Example sentences of "[noun pl] may be [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the Kwakiutl , discussed above , all objects may be related through a style expressive of an orality in which humankind achieves significance by its place in a universal cycle of devouring and reproduction ( Walens 1981 ) . |
| 2 | The specific objectification of a moral and juridical individual through the use of objects may be found in a wide range of societies , including those where kinship rather than the economy appears to be the dominant organizational principle . |
| 3 | The expertise of the adviser in the particular problem which emerges will doubtless influence the proposed course of action ( which might include a referral ) but the preliminary advisory skills may be possessed by a volunteer as by a professional . |
| 4 | Ten or more coaches may be needed for a provincial tour by the Queen when the train becomes her Palace on Wheels . |
| 5 | Taxes may be classified in a number of different ways . |
| 6 | Their values may be depicted on an Argand diagram and it is normal practice to denote zeros by drawing circles and poles by marking crosses at relevant points . |
| 7 | Thus the authorities may be forced into a large immediate increase in bond interest rates . |
| 8 | European efforts to reduce global warming by reducing the burning of fossil fuels may be offset by a rapid increase in US coal mining activity . |
| 9 | No spending proposals may be developed by a department from the earliest stages without consultation with the Treasury . |
| 10 | These distributions may be controlled by a combination of subcrop factors ( i.e. presence of Westphalian A and B coal-bearing formations ) and the position of inversion axes ( affecting migration ) . |
| 11 | Secondly , if a worker does not want that to happen , sufficient funds may be transferred to a commercial company to enable it to continue to pay pension entitlements , including index linking . |
| 12 | Cars may be parked in an old quarry near the railway bridge . |
| 13 | Sessions may be timetabled on a regular basis — once a fortnight or once every five lessons , say — or it may be left to teachers to request the room when they want to use video . |
| 14 | The traders may be spread over a whole town , or region of country , and yet make a market , if they are , by means of fairs , meetings , published price lists , the post-office or otherwise , in close communication with each other . ’ |
| 15 | Evidence from animal studies shows that the presence of carcinogen DNA adducts may be associated with an increased risk of developing cancer . |
| 16 | These relationships may be studied with a view to ascertaining whether implementation proceeds in terms of the even-handed justice that Max Weber suggested is , or should be , characteristic of bureaucratic administration . |
| 17 | The former is usually approached by the promotion of close personal relationships , but such relationships may be threatened by an insistence that the placement is temporary . |
| 18 | The above relationships may be represented in a more visually direct manner by plotting the matching scores of each grid along selected dimensions . |
| 19 | ( 4.7 ) unc The sequential composition of a pair of assignments to different lists of variables may be reduced to a single assignment using this law with 3.2 and 3.3 . |
| 20 | An example of the Eleventh Labour — the stealing of the Golden Apples of the Hesperides may be seen on an altar from Whitley Castle ( fig. 14.39 ) , although it has been identified as the Hydra , however , a tree with apples is clearly visible on the edge of the stone and also the head of the protective snake . |
| 21 | As we have seen , experiential learning methods may be encountered on a wide range of nurse education courses , including Back to Nursing courses . |
| 22 | The rods and spinelets may be covered with a coating of skin . |
| 23 | The historical development of associations concerned with the employment relationship during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries may be explained as a negative response on the part of employers to accommodate the external challenges which confronted them on the basis of three broad sets of factors . |
| 24 | The easier these objects can be seen and felt , the easier it is to get the meaning across : ( a ) Names of things like pencils , tables and books may be taught by a pointing naming technique , the success of which depends on making clear what is being pointed out . |
| 25 | Variety is added by using different pattern scales , so that large florals can be combined with striped patterns , for instance ; or colourways may be co-ordinated across a range so that mixtures of patterns and plains can be used . |
| 26 | And in the most final sense of all , to be arrested while fighting opposing supporters may be felt as a way of conveying to the management by means of some psychic process the nature of the ‘ really genuine supporter ’ , and the character of his identification . |
| 27 | The goals may be used as a personal memory-aid or discussed with a peer , tutor or nurse manager . |
| 28 | Eugenic considerations may be regarded as a justification for confining incest to sexual intercourse . |
| 29 | Such home-ground environments may be bounded in a variety of ways . |
| 30 | A large number of authors may be required in a study for various reasons : ( a ) the need for a large team of technically specialised laboratory workers ; ( b ) the need to accrue scarce resources for study , such as clinically derived material ( human tissue , blood samples ) or patients with rare diseases ; or ( c ) the inherent labour intensiveness of a given project , such as cloning an unmapped gene or cooperative management of a large clinical trial . |