Example sentences of "[noun] may [be] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Help or counsel may be needed to reach these new insights . |
| 2 | Thus Part Three examines the responses of a third State to an international crime of State , taking as a particular example acts of aggression , and examines how the concept of State responsibility may be used to bring some overall cohesion into the third party problem . |
| 3 | Most indexing terms in a thesaurus are ‘ uniterms ’ or single-concept terms , although in some instances a deliberate decision may be made to include some multi-concept terms . |
| 4 | Birse says under Labour local council receipts from the sale of council houses may be released to enable more council houses to be built , and this could help the industry , particularly local builders . |
| 5 | The drafter may be tempted to overcome this problem by using " and/or " , as follows : If the Buyer fails to pay any instalment promptly in accordance with the terms of this contract the Seller may terminate the contract and/or recover goods already delivered and/or retain all payments already made . |
| 6 | On the positive side , market penetration may be said to represent some sort of indicator . |
| 7 | no steps may be taken to enforce any security over the company 's property , or to repossess goods in the company 's possession under any hire purchase agreement ( defined widely and including conditional sale agreements , chattel leasing and retention of title agreements ) , except with the leave of the court and subject to such terms as the court may impose ; |
| 8 | A neutral soil of pH6 is ideal , and the addition of ground limestone , calcified seaweed , slaked lime , and/or basic slag may be needed to achieve this . |
| 9 | Conversely , the same remedy may be used to treat several different clinical conditions if the patients suffering from them respond in a similar way to their illnesses . |
| 10 | Alternatively , the hearer may be intended to reconsider this entry , to expand the context made accessible by run to in order to recover further contextual effects . |
| 11 | Repeated regular practice may be needed to establish this awareness . |
| 12 | It seems to us that research may be needed to identify those non-EC countries compliance with whose laws would result in accounts in minimal form , in conjunction with any monitoring operation . ’ |
| 13 | Event and fault-trees can not only define the minimum response the system has to make to ensure a successful outcome follows an initiating event , and indicate where additional , ‘ redundant ’ equipment may be required to ensure this , but they are also valuable in showing up system sensitivities . |
| 14 | For this purpose a test may be used to discriminate those pupils who have attained a higher level from those at a lower level . |
| 15 | While not offering the flexibility of repayment of an overdraft or Managed Rate Facility , since new bills may be used to replace those maturing , they can provide a continuous source of funds . |
| 16 | Such mild long-term alterations to this acetylcholine may be expected to produce any observed changes in mood , activity and sense of well-being . |
| 17 | The most plausible mechanism by which punishment may be thought to achieve this aim is general deterrence , although other reductivist effects such as instrumental denunciation and incapacitation may make a secondary contribution . |
| 18 | Although an elimination diet may be needed to sort this out , going straight on to another restricted diet is not a good idea . |
| 19 | At the same time , other workers may be induced to offer more hours of work so that the final effect on the supply of hours is uncertain . |
| 20 | Syntactic knowledge may be used to identify those word combinations that are grammatically acceptable . |
| 21 | The output from the lexical analyser is a series of candidate words for each position in the input , and semantic knowledge may be used to identify those word combinations that are meaningful . |
| 22 | Children over the age of 16 and other members of the family provided with a service may be required to pay any charges themselves . |
| 23 | Here we shall move straight to looking at how such principles may be extended to encompass this challenge . |
| 24 | Plenty of work , perhaps , but the serious student will find it intensely rewarding , and the newcomer may be encouraged to explore this difficult field ; he will certainly be well armed against the problems once he has digested even a fraction of the mountain of information and enthusiasm contained therein . |
| 25 | An observer may be led to accept some observation statement on the basis of a perception and yet that observation statement may be false . |
| 26 | As the process of CLL goes on , the student becomes familiar with the new language and these negative feelings are dealt with , and the student may be expected to become more and more secure and independent . |
| 27 | Whilst the evident unpopularity of Soviet domination in Eastern Europe may be thought to make such forces reliable in wartime for garrison and rear duties only , fact is that these military forces are trained and equipped for a war with NATO , according to an offensive doctrine of ‘ coalition warfare ’ , designed to place them from the start of hostilities onto an ‘ external front ’ . |
| 28 | A partner who does make a profit through such competition may be required to forfeit such profit and pay the profit over to the partnership . |
| 29 | In its simplest form , LIFESPAN 's process modelling may be used to log all entries of subscribing modules into LIFESPAN via mail or a log file . |
| 30 | Remember also , that a licence may be required to use this type of device since it is not handheld — if in doubt , consult your local water company . |