Example sentences of "may [be] [verb] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be noted that a person may intend to cause a particular outcome , even though its occurrence is unlikely . |
| 2 | It may be noted that a set of equations Ax = p , where A is general , may be cast in the above form by premultiplication by AT : unc However , this does not appear to offer any computational advantage . |
| 3 | In a poll of Anglican Clergy undertaken in 1864 only 40% expressed the view that the damned would suffer everlasting torment ; it may be assumed that a poll of laity would have disclosed a substantially lower percentage.ii . |
| 4 | Alternatively , an analysis program may be run or a model made . |
| 5 | The nervous system may be involved and a meningitis produced , similar to that produced by the meningococcus , or the liver may be affected . |
| 6 | ( c ) It may be argued that a person has been stopped and searched by consent . |
| 7 | On the other hand , it may be argued that a person who has dispossessed another should have no right to raise such issues concerning the relationship between the dispossessed and some other party having a claim over the goods , for there is a serious risk of abuse and of the interminable prolongation of actions . |
| 8 | a duty of undivided loyalty — although the exact extent of this duty is uncertain , it may be argued that a conglomerate , when acting as a fiduciary , must not place itself in a position where its duty to one client conflicts with that of another client . |
| 9 | Does * mean necklaces may be worn if a member of staff does not work in high risk areas . |
| 10 | This principle may be infringed when a member of a board takes part in the granting or the rejection of an application for a licence in which he has a personal interest . |
| 11 | In the past it has been held that Article 86 may be infringed where a company holding a dominant position within the EC strengthens that position , by acquiring control of another company or business in the same market , to such an extent that it practically eliminates effective competition in that market . |
| 12 | To this there is one exception , to comply with Article 9 of the Convention ; an order may be made that a person should give evidence otherwise than on oath where this is asked for by the requesting court . |
| 13 | The claim may be made that a State is entitled to the benefits of a treaty because they were incurred on its behalf by another State . |
| 14 | Admission under these sections , in brief , may be made when a person is suffering from a mental disorder , and such admission is in the interests of the person 's ( defined as patient ) own health or safety or for the protection of other persons . |
| 15 | Membership may be given if a writer has had three works recorded for sale to the public which have been released by a recognized recording label lone which is registered in the Music Master catalogue ) . |
| 16 | If liability only is admitted , interlocutory judgment ( N 17 ) may be given and a date fixed for assessment or the plaintiff left to apply under Ord 22 , r 6. ( 2 ) If the defendant does not appear and has delivered no admission or defence , then judgment may be entered ( or directions given ) as the court thinks fit ( Ord 17 , r 7 ) . |
| 17 | Thus , by the very beginning of 1947 , and well before ‘ containment ’ , the Marshall plan and the Zhdanov doctrine drew the battle lines between Russia and the US in Europe and in general it may be seen that a framework of impressions , intentions , hopes and misunderstandings was being thrown up which would support US policy towards Vietnam for the next 20 years and under whose weight it would ultimately collapse . |
| 18 | Applying what was explained there , it may be said that a person intends to cause a person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him when he ( the person uttering the threats , etc. , ) either desires to cause such an effect , or when he realises what impact his conduct is almost certain to have and nevertheless persists with it . |
| 19 | It may be said that a sensation of heat in the hand is not really an impression as of our hand being hot , but is simply something that we normally happen to get when our hand heats up . |
| 20 | Audio-visual presentations indicating the facilities available in the new area may be shown and a company newsletter may be launched to explain the move . |
| 21 | Some of the roads in the vicinity which are owned by British Rail , for example , may be used and a bus may travel on a dedicated route or on a dedicated track . |
| 22 | Reasonable excuse may be found where a person carries a weapon as self protection from imminent attack ( Evans v Hughes [ 1972 ] 3 All ER 412 ) . |
| 23 | Examples are not provided but it may be suggested that a refusal by Scrooge 's wife to have sexual intercourse unless her housekeeping were raised would fall within it . |
| 24 | But such behaviour is not obviously threatening ( although it is almost certainly disorderly ) , and it may be doubted whether a conviction of the section 4 offence is proper unless the conduct complained of is such that it is likely to lead to further violence . |
| 25 | It may be doubted whether a picket in which the members move around in a circle amounts to a procession ; the term denotes the intention on the part of the participants to move from one location to another . |
| 26 | If the parameter count is set to 54 ( ASC " 6 " ) it may be omitted and a window without bars or brackets will be defined . |
| 27 | A conference may be convened before a child is actually born if there is sufficient concern about future risk . |
| 28 | For example , it may be thought that a computer programmer will extract some kind of revenge by introducing a logic bomb into the computer system . |
| 29 | It may be thought that a body like the National Trust with a well-defined statutory purpose to preserve places of natural beauty or historic interest in perpetuity for the benefit of the nation , is not affected by changing public opinion or fears for the global environment . |