Example sentences of "may [vb infin] that [pron] has " in BNC.

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1 I have consulted the most celebrated authors on comparative anatomy , but do not find any such structures of those parts described ; and as it is not known to you , I may presume that it has not been before taken notice of .
2 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 !
3 But if an incident has occurred involving violence or which leads to a soured atmosphere at work , management may consider that it has little option but to take action .
4 For example , if a school has attempted to improve its image in the neighbourhood it may feel that it has been successful if the number selecting the school for the following academic year increases .
5 She is indeed ready to die , and it is a difficulty that Justin may feel that he has to do the same .
6 The young mother may feel that she has nothing to offer — after all , much as she loves her children , their conversation may be less than stimulating .
7 She may feel that she has failed her husband .
8 Together with his error fatet , this may confirm that he has difficulty in distinguishing sounds .
9 A third party may claim that it has a direct interest in the actions of States or it may accept that its interest is indirect or peripheral .
10 A third State may claim that it has become associated with a treaty through acceptance or approval .
11 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 .
12 If an individual is aggrieved by the actions of government , a public body , or certain domestic tribunals or associations , he may claim that there has been a breach of natural justice .
13 M Beregovoy may claim that he has nothing to reproach himself with , but his acceptance of an interest-free million franc ( £125,000 ) loan from a shady businessman looks suspicious to say the least .
14 A third party may assert that it has more than a mere interest in a certain subject , since it has a legal right81 in the subject matter of the dispute , or a right granted under a treaty between the parties .
15 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 .
16 A married sister may plead that she has a husband and family to look after but that very fact also means that caring-will restrict her less .
17 The actual retraining of walking in physiotherapy may require that one has imposed on one a new sequence of movements , a sequence quite different from that of the false folk theory , and one that the patient might not be able to construct without the expert help of the physiotherapist .
18 You may recall that there has been considerable discussion recently about the licence requirements for those driving minibuses .
19 Critics may argue that it has not moved enough with the times , is not as up-to-date in its special effects as its counterparts across the Atlantic , but this perhaps highlights its attraction .
20 By the time that you have battled against the wind to get there , you may find that it has some hazard that you could not see from a distance , and then there may be no other good field within reach .
21 And if that happens Lotus may find that it has a serious competitor for the first time .
22 Here the value of privacy may act against the interests of family members ; neighbours may consider that it is not their business to interfere and the beaten wife-at least before the growth of women 's self-help centres — may find that she has nowhere to go ( Pizzey , 1974 ) .
23 It is quite evident that in some areas farming has become a distinctly precarious occupation but , in exchanging the effects of the EC 's Common Agricultural Policy for the need to produce results in a rugby field , Hare may find that he has jumped out of the frying pan into the fire .
24 If he is less than successful he may find that he has to work with an unco-operative discharger .
25 If the system is used to derive advice for a professional to use in the execution of his duties , the ultimate recipient of the advice may find that he has a right of action against the professional or the system developer ( or even the independent experts and knowledge engineers engaged by the system developer ) .
26 Indeed we may say that there has always been such a tendency , in the patristic period likewise , to collapse the distinction between the two natures .
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