Example sentences of "may [adv] [be] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it would be sacrilege if he gets the vacant No 4 shirt , they may not be allowed to do that anyway . |
| 2 | Consequently , the master or captain of the tanker or dry bulk shipment vessel may reasonably be expected to sign each bill . |
| 3 | Whether the risk is one against which the occupier may reasonably be expected to offer some protection will depend upon factors which are more usually taken into account when assessing the standard of care , e.g. the nature and extent of the risk , practicability of precautions and , possibly , the type of entrant . |
| 4 | ‘ It shall be the duty of every director of a building society to satisfy himself that the arrangements made for assessing the adequacy of the security for any advance to be fully secured on land which is to be made by the society are such as may reasonably be expected to ensure that — ( a ) an assessment will be made on the occasion of each advance whether or not any previous assessment was made with a view to further advances or re-advances ; ( b ) each assessment will be made by a person holding office in or employed by the society who is competent to make the assessment and is not disqualified under this section from making it ; ( c ) each person making the assessment will have furnished to him a written report on the value of the land and any factors likely materially to affect its value made by a person who is competent to value , and is not disqualified under this section from making a report on , the land in question ; but the arrangements need not require each report to be made with a view to a particular assessment so long as it is adequate for the purpose of making the assessment . |
| 5 | Perhaps I may also be permitted to use some of your space to assure your readers that the arrival of Triassic and Lilla for our Summer Gala ( June 20th/21st ) was not intended to be in any way the last minute and the locomotives arrived just two days before the event , so we preferred not to advertise them in advance so as to avoid disappointment . |
| 6 | Dietary restrictions may also be used to achieve this aim . |
| 7 | The strategic matrices may well be seen to represent this looser form of capital-rationing and balanced development , but , interpreted in this way , there seems to be no violent conflict with practical corporate finance . |
| 8 | The client may then be asked to re-order this list in terms of the most and least pressing problems . |