Example sentences of "may [adv] be [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our love affair with the box may finally be coming to consummation . |
| 2 | After burial , bones are protected from the worst effects of weathering , but they may still be subjected to corrosion by soil or sediment . |
| 3 | ( The technique may also be applied to brass instruments , for example the trumpet or the horn . ) |
| 4 | Ideological objections may also be voiced to gradation schemes , for gradation clearly rests on the premise that rape encompasses a range of behaviour which is not of uniform gravity . |
| 5 | The mental handicap may also be related to brain disease . |
| 6 | Making a video record of the drive both makes it possible to check the accuracy of memories and to record driving variables which may also be related to memory . |
| 7 | Those that do escape , or are released by compassionate fishing captains and crew , are often caught again , and the same dolphins may often be chased to exhaustion and encircled with tuna nets many times each fishing season . |
| 8 | They provide ‘ on approval ’ collections of new books which librarians may inspect before selecting , and these may either be sent to library premises or — a new development — toured round library authorities in special vans . |
| 9 | The more I think on it the more I see that this cruel sentence may yet be turned to advantage and may be God 's way of effecting what I most desire and have been unable to bring about . |
| 10 | THE husband of a woman murdered as she sunbathed on a South African beach spoke of his fears last night that her killer may never be brought to justice . |