Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there have been some investigations of a functional kind relating soil erosion amount to controlling variables in areas like Zimbabwe ( Stocking , 1977 ) , studies of soil loss are potentially very useful ( Stocking , 1980 ) and may be undertaken by detailed process investigations which are usually concerned with parts of the erosion process or with laboratory measurements ( e.g. De Ploey , 1983 ) , by empirical investigations which monitor output in relation to input and use a relation similar to the Universal Soil Loss equation ; and factorial survey methods which Stocking ( 1980 ) visualizes as analysis and collation of the spatial pattern of all factors which relate to soil loss erosion . |
| 2 | This is thought to facilitate moving around on twigs and branches which , for a bird that lays its eggs in nests that may be hidden in thick vegetation , is an advantage . |
| 3 | Going a step further , the idea that conflict may be hidden in this way suggests that those who are relatively powerless may be unwilling or unable to translate their interests into claims on public policy . |
| 4 | both soil and groundwater may be treated in one step ; |
| 5 | This may be caused to some extent by the general abstractness of the language ; but it is also a matter of the kinds of syntactic presentation and complexity that James favours : ( i ) Just as he seems to avoid calling a spade a spade , so James seems to avoid putting first things first . |
| 6 | Physical indications that may be caused by defective vision : unusual head position while working ( poking forward or held sideways ) ; work held at an unusual distance or angle ; frowning , squinting or facial grimaces when trying to read ; complaints of headache or dizziness during visual activities ; covering one eye with the hand , or closing it ; aversion to bright light . |
| 7 | Such market effects may be caused by changing consumer attitudes , for instance in the UK to the wearing of fur or seal-skin clothing ; or by direct legislative interference . |
| 8 | This means that several hundred of the 40,000 deaths from lung cancer each year may be caused by passive smoking . |
| 9 | Recent evidence favours the idea that inflammatory bowel disease may be caused by mesenteric vasculitis . |
| 10 | Aggression may be caused by nagging pain , which your dog is unable to express to you , and which is soothed by acupuncture . |
| 11 | Other fears may be caused by unpleasant shock or injury . |
| 12 | With this in mind , many companies give the customer the benefit of the doubt when this does not involve high cost , even though they suspect that the fault may be caused by inappropriate use of the product on the part of the customer ; for example , garden fork manufacturers may replace prematurely broken forks , even though the break may have been caused by work for which the fork was not designed . |
| 13 | Such a sub-lithospheric thermal anomaly may be generated by a mantle plume , an upwelling of hot mantle originating deep in the Earth 's interior , possibly at the core-mantle boundary ; alternatively , it may be caused by localized heating at shallower depths in the mantle . |
| 14 | Firstly , legal aid is not available for libel , but it may be granted for malicious falsehood . |
| 15 | Two points may be noted about this analysis . |
| 16 | Two points may be noted at this stage . |
| 17 | A bald statement that the exercise of public functions may be challenged by judicial review does not , however , tell us all there is to know about the sort of decisions which are amenable to judicial review ; and so now we must consider a number of distinctions which can be drawn between types of public functions . |
| 18 | In these circumstances a decision not to adjourn may be challenged by judicial review . |
| 19 | Robert Campbell , solicitor or the National Care Homes Association , says 25 specimen contracts from local authorities may be challenged in this way . |
| 20 | In insulin-deficiency states ( as in Type I diabetes ) lipoprotein lipase activity , estimated by post-heparin lipolytic activity , may be impaired with resultant hypertriglyceridaemia . |
| 21 | Intravenous acetylcysteine remains the antidote of choice in Britain for patients presenting to medical care early enough ; oral methionine , another precursor of hepatic glutathione , is probably inferior to acetylcysteine as vomiting is common after overdose and metabolism to glutathione may be impaired by increasing liver dysfunction . |
| 22 | Provided death has not occurred , the policy may be reinstated at any time during the following twelve months on payment of all unpaid premiums together with an addition for late payment . |
| 23 | Provided death has not occurred , the policy may be reinstated at any time during the following twelve months on payment of all unpaid premiums together with an addition for late payment . |
| 24 | Concentrate until the very end , since key ideas and themes may be summarised at this point . |
| 25 | The right lasts for 5 years initially from the date of registration but may be renewed in 5 year stages up to a maximum of 25 years . |
| 26 | This information may be relevant as a reminder or it may be presented as new information . |
| 27 | A winding-up petition may be presented by any creditor , amongst others ( Section 124(1) ) . |
| 28 | While the Z-parameters relevant to low-frequency operation may be obtained from static characteristics , they may be determined at any frequency by measuring certain small signals of the network under suitable open-circuit conditions . |
| 29 | b ) culture and sub-culture : the behaviour and standards of a nation or society may be determined by one culture . |
| 30 | Just as for two-terminal networks , the large-signal response of a four-terminal network may be determined by graphical analysis of the static characteristics . |