Example sentences of "whatever [noun] may be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Father , ’ he said meekly , ‘ I welcome whatever penance may be laid upon me . |
| 2 | . Whatever opinions may be entertained concerning Mosley and his movement , there could be no graver stigma on the so-called freedom of expression said to prevail in Britain than that a body of Englishmen should be prevented from expressing their views by an Oriental confectioner . |
| 3 | As a primary source of good , and subject to whatever rules may be agreed from time to time , this early example of human cooperation could be an unquestioned source of ‘ goodness ’ to be assigned to the keeping of the Created God . |
| 4 | The idea that society is entitled to take whatever steps may be considered necessary to ensure that companies serve the public interest depends on the theory that the only basis on which companies can be allowed to possess power , which effectively means the only basis on which large companies can be allowed to exist , is that they produce consequences beneficial to society . |
| 5 | This approach , far from just offering a comfortable sense of hand-holding , serves as an excellent safety net , as it helps us to identify at an early stage where a trainee 's progress may be for some reason deficient , and to take whatever steps may be needed to rectify the situation . |
| 6 | Whatever criticisms may be made of the STV there is no denying that it has proved viable in its own fashion in twenty-two general elections in the Republic of Ireland . |
| 7 | The relaxation of the rule excluding parliamentary material as an aid to the construction of statutes deserves to be welcomed on the basis that the judiciary should not deny themselves whatever assistance may be derived from such material . |
| 8 | Yet another complicating factor is that the account given of the generic team 's work with elderly clients is bound to be only a partial exemplification of whatever advantages may be claimed for the generic model , whether of professional practice or of staff development . |
| 9 | Whatever problems may be raised by Question 4 , then , we can at least see that the smaller we make the difference between any given X " and X " , the smaller will be the problems . |
| 10 | All professionals will have , as an objective , the desire to provide a service to their client at the highest possible standard using whatever resources may be required . |
| 11 | Le Maître always behaves towards me with the utmost propriety , whatever people may be saying to the contrary . ’ |
| 12 | Current members of the Club go up for the weekend to climb ( this year it was too cold — even the lakes were frozen ) and after dinner retire to doss on whatever floor may be found . |
| 13 | The approach of the district judge at this stage of the proceedings is clearly crucial , although , whatever approach may be adopted in practice towards the parties , the review does at least give them the opportunity to meet and survey the relative strength of their cases . |
| 14 | Receipt of dividends will depend in any event upon a declaration in accordance with whatever procedures may be specified in the company 's articles . |
| 15 | A report generator is essentially a means of instructing the computer to produce a report in whatever form may be required , by typing in a series of English-type commands on the terminal . |
| 16 | Yet the Imperial side of the argument — whatever view may be taken of the fiscal , economic and domestic — would not stand up to examination . |