Example sentences of "[noun sg] may [be] [verb] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A reasonable starting point may be to assume that the process will vary for individuals and for different types of text . |
| 2 | In the view of successive Secretaries of State it is essential in the interests of national security and of any other grounds for which a warrant may be issued that no such inference should ever be capable of being drawn . |
| 3 | The claim may be made that a State is entitled to the benefits of a treaty because they were incurred on its behalf by another State . |
| 4 | A suggestion may be offered that the appearance of the figures on drinking vessels may have a significance . |
| 5 | To this there is one exception , to comply with Article 9 of the Convention ; an order may be made that a person should give evidence otherwise than on oath where this is asked for by the requesting court . |
| 6 | Where a vendor wishes to protect his own interests , those of his ’ successor in title ’ or of an adjoining owner , a restriction may be imposed that no development will be permitted within a defined distance of a certain boundary or existing dwelling . |
| 7 | Against that , however , the view may be taken that the word ‘ it ’ refers to a public assembly , and since the gathering will no longer constitute such an assembly if the numbers fall below 20 , it would be ultra vires the powers of the police to attempt to limit the numbers below the requisite numbers . |