Example sentences of "it may [adv] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the scheme is comprehensive , it may also be said to be an unwieldy instrument for judges and juries to use . |
| 2 | In the matter of misguided teaching , it may well be asked to what extent the missionaries of the western world have contributed to the immense amount of suffering endured by underdeveloped peoples . |
| 3 | Meetings , Bloody Meetings is the title of a well-known training film produced by Video Arts Ltd , and it may well be shown to you on your course . |
| 4 | When the Rump was restored in May , he appeared before it to urge that the government ‘ may not be too long trusted in any man 's hands : that it may not be perpetuated to men ’ . |
| 5 | Again it may not be thought to be particularly helpful that God in God 's undifferentiated nature ( or indeed the Spirit in its rather vague nature ) are to be understood as ‘ female ’ , while ‘ divine energies ’ ( sic ) , that which is clearly differentiated and self-determining , is to be seen as ‘ male ’ . |
| 6 | It may however be deemed to be incorrect if it provides the wrong gear ratios . |
| 7 | It may then be extended to non-zero Ri by saying provided that the conditions required for ( 21.27 ) are still fulfilled ( i.e. z is within the wall layer but outside the viscous sub-layer ) . |
| 8 | I think that spaghetti should be thin and it may often be referred to as spaghettini — it 's much less like eating long worms ! |
| 9 | As the question of his death date , and indeed the circumstances of his death , are intimately bound up with the vexed problem of the identity of his successor , further discussion of it may suitably be left to the following chapter . |
| 10 | Sulking is a common occurrence , but it may sometimes be carried to an anti-social extreme . |