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

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1 When Jenson continues that the reason why the biblical God is called ‘ Father ’ is that the attempt is being made to get away from sexuality , with which women are more naturally to be associated , we may think that he has given the game away !
2 You may know that you have passed all your exams but , if your Inner Face tells you ( for whatever reason ) that you are incapable of achievement , that is what you must put down .
3 My hon. Friend may know that I have made the views of the Government and of Members of Parliament well known to the Kenyan Government for a long time .
4 This is paid for out of general taxation and although those drawing a pension may feel that they have contributed to its cost by virtue of their earlier contributions , the state scheme in fact operates on a ‘ pay as you go ’ ( PAYG ) basis .
5 After all , at this end of the market where incomes are low and where applicants for credit may well have been turned down by other types of lender , lenders may feel that they have to discriminate particularly carefully to be sure of recovering their money .
6 For single women especially , who may feel that they have to give up a career , knowing what facilities are available could prove a veritable godsend .
7 If the rule is relaxed legal advisers faced with an ambiguous statutory provision may feel that they have to research the materials to see whether they yield the crock of gold , i.e. , a clear indication of Parliament 's intentions .
8 Some days you will find that the dog responds well , whereas on others you may feel that you have made no progress .
9 If and when you do have a reaction to individual food groups , you may feel that you have had a setback .
10 You may feel that you have read some of these lines before ; line 760 anticipates Keats 's ‘ Ode to a Nightingale ’ : as does the sense of the next two lines .
11 You may feel that you have to hide your own feelings to protect them .
12 She is indeed ready to die , and it is a difficulty that Justin may feel that he has to do the same .
13 She may feel that she has failed her husband .
14 A third party may claim that treaty rights have been assigned to it , or a party may claim that it has made an assignment and is thus discharged from that particular responsibility under the agreement .
15 A third State may claim that it has become associated with a treaty through acceptance or approval .
16 You may discover that you 've chosen to fish a line too close in or too far out .
17 What follows may suggest that we have moved a long way from the consideration of reading .
18 That the owners are not described may imply that they have withdrawn from the close relations with tenants , servants , and labourers that is called for from lords of the manor ; they have grown remote in more or less the way described by Bloomfield in his discussion of the harvest feast .
19 In addition , the relatively small number of alternative dwellings available to families who have to live in specific rural locations may mean that they have to take and retain whatever dwelling is available , whether or not it is appropriate to their needs .
20 But I do n't think that means we have to adjust our sales structure to them it may mean that we have to look at theirs and decide who 's gon na deal with what , but th but we do n't have to gear all our structure
21 This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June .
22 This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June .
23 Anyway , the position now is that if you do not take silk at the right moment , it may mean that you have to continue working much too hard for your time of life ; on the other hand some barristers who take silk repent it , for they find too late that their services in the more expensive class of advocacy are not in demand .
24 Your success could be resented by others , which may mean that you have to fight for dear life to hang on to what you 've got , or there will be little time to enjoy your personal or social life .
25 Indulging in litigation may mean that you have to expend substantial sums of money and wait a long time before achieving victory ; to lose could prove very costly .
26 Also it may mean that you have to pay in advance .
27 Of course , a man may have more than one razor , and in tidying up for departure he may forget that he has left pyjamas under his pillow , but the impression of the bedroom and the bathroom conflicted with the kitchen .
28 You may notice that we have cheated a little in that a procedure is called to close the files and end the program without returning .
29 However , if the parties have agreed the essential terms — price , quantity , date for performance — a court may find that they have reached a concluded contract on the telephone ( but see Levison v Patent Steam Carpet Cleaning Co Ltd [ 1978 ] QB 69 ) unless it can be established that the parties contemplated further formalities before concluding their contract .
30 Otherwise , they may find that they have given a huge advantage to their competitors , without benefiting sufficiently from the opportunities that have been made available to them .
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