Example sentences of "[pron] it may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members of the public have to depend on the press for information on which to base their opinions ; but if allegedly indecent films are always shown in closed courtrooms the press can not give the public the information which it may want and which is necessary for the formation of public opinion … |
| 2 | As yet , the role of consumer or patient ‘ demand ’ , and the extent to which it may influence variations in surgical rates , has been relatively unexplored . |
| 3 | One direction in which it may move is to replace some existing degree courses by two-year diplomas , though if this comes about it is not likely to be before the late 1980s . |
| 4 | This option allows the user to add details such as a textual description of the DC , details of any DCs which it may refer to or supersede , the names of the LIFESPAN modules which are affected , and details of any SPRs which are related to , or are referenced by , the DC . |
| 5 | In Dee , however , Palles C.B. deplored such a view , which he claimed was ‘ abhorrent to our best feelings and discreditable to any jurisprudence in which it may succeed in obtaining a place . ’ |
| 6 | One of the courtyard structures lay alongside Ermine Street ( No. 1 ) , with its other long side adjoining the precinct ( No. 2 ) with which it may have been associated . |
| 7 | Insofar as it has force by virtue of the potential penalty in expenses , it follows that the earlier in the action the Tender is lodged , the greater the effect which it may have . |
| 8 | Partly because it is not routinely recorded , relatively little is known about cohabitation and the extent to which it may become an ordinary setting for childbearing before or instead of marriage . |
| 9 | If the Purchaser shall be in receipt of any claim , or any fact or circumstance comes to the notice of the Purchaser which might constitute or give rise to a liability pursuant to any of the warranties the Purchaser shall forthwith notify the Vendor giving full details so far as practicable and shall not make any admission of liability or settle or comprise any such claim without the prior written consent of the Vendor such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed ( subject to being indemnified and secured to its reasonable satisfaction against all costs and expenses incurred or for which it may become liable ) ; |
| 10 | Reiterating their support for Greek autonomy , they declared that , if the Turks did not accept international mediation within a month , they would enter into commercial relations with the Greeks and " determine the ulterior measures to which it may become necessary to resort " . |
| 11 | Having corresponded with the member or members concerned , the committee looks at the facts it has obtained and expresses a technical opinion , which it may follow up in various ways . |
| 12 | Irrespective of whether an agreement or arrangement has been notified to the Commission or a complaint made , it is open to the Commission to launch its own investigation in relation to any agreement , practice or other activity which it may suspect infringes the competition rules . |
| 13 | The movement is one to be welcomed if it proceeds along the right lines , the lines along which it may develop and not hamper national life . |
| 14 | Moore 's approach only makes sense in the context of his belief that any proper thing can be conceived independently of any larger context in which it may figure . |
| 15 | Wood is affected by liquid water in the form of rain , rivers , seas and so on with which it may come into contact but , more importantly , it is affected by the moisture vapour which is always present in the air . |
| 16 | Your local social services department should be able to advise you about help which it may provide or know about . |
| 17 | This issue , largely determining the success or failure of the information industry , is such a simple one it may seem almost too obvious to be worth saying . |
| 18 | If the warren system is a big one it may require two guns to do the killing . |
| 19 | The seller may seek to make the buyer liable to indemnify him or her in perpetuity , thereby placing the buyer in the same invidious position of the original lessee , who remains liable for the whole of the term of the lease to whomever it may have passed . |
| 20 | To her it may seem that not only was she robbed of happiness during her marriage , but that she is now also being denied the right to grieve as well , for there will be those who will be expecting her mourning to be nothing more than a brief bow to convention , followed by a fairly speedy rise in spirits and return to normality . |
| 21 | It needs a heart of stone not to sympathise with a figure in this predicament — a figure on whom it may rest finally to decide whether South Africa lives in peace or at war . |
| 22 | There is evidence from which it appears that the United Nations Organisation considers that there are persons whom it may treat as the representatives of the Republic of Somalia . |
| 23 | Not every employer is willing to give an open ‘ to whom it may concern ’ reference . |
| 24 | There was one small towel , a piece of soap , a toothbrush , an old Bible , and an envelope with ‘ To whom it may concern ’ written on it . |
| 25 | From the same ministry contracts he was able to elicit official references — on departmental letter-heading and addressed ‘ to whom it may concern ’ — to bolster his standing with the suppliers and with other customers . |
| 26 | 10 Downing Street London W 1 21st June 1988 To Whom It May Concern This is to certify that Miss Jane " Alligator " Jones has served the British Government in a number of dangerous situations in recent years . |
| 27 | THE BRITISH COUNCIL OF CHURCHES CHRISTIAN AID CHRISTIAN VOLUNTEER To whom it may concern |
| 28 | TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : — |
| 29 | It could have been , he argued onwards , a fort , or even an early Christian site , or even a pagan place of votive offering , ‘ for there is such a multitude of divinities , to whom it may have been dedicated , that the chance of its being a temple of Anaitis is hardly any thing . |
| 30 | But I do n't think that means we have to adjust our sales structure to them it may mean that we have to look at theirs and decide who 's gon na deal with what , but th but we do n't have to gear all our structure |