Example sentences of "[adv] may be [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 For example , the distinctive 60cm bed of laminated diatom ooze which occurs at the base of the 4.4Myr interval is present at sites 847 , 849 , 850 and 572 and so may be correlated over a longitudinal extent of at least 2,000km .
2 Affinitive relationships are a further type of connection between index terms , and thus may be codified by a similar statement to that encountered in respect of hierarchical relationships : A is permitted , but consider using B or C or , … ,
3 Anything small that moves easily may be accepted as a victim .
4 As we saw in Chapter 5 , your freedom to move elsewhere may be limited in a number of ways .
5 CLAIMS in Another Paper that the former submariner Cdr Bill Boakes polled the lowest vote ever may be taken with a bucket of bilge .
6 Fascism similarly may be considered as a form of state with , historically , various types of regime such as National Socialism , and as related to capitalism in crisis .
7 In the light of these remarks , Out may be read as a dystopic version of a ‘ global village ’ in which the technology that ‘ wraps the earth ’ has disambiguated and simplified life for the privileged , who then use the founding truth of their colonial system as a weapon against the underprivileged .
8 The bull 's head rhyton from the Bull 's Head Sanctuary at Knossos has a less conspicuous disc-shape carved into the black stone of its forehead : that too may be meant for a sun-disc .
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