Example sentences of "may [adv] [vb infin] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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indicating one particular identity amongst many , whereas later on such small-scale variation in social identity had been replaced by larger political institutions which were not indicated in the same manner . |
| 3 | Incontinence , however , was poorly defined ( for solid or liquid stools ) , but we may reasonably suppose that in many cases it was for liquid stools only . |
| 4 | About two million acres of waste have been enclosed by act since 1700 , so that we may reasonably assume that at the beginning of the eighteenth century there were about seven million acres of ‘ waste ’ all told rather than the ten million estimated by Gregory King . |
| 5 | The tenant may also find that in order to attract subtenants he must pay inducements , often in the form of a contribution to the subtenant 's fitting-out costs . |
| 6 | Readers may also recall that in this new volume of the journal we are introducing an occasional unrefereed series of short features entitled ‘ EP-odds and ends ’ . |
| 7 | Indeed without any wish to evade my responsibility for subsequent events , I think I may fairly claim that in everything I did in re Karen and her husband I was market-led . |
| 8 | One may tentatively suggest that at least one English fabliau version of the tale given by Chaucer to the Shipman stood between a French source and Chaucer . |
| 9 | Bold print , clear layout of the page and adequate margin and spacing between words and letters , however , may well mean that at least in deciphering print , the pupil with sight difficulties is not having to deal with unnecessary complexities to compound existing problems . |
| 10 | The Labour party may well find that by the time it has spent billions of pounds on all income levels it will not have the extra money to spend on those who need it most . |
| 11 | In a direct reference to the West Belfast MP , the spokesman added : ‘ Dr Hendron may well recall that in recent months the RUC presence in loyalist areas has produced complaints of police harassment . ’ |
| 12 | For example a bereaved person may well ask that as their relative who died was not a Christian , does this mean that he or she has not ‘ gone to heaven ’ ? |
| 13 | It may simply mean that at this moment only one entrepreneur has taken the step of presenting this particular opportunity to the market . |
| 14 | We may then note that in the final version of the telegram , as sent , there was no mention of " Chetniks " or of any other category of " dissident Yugoslav " to be excluded from the order . |