Example sentences of "may [vb infin] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may think that in a democracy you too can flick idly through ice-screws and ropes , but the moment you prod anything with an inquisitive finger , an assistant will leap on you with a quiz as to your standard of rock-climbing . |
| 2 | Even though we may think that in Britain we have had more than our share of industrial decay and change , the catalogue of proud names that were in the vanguard of German or American industrial might at the turn of the last century is very different from the list of those who are in front today . |
| 3 | Those whose main contact with violence has been through television or the cinema may think that in real life , just as in films , the hero or heroine 's story ends when their ordeal is over . |
| 4 | An order for delivery of particulars may direct that in default the proceedings be dismissed , or that the defendant or respondent be debarred from defending , or that part of a pleading be struck out ( Ord 13 , r 2(2) ) . |
| 5 | We may expect that in any event the common law principles of compulsion , and indeed of mistake , will continue to develop in the future . |
| 6 | Doctors may feel that in many cases surgery is not clinically indicated . |
| 7 | Prosecutors may feel that in serious cases of what has hitherto been threatening conduct under the Public Order Act 1936 , section 5 might be proceeded against as affrays . |
| 8 | In these circumstances we accept that it is reasonable that some trustees may feel that in the new situation produced by the tax the right course would be for the settled property to cease to be held on discretionary trust . |
| 9 | She felt that it was n't children 's job or children 's responsibility to look after the world , it was our job , and that it was not fair to make children feel responsible for doing that erm I mean that seems to me to be a legitimate viewpoint and erm but it 's one of many and I mean other people may feel that in order to save the planet , or indeed prevent wars in the future , it is important to expose children to the dangers of , you know , the current situation . |
| 10 | We may assume that during conditioning associations will be formed between contextual cues and the individual events ( the CS and the US ) that occur in their presence . |
| 11 | Pulling them together , we may see that in marriage in Britain today , while freedom of choice makes for great potential satisfaction in the marital relationship as such , at the same time it makes for some instability if the satisfactions are not up to expectations . |
| 12 | He may remember that at about this time last year we published a series of figures which demonstrated that his predictions were wrong . |
| 13 | You may remember that on that occasion the employers took the initiative in tabling a number of remarkable propositions about prices and profits . |
| 14 | You may remember that in the December issue of Woodworker last year I wrote about John Makepeace 's new venture , Hooke Park College . |
| 15 | You may remember that in the Morecambe and Wise show he wrote six plays a day and inflicted parts in them on long suffering celebrity guests ! |
| 16 | SOME of the longer-serving staff and graduates may remember that in the mid-1970s the University embarked on a major review of its Charter and Statutes , designed to make changes in governance which we thought desirable after ten years of operation . |
| 17 | Some may fear that during their absence , colleagues remaining in the home country will forge ahead on the career ladder so that when they return to Britain they will find themselves behind and unable to catch up . |
| 18 | My hon. Friends may fear that in some parts of the country we shall return to the oppressive and unfair bills which people received under the rates system . |
| 19 | Therefore , one may conclude that by the end of the decade Europe 's currency and political union will be established . |
| 20 | This may suggest that at least some thelodonts are related to these two groups . |
| 21 | This may suggest that in putting forward candidates they were less sanguine of their chances than they might have been . |
| 22 | She in turn may hope that in time she will get the caring response she is really seeking and will pursue the pattern . |
| 23 | You may set that as a target to try and work at it this way to overcome that or to do it better . |
| 24 | Effective treatment obviously depends on isolating the cause , and if necessary your vet may recommend that in a particular instance a dog may benefit from assessment by an animal psychologist , specializing in behavioural problems . |
| 25 | The evolution of the philosophy behind family planning during the last twenty years has moved rather quicker than that of soil conservation so that the present thinking and problems may indicate that in general terms , this critique of conservation policy is not new , but the transfer of ideas merely overdue . |
| 26 | By way of contrast we may note that between 1939 and 1959 , years which saw a major debate and official investigation of the subject , there were only two major books . |
| 27 | Quoting Cusamano ( 1985 ) , one may note that with respect to Toyota there are as many as 30,000 tediary , 5,000 secondary and 220 primary subcontractors . |
| 28 | These are clearly more formal models than those which the modern letter-writer is used to , yet Shakespeare 's range stretches from the intimate and occasional to just such formal rhetorical structures as Day 's category of the ‘ Epistle Deliberative ’ , which uses a mixture of praise and criticism in its ‘ Hortatory ’ or ‘ Dehortatory ’ intent , and may legitimately subject the recipient to moral pressure : Yet , while acknowledging the relevance of Day 's treatise on letter-writing and its tactics of persuasion , we may note that in Shakespeare one of Day 's categories is absent , namely the ‘ Responsory Epistle ’ , which ‘ dependeth of the partes of a former letter ’ and must refer back to it . |
| 29 | ( One may note that in 1327 John translated Orleton to Worcester against Mortimer 's opposition , and in 1333 to Winchester in defiance of Edward III . ) |
| 30 | In respect of the Yugoslavs , however , we may note that in his draft telegram shown to Kirk , Robertson had been intending to instruct Eighth Army to " turn over to Yugoslav partisans a large number of dissident Yugoslav troops with exception of Chetniks " . |