Example sentences of "may be [adj] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may be persistent and unmeritorious applications . |
| 2 | It may be correct that these properties would fall into this Band at 1993 values , but values have risen over the past two years ( despite national trends in house prices ) . |
| 3 | Although the risks of coelocentesis in continuing pregnancies remain to be assessed , the procedure may be safer than early amniocentesis , which involves the removal of a large proportion of amniotic fluid with a potential adverse effect on fetal pulmonary development . |
| 4 | Liposomes , which in clinical trials have been shown to be non-toxic and non-immunogenic , may be safer than viral vectors which have the inherent risks of immunogenicity , replication and transmission . |
| 5 | We may be sure that many people even in the eleventh century had doubts about this doctrine ; just as St Anselm was convinced that the road to Jerusalem which could be pursued within the walls of a monastery was safer and holier than that to Jerusalem itself . |
| 6 | Use a torch to find your way around — the electrical fittings may be unsafe if wrap-round water has been pouring through them . |
| 7 | An extra difficulty arises in problems with upper bounds in that the initial BFS may be infeasible because some x i j exceed their upper bounds . |
| 8 | It may be black or green tea flavoured with jasmine flowers , is very fragrant and is always drunk without milk . |
| 9 | They in turn got it from a hospital in Leeds , and I know of one other implementation in Sheffield of this particular system , so there may be two or three others that I do n't know about , perhaps four or five in this country , of this particular type . |
| 10 | But being me I could n't stand that very long , may be two or three months , and I asked to be moved . |
| 11 | They may be unaware that some bureaux can arrange home visits . |
| 12 | Step-children may be full-time or part-time members of the household . |
| 13 | And in that ten minute slot there may be four or five stories . |
| 14 | These may be insufficient and other sources of finance are required . |
| 15 | In heavy infections the pulmonary phase of larval migration is associated with pneumonia , which is sometimes accompanied by pulmonary oedema ; the adult worms cause a mucoid enteritis , there may be partial or complete occlusion of the gut ( P1.IV ) and , in rare cases , perforation with peritonitis or in some instances blockage of the bile duct . |
| 16 | It may be arguable that some part of the substance used does attach to the article cleaned , even if the rest is rinsed off , so that ownership in that part passes by adhesion to the article . |
| 17 | As is so often the case with archaeological data , the smaller cemeteries present such a small sample as to make detailed conclusions of dubious value , and their small size may be misleading as more graves may await discovery . |
| 18 | However insignificant the change may appear to the surveyor its effect may be far-reaching and subsequent embarrassment can be prevented by timely confirmation . |
| 19 | This approach may be possible if educational objectives have a very short time-scale but it does not allow for the change of direction which is often necessary in schools . |
| 20 | THE STONE Roses may be thinner but these days you 've got a much fatter chance of hearing a Mock Turtles record on the radio . |
| 21 | ‘ She 's in the labour ward , but there may be one or two complications . |
| 22 | In a bad season there may be one or two breaks in the wind pattern lasting four to seven days . |
| 23 | This may be one or two characters in most commercial systems ( Tappert et al , 1990 ) , but need only be fast enough to keep up with the writing . |
| 24 | All the same , there may be one or two risks that the Royal Society 's Group have not taken into account . |
| 25 | For instance , there may be economic and social influences . |
| 26 | Er but we acknowledge that over time circumstances may change and that it may be appropriate and such circumstances erm needs may change different circumstances may arise and they would have to be dealt with within the strategic planning framework . |
| 27 | It may be continuous and non-standard project , yes . |
| 28 | Sometimes there may be mechanical or physiological problems which prevent the ingestion or digestion of food ( e.g. ill-fitting dentures , diabetes mellitus ) . |
| 29 | That 's the problem with that attitude ; the doctor and the nurse and the hospital and everyone may be convinced that these problems are resolved adequately . |
| 30 | Depending on the nature of the sample , a degree of experimentation with resins of different types may be necessary before satisfactory results are achieved . |