Example sentences of "[conj] may [adv] [be] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A.3.1 The Vendor will forthwith notify in writing to the Purchaser any matter or thing which may arise or become known to any of them after the date of this Agreement ( whether or not prior to Completion ) which is inconsistent with any of the Warranties or which is or may reasonably be anticipated to be material to be known by a Purchaser for value of the Business . |
| 2 | A pro forma invoice may be sent before goods are delivered : if the customer is a new one and the manufacturer does n't know if he will pay his bills ; or if the goods are being sent on approval and may later be returned to the manufacturer . |
| 3 | Access rights are limited to tables and may also be restricted to combinations of read , update , and insert . |
| 4 | Light-sensitive photocell controllers can be used indoors and out : they will automatically turn on lights at dusk and may also be wired to a timer , to come on randomly . |
| 5 | Such techniques are available in the axisymmetric case , and may soon be extended to the colliding wave situation . |
| 6 | This will be explored further in the next chapter ; here it must be stressed that these arrangements will in many cases have a quite fundamental impact upon the character of the policy and may thus be deemed to be part of the policy . |
| 7 | Most complications ( n=7 ) occurred in the first third of the series and may partly be ascribed to a ‘ learning process ’ with the operation . |
| 8 | Such statements may be based on strong conviction and close observation , and may even be felt to be self-evident , but they appear to have no empirical status — are merely , we might say , guesses — unless supported by frequency data . |
| 9 | Some voiced sounds may become devoiced under the influence of surrounding voiceless sounds : the /L/ in play has very little voicing ; the /r/ in tray loses some voicing , making it slightly fricative ; the /v/ in fivepence will also be devoiced ( because of the /p/ ) and may even be assimilated to a voiceless /f/ : / " faifpens/ . |
| 10 | The animals in question are anaesthetised , of course , but are then allowed to recover and may then be subjected to repeated surgery . |
| 11 | In such circumstances the copy certificates for processing through the cost and financial accounts may not reach the accounts department until after the date of the monthly close down and may therefore be costed to the following month . |
| 12 | They no longer function adequately ‘ on automatic ’ and may therefore be exposed to unacceptable risks . |
| 13 | The scheme is only operational in England but may eventually be extended to Scotland and Wales . |
| 14 | She will begin in a single room , where both her health and aptitude for prison life will be assessed , but may then be moved to a dormitory . |