Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty is that the group arrangements may be conducted on a daily basis , making it difficult to calculate an exact balance on the morning of completion . |
| 2 | Since an injunction may be granted on an interlocutory basis pending trial ( which may not take place for many months ) and , in cases of great urgency , on an ex parte basis , it is clear that there is a possibility of the union side being robbed of the initiative in an industrial action . |
| 3 | Under the statute , such a warrant may be granted on the spurious ground that the police suspect that public order offences may be committed by large numbers of people . |
| 4 | This may be charged on the actual amount of water you use or a percentage of it , or in some areas it may be based on the rateable value of your home . |
| 5 | The ‘ King of the Mountains ’ prize may be decided on the 16th stage between St Etienne and La Bourboule , which ends with the Col de la Croix Morand ( 1401 metres ) and the Côte de Charlannes ( 1147 metres ) in the strange volcanic uplands of the Auvergne . |
| 6 | It may be argued on the one hand that where the owner of goods was under no tortious liability for their appearance on the occupier 's land , he ought to be able to retake them in any event , provided he does no injury to the premises or gives adequate security for making good any unavoidable injury . |
| 7 | His hemiplegic hip may be supported on a folded towel for the same reason , and he needs sheepskin muffs to protect his heels from pressure sores . |
| 8 | Knowles ( 1978 ) , who is particularly critical of Labov , argues that while the assumption that variants of a variable may be placed on a single social and phonetic continuum makes quantification relatively easy , it also oversimplifies the real range of choices open to speakers . |
| 9 | Stringent control may be placed on an industrial plant in an area of non-compliance while an identical plant in an area of compliance may be subject to little or no control . |
| 10 | Alternatively , reliance may be placed on the common law , alleging that the odour amounts to either a private or public nuisance at law . |
| 11 | However , he also stresses the differences that exist within disciplines , for example , physical geography may be placed on the hard side of the line , but human geography on the soft side , and in any case the line itself is not sharp . |
| 12 | These claims , for accounting periods beginning on or after 2 October 1992 , may be made on a quarterly basis similar to that currently used in accounting for franked payments/ — investment income and interest paid/received under deduction of income tax . |
| 13 | Disclosure of transactions with an individual related party may be made on an aggregate basis unless disclosure of an individual transaction is necessary for proper understanding . |
| 14 | Application for payment out may be made on the return day , or it may be made earlier by application on notice . |
| 15 | Elimination may be made on the following basis . |
| 16 | In the circumstances , however , the period of remand should clearly be as short as possible so that an early decision may be made on the full evidence . |
| 17 | This may be confirmed on a few sites by the presence of a small cemetery over the site of the original house , after it had been thoroughly demolished , since some of the graves have been dug into the wall foundations , showing an ignorance of their existence . |
| 18 | If these steps are not taken , the council can take the offender to the magistrates ' court and a fine of up to £2,000 may be payable — and the fine may be repeated on a continuing basis if the notice is still not complied with . |
| 19 | Field changes are not allowed in the first term of Stage I but may be sought on the appropriate M101 form thereafter ( Figure 4.6 ) . |
| 20 | Acyclovir may be given on a long term basis to people with HIV who have had an attack of shingles , or have frequent attacks of herpes simplex . |
| 21 | Eye-witnesses claim it dives beneath the surface of Loch Argyll , and its footprints may be seen on the muddy shore each dawn . |
| 22 | 15.3.4 any rights granted by the Party in default to the other Parties may be extended on the same terms and conditions to any third Party whose involvement in the Project is necessary for the Project 's satisfactory completion whether such involvement be by way of sub-contract or as a Party to this Agreement . |
| 23 | Specifically , present defence thinking may be based on a too-narrow paradigm of deterrence theory , and a set of assumptions about the world that are at best highly questionable , at worst lunatic . |
| 24 | This may be charged on the actual amount of water you use or a percentage of it , or in some areas it may be based on the rateable value of your home . |
| 25 | This phrase , the force of which may be lost on the present generation , had been made familiar by another Miss West , the buxom and sultry film-star ; the similarity of nomenclature was a coincidence of which Eliot took full advantage . |
| 26 | Names may be mis-spelt on the original certificate , in the index or by the transcriber if a modern copy has been made . |
| 27 | Such a pattern , however , may be organised on a time-related basis . |
| 28 | Those for the MSc , MBA , LLM , MMus , MEd and MTH are generally of 12 months full-time duration ( and may be offered on a part-time basis over 24–36 months ) . |
| 29 | Butterfly eggs may be laid on a wide variety of plants , though each type of butterfly has its preferences . |
| 30 | The bogey in Britain is different — the fear that more commercialism may be foisted on the British Museum , just as it was on British Airways . |