Example sentences of "may [adv] [vb infin] that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ such occasions [ when a judge may properly rule that a document ordinarily immune in the public interest should in the public interest be disclosed ] will be exceptional and the fluctuating fortunes of parties in litigious combat will rarely justify a judge in disturbing an immunity firmly rooted in the public interest . |
| 2 | These two features of the family in industrial society — its relative isolation and the specialization of its functions — may together suggest that the family enjoys a relatively autonomous status in contemporary society . |
| 3 | Equally well , rather than disappoint you , the assistant may say ( hat the item is not in stock at present but may be in next week — after several weeks of returning to ask about it , you may suddenly realize that the item never is coming in . |
| 4 | The toddler age group is particularly prone to this type of behaviour problem and parents may seek help from GPs and paediatricians who may just say that the child will grow out of it ( Christopherson 1986 ) . |
| 5 | While complete impartiality can not always be expected in such a case , the obligations of natural justice or fairness may still require that a minister hear representations . |
| 6 | We may reasonably think that the vase-picture of the Underworld does bring us really close to the composition of a lost wall-painting , but it is adapted to the small , curved surface of a pot ( though , being a calyx-krater , the curve is only horizontal , and it does retain some of the character of a wall ) , and there are other important differences , in particular the nature of the red-figure technique . |
| 7 | You may think you are a good enough driver to go over the speed limit , but you may also realise that a world in which everyone drove very fast might be a little on the dangerous side . |
| 8 | It may also appear that the scope for collective bargaining would be more severely curtailed in Australia , where the state-operated system of conciliation and compulsory arbitration has shaped labour-management relations since the turn of the century ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 9 | One may also argue that the situation was increasingly beyond her control . |
| 10 | He or she may also suspect that the manager has far greater access to a lot of useful information . |
| 11 | Relatives who are carers may also find that the requirement for professional support to be given locally infringes on their own rights to privacy . |
| 12 | In the context of pre-trial negotiations , and discussions about a termination package ( see Chapter 19 ) , you may also find that the company will insist that the value of your claim should be reduced to take account of this factor . |
| 13 | Disadvantages : You may find yourself doing ‘ unfair swaps ’ ( ie , you 'll look after three children who are still playing wargames at 10pm , while the exchange sit involves watching TV while your baby sleeps peacefully ) ; if the circle is big , you may find you 're leaving your children with a virtual stranger ; you may also find that the circle involves a male babysitter ( see overleaf ) . |
| 14 | It may also recognise that the husband should be entitled to a financial stake in the matrimonial home , such stake being made available to him at the end of the period specified in the court order or at a time previously agreed between the parties . |
| 15 | And the Queen may now find that the monarchy faces the greatest threat to its survival since Edward VIII 's abdication over his affair with an American divorcee 56 years ago . |
| 16 | Working backwards we may now say that the effect of an infinite conducting plane is equivalent to that of a charge of opposite sign placed in the mirror position ( the negative charge is the image of the positive charge in the plane ) . |
| 17 | It is not obvious whether there are any other independent aspects of the syntactic structure which may influence the question whether a minor property qualifies another property or " passes through " it to reach a referential locus ; we may provisionally assume that the nature of the individual lexical items provides the primary constraint on whether a property qualifying another property finds the latter to be permeable or not . |
| 18 | The clause may often say that the expert 's fees are to be borne equally , or in agreed proportions , by the parties , or wholly by one of the parties , or as the expert may direct , or , for instance in the case of share valuation , that the fees are to be borne by the company . |
| 19 | We may even suggest that the theory of contracts presents an ideal terrain for an examination of these fundamental issues of political philosophy , for the law of contract lies at the intersection of the market and the state , using the coercive power of the latter to reinforce the discipline of the former . |
| 20 | Some may even consider that the company has positive obligations to secure the well-being of employees , the local community , or other non-shareholder groups . |
| 21 | Indeed , one may imagine that in their private lives these same authors may well feel that the visit of the in-laws or attendance at some social function or a distant relative , two of the few reminders of the once overwhelming burden of personal social relations , are curbs upon their own ‘ freedom ’ . |
| 22 | And the reference to an avoidance of theology may well suggest that a separation from the queen of the sciences had already been achieved . |
| 23 | If I notice the banker fidget and look at his watch , I may well conjecture that the game is about to be brought to an end , and I may therefore feel tempted to defect . |
| 24 | Secondly , we may well doubt that the reconciliation of opposites is really a sound principle for defining poetry , whether it is truly applicable to all the texts one would wish to include under the heading of poetry or good literature . |
| 25 | Like many other executives who have reached the higher echelons , you may well find that the career evolution methods you used earlier can no longer produce the results you seek today . |
| 26 | He may well find that the economy does n't react as much to his measures as he hopes . |
| 27 | In this sort of book you may well find that the pattern of how-will-he-get-out-of-this is more convenient to use while underneath you get on with the purpose of your story . |
| 28 | Conservatives may well believe that the abuse of their authority by men is wrong , but that relationships in which one sex is in such a position that it could so abuse the other are in themselves wrong can not be admitted . |
| 29 | Some , who have experienced only the old-style rote learning of facts and dates , may well believe that the subject is already educationally bankrupt and will take a great deal of persuading that history is not only educationally solvent and viable but is vital to the balance and well-being of the curricular economy of the 1990s . |
| 30 | At the same time the actions of Theudebert and Chilperic , as well as those of the disloyal followers covered by the Treaty of Andelot , show that kings were expected to offer incentives , and we may well believe that the distribution of land and wealth was the major factor in ensuring that a king had a loyal following . |