Example sentences of "may [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | They begin to assume that their ageing parents are never satisfied , and may eventually conclude that it might be better to do nothing at all for them . |
| 2 | But adjudication officers may eventually claim that part-time employment is your normal pattern , and that you should not be entitled to benefit on the days you do n't work because you would not normally expect to be working anyway . |
| 3 | But adjudication officers may eventually claim that part-time employment is your normal pattern , and that you should not be entitled to benefit on the days you do n't work because you would not normally expect to be working anyway . |
| 4 | But adjudication officers may eventually claim that part-time employment is your normal pattern , and that you should not be entitled to benefit on the days you do n't work because you would not normally expect to be working anyway . |
| 5 | ‘ such occasions [ when a judge may properly rule that a document ordinarily immune in the public interest should in the public interest be disclosed ] will be exceptional and the fluctuating fortunes of parties in litigious combat will rarely justify a judge in disturbing an immunity firmly rooted in the public interest . |
| 6 | A solicitor may properly suggest that his own client makes personal contact with the other side . |
| 7 | We may defensively claim that it was the right thing to do at the time . |
| 8 | Simple denial — We see the tramps and drop-outs and may wrongly assume that they are necessarily addicted to alcohol or drugs . |
| 9 | We only need peace , and events may so turn that we receive it . |
| 10 | These two features of the family in industrial society — its relative isolation and the specialization of its functions — may together suggest that the family enjoys a relatively autonomous status in contemporary society . |
| 11 | Equally well , rather than disappoint you , the assistant may say ( hat the item is not in stock at present but may be in next week — after several weeks of returning to ask about it , you may suddenly realize that the item never is coming in . |
| 12 | ‘ We plant cabbages , ’ said Wordsworth in a letter , ‘ and if retirement in its full perfection be as powerful in working transformations as one of Ovid 's gods , you may perhaps suspect that into cabbages we shall be transformed . ’ |
| 13 | Accordingly , futures contracts will not be investments of the same kind as debt securities or even contracts for differences , although SFA may perhaps agree that they are of the same kind as contracts for differences for this purpose ; in practice , however , any dealer who normally deals in futures contracts is usually likely to deal in contracts for differences in any event . |
| 14 | They may rightly feel that it is all really rather appalling . |
| 15 | Curriculum managers reading this discussion may rightly feel that this magisterial balance has rather little to offer to their own pressing concerns . |
| 16 | Nothertheless there are some general patterns that may be helpfully described even though any individual sufferer may rightly say that the entire pattern does not imply to him or her . |
| 17 | At one extreme , it may mean that the world will not contain an example of any single human being doing that thing ; at the other end , it may merely mean that if a group of human beings adopt a norm requiring that behaviour , the norm will often be broken , its observance will give rise to a good deal of anxiety , those who comply without anxiety to the norm will be unusual in other respects , and so forth . |
| 18 | It may merely indicate that during the early phase of production there were social reasons for indicating one particular identity amongst many , whereas later on such small-scale variation in social identity had been replaced by larger political institutions which were not indicated in the same manner . |
| 19 | Smaller firms may not feel that some of the guidance is particularly relevant to them , eg : ‘ it is desirable that a second partner is appointed for each client ’ . |
| 20 | You may not feel that this is always necessary with designs that can be knitted automatically , since they will appear on screen in colour , but it is a great memory jogger and , rather then going back into the programme to look at a design , the colours and design may be seen from the printout . |
| 21 | Indeed , he may not mean that they ever are received in their simplicity . |
| 22 | Parrot-fashion responses may not mean that the person knows where they are now . |
| 23 | Occasionally the woman may not realise that this has happened , and so may become pregnant . |
| 24 | The newly retired partner is often prepared to do more around the house , but may not realise that there is a difference between being helpful and fully sharing domestic responsibilities . |
| 25 | Some characters may not realise that it is a Daemonette at first , of course . |
| 26 | Others may not realise that some antibiotics interfere with the Pill 's effectiveness . |
| 27 | You may not realise that this is quite a recent phenomenon . |
| 28 | You may not think that you have a problem , but in a company of even modest size it is statistically likely that some employees will have a drink problem . |
| 29 | You may not think that access cards for greater access are a good idea , but what are you proposing should be done to double the age-participation rate in this country ? |
| 30 | Further , even if Reagan approves , Congress would have to enact the necessary legislation — and may not think that handing over the craft is in the nation 's best interests . |