Example sentences of "[pers pn] may [vb infin] [that] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may feel that other antecedents are important . |
| 2 | And , why , you may argue that those criteria are too strict , those are criteria that are used in a medical sense . |
| 3 | Otherwise , you may find that two leaves cross over and hide a flower or a bud . |
| 4 | You may find that pain-relieving tablets help . |
| 5 | You may find that some positions for intercourse become uncomfortable . |
| 6 | In addition to general sessions , you may find that some clinics offer sessions to deal with particular methods of contraception or for particular groups — for example , for young people . |
| 7 | You may find that some beaches are private and a charge is made , but wherever possible we have included any beach charges in the price of your holiday ( see p.225 ) . |
| 8 | You may find that older dogs are nervous under these circumstances , if they have never been on a train or bus before , and you should always try to reassure them with your tone of voice . |
| 9 | You may find that Social Services will put your name on their vacancy list , and once you are registered you can advertise . |
| 10 | We may conclude that rhythmic shapes determine melodies more than do pitch patterns . |
| 11 | The idea is that we may know that some pleasures or pains have a generally high or low degree of purity or fecundity without its being practicable on a particular occasion to specify and evaluate specifically the precise further pleasures or pains which are likely to ensue from them . |
| 12 | When the house of childhood does not serve as a place of support and nurture , when there is intense conflict between different members of the household , then we may find that many memories of indoors have been suppressed . |
| 13 | We may argue that temperate animals and plants must ‘ concentrate ’ on coping with winter , and that only a few manage to do so ; or that because life is so seasonal , temperate animals and plants are thrown into greater competition at specific times of year , than in the tropics . |
| 14 | By " special constructions " we mean in particular cumulative lists of adjectives as in ( 12 ) , where , however , the order may be explained by the quite general if ill-defined tendency to leave " heavy " constituents to the latest possible point , as in ( 13 ) : ( 12 ) policies foreign , social and educational ( 13 ) that salesman has just come back who kept getting in the way when you were trying to vaccinate the ewes last week Postnominal associatives may also just possibly be admitted in constructions expressing sharp opposition : ( 14 ) scientists nuclear but not biological The latter type , however , is at best questionable ; and , as a good general rule , we may say that associative adjectives do not normally occur in postnominal position . |
| 15 | They also insist that hunting is not done for sport , as it is in many ‘ sophisticated ’ countries , although they may admit that all forms of traditional hunting take on a certain glamour , especially in the minds of the younger men . |
| 16 | They may feel that certain laws should not be made at all … |
| 17 | They may consider that many forms of non-consensual sexual intercourse are not so grave as to be labelled rape . |
| 18 | It may mean that all lambs expected to be put before live exporters will have to carry a flock identification mark . |
| 19 | It is also unfair on the staff if the evaluation process is not clear in advance ; it may appear that micropolitical factors are at work in order to achieve the right ‘ result . |