Example sentences of "[pron] may be [vb pp] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I may be allowed to paraphrase for brevity from Scientists against Time by J. P. Baxter in his official account of the American Office of Scientific Research and Development : |
| 2 | ‘ It would be wrong for water users in the next five to ten years to be asked to finance the whole cost of projects which have been neglected in the past and which may be expected to last for 30 , 50 or even 100 years . |
| 3 | You may be invited to write for professional journals if you have a book published related to your career area . |
| 4 | You may be asked to cover for staff sickness , or study leave , or find yourself particularly busy during peak holiday periods . |
| 5 | They believe they may be stolen to order for someone who is renovating them for resale . |
| 6 | Depending on the circumstances and the provisions of the partnership agreement : ( 1 ) he may be justified in treating the service of an invalid expulsion notice as an event which in turn gives him the right to serve a similar notice ; or ( 2 ) he may ( not unreasonably ) be able to contend that the service of an invalid notice is such breach of good faith as to justify his seeking a dissolution of the firm ; or ( 3 ) he may be tempted to sue for damages , though these would be particularly difficult to quantify and it does not seem that the service of an invalid notice would be held to amount to a repudiatory breach of the partnership agreementsee Woodar Investment Development Ltd v Wimpey Construction UK Ltd [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 277. ( e ) Waiver of the right to expel Once circumstances exist which might justify the exercise of a power to expel , the partners should not delay bringing matters to a head . |
| 7 | If that seems to be the Russian price for full German unity , and if Mr Kohl 's instincts tell him it is also his price for winning the next German election , he may be tempted to go for it . |
| 8 | And from now until September he will be concentrating on his athletics training as he may be selected to compete for Britain in the Paralympics in Barcelona . |
| 9 | The giant Norwegian international was due to join his country for their friendly against Sweden next Wednesday — but now he may be needed to play for Spurs against champions Leeds at Elland Road on Tuesday . |