Example sentences of "it may [adv] [be] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it has been discovered during the course of earth-moving for construction or other work , however , the site may be totally unknown ; in this case , it is important that local archaeologists are alerted as soon as possible , so that some kind of record of the site can be made before it is destroyed , or it may even be excavated if found to be important . |
| 2 | It may also be asked whether national political and economic policies are always debated and discussed with the seriousness they should be in curriculum committees or teachers ' colleges . |
| 3 | It may also be superseded because the hardware is replaced with hardware that is not compatible with the software . |
| 4 | I hope that you , Mr. Deputy Speaker , will impound the Secretary of State 's passport because it may well be needed when the full inquiry gets under way . |
| 5 | Since late fetal death is the death of a fetus whose gestational age is 28 or more completed weeks , it may practically be taken as equivalent to a still birth . |
| 6 | It may legitimately be asked whether and how the two positions defined may be connected with , or reflect , wider intellectual traditions or ideological stances . |
| 7 | It may perhaps be questioned whether such restrictions were necessary , since a procession is capable of causing disruption whatever the purpose of those organising it may happen to be . |
| 8 | If , on the other hand , the obstacle is of such a kind as to jeopardize the integration of the market , it may seriously be doubted whether it is still proportionate to be in itself the legitimate objective pursued by the measure . |
| 9 | IT may never be known whether the Syrian army ever really did intend to seize Baabda Palace , drive out General Michel Aoun , and install the new President , Elias Hrawi , in his place . |
| 10 | It may therefore be questioned whether English law takes the right approach in confining its most serious sexual offence , rape , so narrowly . |
| 11 | It may therefore be wondered if the drafting of Article 100A(4) does not betray some confusion between that concept and Article 36 . |