Example sentences of "may [be] [vb pp] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The preparation of the material may be undertaken by the trial judge , or one of the trial judges , or by another judge or court officer whose primary work consists of such preparation . |
| 2 | Other work of a less specialist nature — plumbing , plastering , roofing , flooring and wall tiling , painting and decorating — may be undertaken by the builder 's own work-force , labour only sub-contractors or labour and material sub-contractors . |
| 3 | Allocation to the appropriate worker for further services may be undertaken by the team leader , calling on a social work assistant or occupational therapist . |
| 4 | Analysis of both the coin and jewellery shows that the gradual debasement of the coin may be matched by the quality of the gold in the jewellery , pointing-to the coin as being the source of the jewellers ' raw material ( Hawkes , Merrick and Metcalf 1966 ) . |
| 5 | The stranger to calligraphy may be struck by the fact that none of these cards displays the florid illumination characteristic of the 15th century Books of Hours made so familiar to us by countless commercial reproductions on christmas cards advertised widely in small format ‘ gift ’ catalogues . |
| 6 | or , having been ordered for consumption off the premises , it may be despatched by the vendor outwith permitted hours . |
| 7 | This is especially useful in a museum context , where vast numbers and types of objects representing different specialisms may be united by the thesaurus . |
| 8 | Alternatively , a search may be conducted by the usage of any group of additives . |
| 9 | These tasks may be conducted by the originator or one or more of the consultants who may have expressed a willingness to help . |
| 10 | They believe that the parasites which spread malaria by infecting red blood cells , may be killed by the release of highly reactive substances called ‘ free-oxygen radicals ’ from specialised cells produced by the body 's immune system . |
| 11 | But information may be treated by the speaker as given for a variety of other reasons . |
| 12 | Moreover , s11(2) of SGA 1979 provides that conditions may be waived , or a breach of a condition may be treated by the buyer as a breach of warranty and not as a ground for treating the contract as repudiated . |
| 13 | The patient with perceptual problems may be treated by the physiotherapist and the occupational therapist simultaneously , to help his overall awareness . |
| 14 | On the other hand , failure may be caused by the culture . |
| 15 | His second point was to discredit the idea that environmental pollution may be caused by the release of formaldehyde , used during embalming , from the decomposing body after interment . |
| 16 | This tachycardia may be caused by the hyoscine butylbromide premedication as tachycardia was often apparent in patients after hyoscine administration before intubation . |
| 17 | Less , indeed , than my late brother 's good name , which I consider to be more important than any financial inconvenience you may be caused by the expiry of copyright . |
| 18 | Recent interest in bismuth is based on evidence that some peptic ulcers may be caused by the bacillus Campylobacter pylori ( Helicobacter pylori ) . |
| 19 | Granted that fluctuations in employment may result from fluctuations in the real wage rate around its permanent , normal value which may , in turn , give scope for intertemporal speculative behaviour in the supply of labour ; granted that these fluctuations may be caused by the confusion surrounding fluctuations in the general price level or in the rate of inflation . |
| 20 | This may be caused by the use of different techniques , for example , continuous rectal filling with a certain infusion rate up to the maximal tolerable volume . |
| 21 | A range of disorders in the foetus may be caused by the absence of the correct enzymes which break down the food which the foetus absorbs in the womb . |
| 22 | Or , a change in the position of the needle may be caused by the flight path of the aircraft in relation to the bearing on the OBS . |
| 23 | Some in vitro and experimental animal studies have suggested that the antral gastritis induced by H pylori may be caused by the ammonia produced by the organism 's high urease activity . |
| 24 | Cuts are not common in karate competition though , on occasions , a cut eyelid may be caused by the opponent 's long toenails . |
| 25 | Under section 6 the new civil remedies may be granted by the court on the application of the S.I.B . |
| 26 | Relief may be granted by the court , subject to the court imposing whatever conditions it may think fit — s. 146(2) ( see above ) . |
| 27 | That may be challenged by the nation states in the European Court , but , as my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary conceded this afternoon , that court has usually reflected integrationist tendencies . |
| 28 | Similarly the disc block limit specified in the HCMODULES keyword may be exceeded by the file store required for the final ( less than 30 ) modules . |
| 29 | Thus , if , in the light of the particular facts , the patient may be discomforted by the doctor 's conduct , the doctor is under no duty to act . |
| 30 | Where the cliffs are high they may be undercut by the sea with the result that most of the material may be removed by the subsequent collapse of the upper undermined section . |