Example sentences of "may [be] told that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The image of a body simply can not do justice , we are saying , to the reality of — and our complex emotional reaction to — overpowering physical realities like the sea or the night-sky ( however much we may be told that the stars are a twinkle in God 's eye ! ) . |
| 2 | Instead of pointing out the errors you may be told that it is very good but have been better in a darker wood ! |
| 3 | We may be told that what we understand of an event e , if it is taken as an effect , is that there existed a certain set of conditions — say sc — such that since it existed , e occurred , and e would still have occurred so long as " the usual background " or " the usual environment " obtained . |
| 4 | I may be told that this is an academic quibble since our democratic politicians know what is of constitutional significance in our way of government , approach such matters differently from other reforms , and are politically if not legally constrained . |
| 5 | For example , he may be told that his alibi relates to a period between 2 and 5 p.m. last Thursday , when he left the refectory after lunch and took a train to a named neighbouring town and visited a friend in time for tea . |
| 6 | e.g. At the beginning of a lesson you may be told that you are to " make written notes on the rise of Louis Napoleon , paying particular attention to his sense of historic mission , his coups and his writings " . |