Example sentences of "that [noun pl] may [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Renton Committee noted that definitions may take various forms : they may be exhaustive ; they may be merely inclusionary ; they may concentrate only the boundaries of the concept ; they may seek to exclude descriptive material and concentrate upon conceptual analysis ; they may rely upon general principles . |
| 2 | It follows that states may make the exercise of the right of registration subject to particular rules applicable in inter-state relations , such as the provisions of articles 7 , 52 and 221 of the E.E.C . |
| 3 | Apart from the fact that this ignores the possibility that shareholders may have other objectives in investing ( such as opposing investment in countries practising apartheid , or opposing the manufacture of armaments or cigarettes , etc. ) the profit-maximization norm does not provide a hard guideline as to how directors should exercise their discretion . |
| 4 | As representatives of the ranks of the great unfashionable made their way to their seats weighed down by crates of lager , it was clear , at the band 's first British appearance for seven years , that paunches may come and full heads of hair may go , but times do n't change . |
| 5 | The fact that objects may become the source of actual struggles over conflicting interests will be discussed in chapter 9 as part of the general problem of ideology . |
| 6 | ALL good news , but I fear that taxes may have to go up next year if the Chancellor misses his projected £244.5bn target on spending . |
| 7 | This means that Greatswords may take a lot of casualties before their turn comes . |
| 8 | This often enables them better to achieve the benefits that rules may bring as explained above , and other benefits besides . |
| 9 | ( Note that DCs may pass through the same state more than once . |
| 10 | His Albert Angelo ( 1964 ) has holes cut in its pages so that readers may see into the future , while his celebrated novel-in-a-box The Unfortunates ( 1964 ) is made up of loose-leaf sheets , intended , as a note on the box explains , ‘ to be read in random order ’ . |
| 11 | References have been confined to some of the more significant primary sources and to secondary sources that readers may find particularly interesting or readable . |
| 12 | A traveller in 1798 found the latter in Middlesex to be " hard and clean in every sort of weather ; so much so , that gentlemen may ride along them , even directly after rain , and scarcely receive a splash " . |
| 13 | The operation of Market Forces in a time of falling roles , coupled with the possibility of opting-out , and competition from , for example , the City Technology Colleges ( if they finally take off ) means that schools may face hard choices between promoting a philosophy to which they are committed , and pulling in the punters . |
| 14 | This proposal has been partially absorbed in a different suggestion , that schools may decide for themselves whether or not to dissociate themselves from their Local Authority and become independent , relying on the DES to pay for their pupils by direct grant . |
| 15 | The range of SDLP first preferences was fairly close , that is , from 6,657 to 9,730 which suggests that steps may have been taken to persuade SDLP voters to spread their first preference votes as nearly equally as possible between the three candidates . |
| 16 | No legal change in priority has been contemplated , so that drivers may continue to assume dominance over foot traffic in housing areas . |
| 17 | Hadley acknowledges there is a possibility that opportunities may arise to represent Japan at international level but stresses that he would not consider selection if it in any way jeopardized his standing with the Canadian Rugby Union . |
| 18 | Previous studies from our unit , however , have shown that ascites may occur in patients with acute viral hepatitis in the absence of portal hypertension . |
| 19 | Ultimately , it does not matter that much whether the future arrangements of the EC are called federal , confederal , political union or whatever , except that labels may affect expectations and may accord spurious legitimacy to Community institutions . |
| 20 | Several commentators theorize that dinosaurs may have had hearts like crocodilians , perhaps because they are the closest living relatives to the archosaur . |
| 21 | ‘ But it is even more galling when there is the prospect that foreigners may come in and do the work of dismantling it . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ But it is even more galling when there is the prospect that foreigners may come in and do the work of dismantling it . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But it is even more galling when there is the prospect that foreigners may come in and do the work of dismantling it . |
| 24 | It was suggested in discussing the results from the first study that subjects may have been deliberately attempting to recall just the risky situations . |
| 25 | At the same time , however , it should be recognized that not all parties retain their vitality , or even survive at all , that new parties emerge , and may quickly become powerful , as happened with the socialist parties in Europe , and that parties may change their character and their policies without necessarily changing their names . |
| 26 | The Convention also recognises that parties may have varying interests in the operation of a treaty or treaty provision . |
| 27 | All the emergency services … and gas and electricity workers … have set up real life situations that youngsters may face . |
| 28 | Remember , it 's more likely that youngsters may turn to drugs if they come from a home where the adults appear to be dependent on legal drugs like tobacco or alcohol . |
| 29 | Surely there is no convention that judges may adjust their views about legal rights for purely strategic reasons . |
| 30 | But it also asserts that parents may need assistance in exercising their responsibilities , and here the Act takes a quantum leap from the old , restricted notions of ‘ prevention ’ , to a more positive outreaching duty of ‘ support for children and families ’ . |