Example sentences of "[noun sg] may be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , an SBU may be following a product-differentiation policy , in which case , depending on the type of industry , progress in product development and field tests , success in taking out patents , the results of early market-research tests and various other indicators provide early signals of whether the investment policy is likely to be successful . |
| 2 | To act in such a way is wrong because the employee may be denied a full opportunity to respond to every point being made against him . |
| 3 | For example , management may be buying a specific business out of a larger group of companies because they perceive it to have greater value as a single concern than its ( often ) discounted value as part of the vendor 's group . |
| 4 | The suggestion that LDL may be having a primary effect is supported by the finding of premature atherosclerosis in the presence of most primary hyperlipidaemia , in particular familial hypercholesterolaemia , in which elevated LDL levels are characteristically found . |
| 5 | A public body may be applying a statutory term which has been defined by the courts and the question is whether the facts justify the application . |
| 6 | An editor 's directions to the writer of an article may be to take a populist approach , suitable for a wide audience . |
| 7 | Students who do not satisfy the standard required for the award of the MSc may be awarded a compensatory Diploma . |
| 8 | While the few pence — or less — extra for the individual customer might seem insignificant , an organisation may be making a massive illegal profit . |
| 9 | Which creature may be called a Bubbly Jock in Scotland ? |
| 10 | Thirteen , with which creature may be called a Bubbly Jock in Scotland ? |
| 11 | Scientists are concerned that their increasing use may be having a damaging effect on river and animal life , although it is acknowledged that only a small proportion of the phosphate in our rivers and lakes comes from domestic sources . |
| 12 | Amongst the more modern works on offer may be seen a rare print by Pissarro , ‘ Paysage sous bois à l'Hermitage ’ ( est. $20–30,000 ; £11,500–17,500 ) and Picasso 's ‘ Jacqueline en mariée de face I ’ ( est. $22–26,000 ; £12,750–15,000 ) . |
| 13 | By the end of the week the concern may be to assess a new approach to the pay round in response to a union proposal . |
| 14 | According to Petrobras the state-owned oil company and largest corporation in the southern hemisphere some $8.7 billion in dollars and cruzeiros have been invested in the Campos Basin alone and there are signs that the state may be taking a similar line in developing Brazil 's gas resources for energy . |
| 15 | Hence , the first challenge may be to convince a disinterested or oppositional patient that treatment is necessary . |
| 16 | It is difficult to answer the question as to whether the papacy may be accounted a financial power of importance on a European level . |
| 17 | A slightly better idea may be to prepare a separate set of terms for use in consumer transactions , since the supplier 's freedom to restrict liability is more restricted in such cases , and exclusions are less likely to be held reasonable . |
| 18 | Water transparency may be considered a simple measure of increased acidity since the microscopic single-cell plants ( phytoplankton ) decline with increasing acidity . |
| 19 | Who knows , in 40 years time some present five-year-old may be writing a similar letter ! |
| 20 | Once an outline of the story and a general layout of the plot have been decided , they should be discussed with the composer or arranger of music whose first task may be to create a proper beginning with the overture . |