Example sentences of "may [adv] [be] [verb] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics of the power exercised by parties may perhaps be reminded that they are at liberty to join the party , of their choice , to be active in it and to use there such influence as they can acquire . |
| 2 | It may thus be observed that there is a ‘ trade-off between the disciplinary effect of takeovers and their disruptive impact on investment and long-term growth ’ . |
| 3 | To make them pure for drinking purposes is , perhaps , impossible ; but it may reasonably be hoped that they may become sufficiently so to delight the eye and to repress the pestiferous and sickening exhalations which at present affect the multitudes of our population compelled to pass their lives on the bank of such rivers . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) For this purpose regard shall be had to such display , publication , showing , playing , broadcasting or inclusion in a cable programme service as he has , or it may reasonably be inferred that he has , in view . ’ |
| 5 | As in all other solutions , it may also be noted that there are non-scalar curvature singularities in the initial regions II and III on the hypersurfaces on which and respectively |
| 6 | It may also be noted that there is a discrepancy between the statement and the evidence with regard to the December telephone call and incident ( d ) above . |
| 7 | You may also be told that there is an alternative route via Dakar , some 500 kilometres away , which may give you a connecting flight to Praia , the capital on Santiago Island — provided , of course , that the plane turns up . |
| 8 | It may simply be said that what is needed for two events to be cause and effect as we understand them is that the probability of the second , given the first , is higher than the probability of the second , given the absence of the first . |
| 9 | It may simply be said that it is just a ‘ fact ’ that Jesus was male , and that therefore priests should be . ) |