Example sentences of "[noun sg] may be [vb pp] [that] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There is no requirement to identify the other person but this may be advantageous in certain circumstances , e.g. when suspected that a defence may be used that there was no other person . |
| 2 | Those who will not be God 's sons become his tools ’ ; and Ilúvatar to Melkor , ‘ no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me … he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful , which he himself hath not imagined ’ ( my italics ) . |
| 3 | Despite the initial shock of being confronted with a typical Elizabethan letter or manuscript , the collector may be assured that , once he has troubled to master the unfamiliar forms of a number of the letters , their consistency will ensure that he will have no more — and sometimes less — trouble than he has with some of the missives that find their way to his desk or doormat today . |
| 4 | In the view of successive Secretaries of State it is essential in the interests of national security and of any other grounds for which a warrant may be issued that no such inference should ever be capable of being drawn . |
| 5 | The claim may be made that a State is entitled to the benefits of a treaty because they were incurred on its behalf by another State . |
| 6 | first , Williams 's admittedly artificial argument may be accepted that it is an omission , a failure to treat , so that there is no liability . |
| 7 | A suggestion may be offered that the appearance of the figures on drinking vessels may have a significance . |
| 8 | The public may be assured that he has been very frequently engaged in what is gently termed gallantry and intrigue ; but yet these ( give me leave to call them capital crimes ) are not in the least considered in him as deserving of censure . |
| 9 | By exploring the deep structure of improvisatory cognitive strategies , it is hoped that a more general model of improvisation may be achieved that can be subsequently be tested on musics outside the original domain . |
| 10 | To this there is one exception , to comply with Article 9 of the Convention ; an order may be made that a person should give evidence otherwise than on oath where this is asked for by the requesting court . |
| 11 | Where a vendor wishes to protect his own interests , those of his ’ successor in title ’ or of an adjoining owner , a restriction may be imposed that no development will be permitted within a defined distance of a certain boundary or existing dwelling . |
| 12 | One qualification that should be made to the general formula that Lord Goddard laid down in Hinchcliffe v. Sheldon is that it appears to make a person guilty of obstructing by omission , and the view may be expressed that this is not the law . |
| 13 | Against that , however , the view may be taken that the word ‘ it ’ refers to a public assembly , and since the gathering will no longer constitute such an assembly if the numbers fall below 20 , it would be ultra vires the powers of the police to attempt to limit the numbers below the requisite numbers . |