Example sentences of "may be [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A translation may be undertaken for a variety of purposes . |
| 2 | Indeed , the comparative analysis of two versions of the same text may be undertaken from a number of linguistic perspectives ; it has been the concern of this article to suggest but two of this range of possible models . |
| 3 | By getting a Sponsor , one of whose functions may be to act as a mirror and reflect back the attitudes and behaviour of the sufferer , helping him or her to gain insight into self and establish goals for further improvement in recovery through guidance on the 12 Steps . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , s14(4) of SGA 1979 , which is replicated in other supply contracts ( s10(4) of SOGIT 1973 as substituted by the CCA 1974 and ss4(7) , 9(7) of SGSA 1982 ) , provides , " An implied condition or warranty as to quality or fitness for a particular purpose may be annexed to a contract of sale by usage " . |
| 5 | If the patient reader is not surfeited by all this playing with numbers he may be entertained by a calculation of the " expenditure " of a vote originally given to Paisley with a second preference for Bill Craig and a third for some other candidate . |
| 6 | The type of analyses that in one company may be conducted with a view to maintaining strategic control and identifying the early signals of a need to change the product mix may in other companies be conducted largely at the pre-investment stage . |
| 7 | If grouped together ( within 5″ of another chariot ) they may be treated as a unit for leadership tests testing on the value of the highest . |
| 8 | The tax treatment of discounted debentures is very complex but in many cases the " discount " may be treated as a deduction when computing the profits of a company which reduces the cost of the discount to a company . |
| 9 | However , some parts of the lease will be construed against the tenent , since by a legal fiction he may be treated as a grantor . |
| 10 | At one level , the spectrum as a whole may be treated as a fingerprint , which can be used simply to recognize the product of some reaction as a known compound . |
| 11 | The danger with regard to capital gains tax is not so much that the protector may be treated as a trustee , which is very unlikely in a properly drawn protectorship clause in the deed , but that he may de facto intervene in the way the trust is carried out so that the Revenue may argue that the general administration of the trust is not ordinarily carried on outside the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | Correlation does not necessarily imply causality , i.e. a change in one variable is not necessarily the cause of a change in another ( a change in both may be caused by a change in a third ) . |
| 13 | This attentional failure may be caused by a lowering of arousal level , which may be temporarily counteracted by the subject exerting special efforts to remain awake . |
| 14 | Banging sounds emanating from the boiler may be caused by a build-up of scale , especially in hard water areas ( see under Corrosion ) or to air being drawn into the system — usually a design fault which a heating expert will have to trace for you . |
| 15 | Later in the sequence the gastric contents take on a slightly more homogeneous quality , which may be caused by a reduction in particle size , although more prolonged imaging would be required to confirm this conclusively . |
| 16 | Second , blocks may be caused by a deficiency of enzyme co-factors — that is , various vitamin or trace element deficiencies . |
| 17 | Premature birth may be caused by a number of factors or by no apparent cause , while one pregnancy of 334 days has been recorded . |
| 18 | The lack of rearrangement may be caused by a loss of an as-yet unidentified cis -acting rearrangement-promoting element , as suggested by the dramatic differences in the extent of rearrangement in the wild-type and mutant alleles coexisting in the same thymocytes of TCR -β heterozygous mice ( Fig. 4 c , third lane from right ) . |
| 19 | The discrepancy of our results to the reported inhibitory action of cyclosporin A on renal prostaglandin formation may be caused by an organ selective effect of cyclosporin A or to the higher doses of cyclosporin A — that is , 50 mg/kg , used in studies on renal prostaglandin formation . |
| 20 | The data suggest that the protentiation of pancreatic toxicity of cyclosporin A observed during coadministration of indomethacin is not the result of suppression of endogenous pancreatic eicosanoid biosynthesis , but more likely results from altered cyclosporin A pharmacokinetics which may be caused by an interference of indomethacin with the hepatic cytochrome P-450 dependent monooxygenase involved in cyclosporin A metabolism . |
| 21 | Similarly , for juvenile offenders , the ‘ care order ’ under which they may be detained in an institution is for an unspecified period ; again , release is determined by rehabilitative , treatment criteria . |
| 22 | As an exception to this rule , secured or unsecured loans or credits may be granted to a customer by the firm to fund a margin requirement provided that a credit assessment is made of the customer by an employee of the firm who is independent of the trading or marketing functions of the firm ( eg the compliance officer ) , and the maximum amount of the loan or credit to be granted has been notified to the customer and , in respect of a private customer , has been set out in writing and agreed by the customer in accordance with Rule 5 – 27 ( customer borrowing ) . |
| 23 | R.16(1) provides that recognition may be granted to a company where the Council is satisfied as to certain matters . |
| 24 | In the family proceedings court leave may be granted by a clerk . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) Not more than four occasional permissions may be granted by a licensing board in any one year on behalf of the same voluntary organisation or the same branch of a voluntary organisation . |
| 26 | Furthermore , the submission of Mr. Collins ignores the fact that , since an injunction may be granted in an emergency to restrain an infringement of the law , for example the cutting down of a tree in breach of a tree preservation order ( see , e.g. , Newport Borough Council v. Khan ( Sabz Ali ) [ 1990 ] 1 W.L.R. 1185 ) , it may well be impossible in such circumstances to resolve the issue of a possible defence on the application for an interlocutory injunction . |
| 27 | Plant pieces are not actively used in the construction of the nest , but they may be employed as an anchor , or in the case of broad leaf plants that reach the surface , as a site for the whole nest . |
| 28 | you may be employed by a UK company to work abroad ; |
| 29 | A set of assumptions may be challenged by an outsider , and at this moment these shared views come into focus . |
| 30 | This log file exists for each module name and may be formatted to a file in the users directory . |