Example sentences of "may [be] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the key to the avoidance of uncontrolled complexity in any engineering domain may be to go for a complete and as rigorous as possible a description of the problem in hand before any detailed calculations are made on the precise properties of the postulated design . |
| 2 | There is no limit on the number of volume sets which may be defined for a particular installation , as the number produced depends on the number of charge codes for which modules are to be hard copied and the number of modules to be hard copied for those charge codes . |
| 3 | BROOKE SHIELDS , who is not being offered many good roles since outgrowing her curvaceous teens , may be looking for a new career as a film critic . |
| 4 | Or he may be looking for a particular foodplant , or flower for nectar , searching for a special smell or a particular electromagnetic emission . |
| 5 | Did you say to her , I 'm going out to re I 'm going out and I may be gone for a long time . |
| 6 | His family have a message for other parents who may be hoping for a similar hospital place for their glue-sniffing child |
| 7 | Authority may be given for a particular exercise of the power or for its exercise generally ( a distinction of some importance in relation to pre-emptive rights ) and may be unconditional or subject to conditions . |
| 8 | Ophiomedea duplicata may be mistaken for a juvenile Ophiotrema alberti , it differs from that species by the following characters ; the jaw shape is as wide as long not longer than wide as in O. alberti ; there are fewer oral papillae and oral tentacle scales than in O. alberti , the ventral arm plates are bell shaped with a distinctly widened distal edge , the ventral arm plates of O. alberti being more pentagonal or rectangular with rounded edges and the distal edge indented but not widened . |
| 9 | Those benefits may be continued for a long succession of generations upon deserving objects , let us strenuously support our own undertaking : and may our children , and our children 's children feel an ardour even greater than our own in the cause of humanity ; so that as long as the County of Bedford exists , its Infirmary may be one of the chief objects of care , and one of the principal sources of its honest pride . ’ |
| 10 | Sometimes truth may be suppressed for a long time but while it is imprisoned it gathers to itself more and more power so that on the day that it is finally released it explodes , blowing everything asunder . |
| 11 | Examples of this kind of approach are common in the motor car retail trade in times of low demand , when one-year warranties are extended to two years , and interest-free credit may be offered for a limited period . |
| 12 | ‘ You may inform them that the homestead 's master bedroom boasts a king-sized bed which may be hired for a small consideration . ’ |
| 13 | Here is the source of the cunning factor and Kent are unashamed — indeed almost gleeful — in their avowed intention to take full advantage of the Lord 's dispensation that , in order to encourage slow bowling , the same pitch may be used for a one-day and a championship match . |
| 14 | So there is no main cold water cistern in the loft ( though a feed-and-expansion cistern may be needed for a central heating system ) . |
| 15 | Ten or more coaches may be needed for a provincial tour by the Queen when the train becomes her Palace on Wheels . |
| 16 | However West Germany and its neighbouring countries may be heading for a different pattern . |
| 17 | A ley , by definition , is a temporary sward of chosen species of grasses , clovers , and herbs which may be designed for a short or long term . |
| 18 | Alternatively one party may be arguing for a significant change or development in the law , and might actually be expecting to lose at first instance . |
| 19 | The service flat , however , may be rented for a short period of time and fill the gap between the employee 's arrival in Britain and the completion of the house purchase . |
| 20 | Returns : Any product purchased from MiLAn may be returned for a full refund , less shipping and handling charges , within 30 days of the original factory shipment date . |