we may avoid the damaging effect on morale that delays and uncertainties could cause .
20 That is why we have been given free will , in order that we may choose the correct one .
21 However , the problems that we have considered mean that it is likely that we may miss the target and actually arrive at an unintended situation .
22 Entering this contest constitutes your agreement that we may feature the setting up of the winner tank .
23 ‘ We travel by night , ’ said the third king , ‘ so that we may follow the star and pay homage to the Christ Child .
24 Can my right hon. Friend arrange a debate on local government finance in London , so that we may discuss the growing evidence that Labour councils , far from struggling to provide services , can not even be bothered to collect millions of pounds of rates and of community charge still owing to them ?
25 Come to us , God of justice , that we may hear the cries of the dispossessed in every land , calling us , like Jesus the healer , to walk with them in the search for justice and mercy .
26 The pencil is described as simple if there are n independent vectors unc so that we may write the set compendiously as unc where unc is of simple diagonal form , even through it may include multiple roots .
27 Let us pray that we may find the contentment which comes from living our lives to the full and being concerned and thoughtful in our dealings with others .
28 But w what about er er further increases the there seem to be some suggestions that we may find the three thousand four hundred million going even higher .
29 ‘ And if you are being bewitched , ’ said Fael-Inis , ‘ and if you are being manipulated , then it is only so that we may save the world . ’
30 Their function is not known , but it is suggested that they may be used to pin a patch of mucosa in position during feeding , or that they may prevent the entry of foreign matter into the buccal capsule when the worm has detached from the mucosa .
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