Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [that] it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may think that it is good to produce a neat , legible and carefully presented essay . |
| 2 | In other words , some heads may think that it is desirable and right to devote much care to management through the corporateness of professionals but , within the same code , to achieve as much agreement among the non-professionals as one can and then to stop trying . |
| 3 | All schools ( county and voluntary ) must start the day with a corporate act of worship , although parents have the right of withdrawal and LEAs may rule that it is impracticable to assemble all the pupils ( e.g. in very large or split-site schools , or where pupils follow many different religions ) . |
| 4 | On the other hand , rather than move away from an area where similar firms operate , some firms may consider that it is in their own particular interest to move into such a location . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | After all if we say , ‘ I did n't appreciate that remark , ’ that tells the world something about us , and we may perceive that it is unwise to let people know that the remark disturbs us at all so we do not share our feelings . |
| 7 | Sometimes you may feel that it is really not worth repeating what seems trivial or unimportant ; the effort is tiring , even exhausting . |
| 8 | Whilst we may feel that it is unfortunate that such career structures exist at all we might do well to examine our own mechanisms for getting ahead . |
| 9 | Furthermore , your Lordships may feel that it is inconvenient and undesirable for the criminal law as enunciated in Lawrence and Dobson to be in conflict with the law affecting the title to money and other kinds of property . |
| 10 | To neglect these questions and concentrate instead on the ‘ environment ’ of learning , however important that might be , is to risk encouraging the belief that teachers are judged and advanced on the basis of how their classrooms took rather than how and what their pupils learn ; consequently , some may feel that it is strategically sensible to concentrate on surface at the expense of substance . |
| 11 | The region or local office may feel that it is being dictated to by a central office that has no understanding of local needs and conditions . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman thinks that the timing is a bit slow ; others may feel that it is a bit fast . |
| 13 | Some sceptics may feel that it is inevitable that by saving energy , and therefore cash , there will be a rduction in both the standards and the versality of the products served . |
| 14 | The managers may feel that it is appropriate to insist that the second investor 's director bring to the board something additional , such as technical expertise or contacts . |
| 15 | Yet if one observes this battle more closely one may see that it is waged around what one might call the ephemera of sex : what is seen , what is said , what is written rather than what is or is not concerned with sexual reality . |
| 16 | Yet if we reflect a moment , we may realize that it is not so ingenuous after all . |
| 17 | You may believe that it is just because I am an extremely popular person . |
| 18 | This is such hard work that you may decide that it is n't worth the effort and abandon your attempt to acquire the skills in question . |
| 19 | Firms may decide that it is necessary to spend more of their own money on security — or be asked to contribute more to the cost of police protection . |
| 20 | At certain times , banks may decide that it is prudent to hold a bigger proportion of liquid assets . |
| 21 | In academic libraries a large number of requests for a new book may suggest that it is a recommended text , and is likely to influence the number of copies purchased ( probably for the short loans collection ) . |
| 22 | One may remark that it is common experience to find that conscientious people who have a job to do that is too much for them ( like writing a book ) turn in their uncertainty to doing a succession of easier jobs instead ( like answering their mail , drawing up syllabuses , or rationalising office organisation ) . |
| 23 | A horse standing perfectly in the show ring , with its ears nicely pricked , may indicate that it is cross by pressing its lips tightly together , as if it is refusing some nasty-tasting medicine . |
| 24 | Finally , if an animal is coping with extremely adverse conditions by self-narcotisation , I would say that its welfare is poor but the effect of the narcotic may mean that it is not suffering . |
| 25 | First , to say that a body has a ( legal ) power to do X may mean that it is ( legally ) entitled to do it . |
| 26 | If no year is shown , this may denote that it is a blend of grapes from different years . |
| 27 | To deride the party 's ‘ mass conversion ’ from its former belief , as Mrs Thatcher did yesterday , raises a cheer from committed Conservatives , but floating voters may reckon that it is intelligent to abandon wrong-headed policies . |
| 28 | The Minister may recall that it is almost a year since I first raised in the House the matter of the proposed incinerator in Renfrew . |
| 29 | Labour Members may state that it is the Government 's fault for introducing the guillotine . |
| 30 | In addition , some parents may find that it is easier to cope with a child who has a serious language problem if they are able to participate in the process of assessment and intervention . |