Example sentences of "[noun sg] may [adv] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This measure may well have to be considered now ( as Washington is hinting ) , as it has become crystal-clear that the Bosnian war is being fomented by Milosevic and the extreme Serb leaders in Bosnia , and is primarily waged by the army . |
| 2 | The second demands that the child itself should be the focus of our attention , although other sides of the case may also need to be dealt with . |
| 3 | Such optimism may still prove to be justified : but the bets are much riskier , now that China 's leadership has shown its continued reliance on the mailed fist and its continued vulnerability to factional disputes . |
| 4 | Some of the foundation hardcore may also have to be removed , and any soft ground dug out till you reach a firmer base . |
| 5 | Last year Warren Spring carried out research worth £5 million for the DoE and some current work may now have to be put out to tender . |
| 6 | The child may initially need to be held briefly on the chair , but the parent can release hand pressure as soon as the child settles on the chair . |
| 7 | ‘ The question of peace for the Jews is not less important to civilization for their being a scattered tribe , and ever-rancorous Catholicism may yet have to be bloodily taught not to provoke the persecution and murder of those whom life abides even with partiality ’ . |
| 8 | War should be studied through those who take part in it , so that the attitudes and human reactions of those involved may be appreciated , and the phenomenon of war may thus come to be better understood . |
| 9 | Therefore there needs to be a period to allow exploration of satisfactory forms of internal work organisation when new technology is introduced , and this period may well need to be longer than that usually allowed for new skills acquisition . |
| 10 | There is also a Radio One show in the pipeline , so tomorrow 's event may well prove to be one of Reeves 's last nights out in his adopted home of Deptford . |
| 11 | New economic strategy may well have to be based around this UDC , and could thus become one of partnership and cooperation between the city council and private firms . |
| 12 | Polymorphisms of the genes encoding enzymes involved in the metabolism of collagen , such as the collagenases and their inhibitors , or genes controlling the transcription of collagen may ultimately prove to be more important than polymorphisms of the collagen genes themselves in determining individual susceptibility to the fibrotic effect of alcohol . |
| 13 | Inter area and inter authority variation may thus prove to be great . |
| 14 | Finally , manipulation of this potent release mechanism for PYY may ultimately prove to be clinically useful in patients who would benefit from slower intestinal transit , including patients with short bowel syndrome or major colonic resection . |
| 15 | Sites suspected through documentary research or for some other reason may also need to be more precisely pinpointed before excavation can take place . |
| 16 | A teacher who regards his work in this way , who sees his task as being not merely an overseer of academic progress but a mature adult who watches over and helps a child to find personal identity in an ever more complex and fast moving world may deservedly claim to be considered doing work worthy of professional status . |
| 17 | The new European Company may well prove to be the Eurochicken into which EEIGs will hatch , if the Commission succeeds in its renewed efforts to overcome the various problems currently inhibiting its birth . |
| 18 | Feelings of worthlessness , hopelessness , grief , lack of purpose and depression may still have to be dealt with , or the individual may again resort to an alcoholic solution . |
| 19 | Patience is not inexhaustible , and the clean gun may yet need to be brought in to redress the corruption of our so-called democratic system . " |
| 20 | It can be advantageous to put each formula on a stability test and to leave earlier formulae on storage when later different formulae are developed ; the earlier formula may eventually prove to be more stable than later formulae . |