Example sentences of "but it may [be] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it may be observed that the general movement of culture offers little support to anyone who would pin his hopes for the future of man as a spiritual being on this kind of natural religion . |
| 2 | But it may be argued that ‘ conduct ’ includes the circumstances in which the conduct takes place , including such matters as the time of day or night in addition to the ferocity of the attack . |
| 3 | Mr Harold Macmillan was admittedly fortified by an informal poll of Conservative members and notables , but it may be argued that he should not have been the sole fountainhead of advice , if it is indeed a constitutional principle that a retiring Prime Minister has no special title or status to advise on the choice of his successor . |
| 4 | The meaning of the word ‘ immediate ’ is likely to give rise to dispute in the courts , but it may be assumed that if , for example , a man threatens a woman that unless she has sexual intercourse with him , he will violently assault her in the presence of her children when they return home the following day , this will not be rape under the Committee 's proposals . |
| 5 | That may be so , but it may be suggested that as much depends on the surrounding legal rules as on the mandatory penalty . |
| 6 | Examples are not provided but it may be suggested that a refusal by Scrooge 's wife to have sexual intercourse unless her housekeeping were raised would fall within it . |
| 7 | So far we have considered three ways of sampling directly from a given population , but it may be thought that this direct method has dangers attached . |