Example sentences of "may [be] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A first attack of herpes in the adult , sexually active woman can often go undiagnosed because the primary lesions may be hidden away in the folds of the labia and close examination is needed to identify the ulceration . |
| 2 | If one set of product designs can be used as the basis for the development of another , then a CAD system may be employed effectively in the production of those drawings . |
| 3 | This change during the Regency may be noted even in the detail of interiors . |
| 4 | Motivation is the subject of an earlier chapter of this text , but it may be summarised briefly as the process which determines how much effort , energy and excitement a person is prepared to expend in his work . |
| 5 | After it , a new plan for its future may be presented officially to the Scottish Office . |
| 6 | Other apologies may be presented orally at the meeting . |
| 7 | However , the normal-state conductivity n may be determined indirectly through the measured normalized conductivity ( '/ n ) , because the excess conductivity prefactor exc is related to the independently determined coherence length ( 0 ) by Using equation ( 2 ) together with the experimentally determined values ( ( ref. 11 ) and ( ref. 12 ) , we obtain the zero-temperature residual normal-state resistivities and , where the subscripts K and Rb represent K 3 C 60 and Rb 3 C 60 , respectively . |
| 8 | The law states that the power to exclude a pupil from a county , voluntary or maintained special school may be exercised only by the head teacher . |
| 9 | The justification supposes that so long as a person is possessed of a right , that right may be exercised regardless of the consequences for others . |
| 10 | An example of such indicia would be the Stigma ( or Stigmata ) Diabolicum — bloodless , insensitive patches which may be discovered anywhere on the body of the possessed . |
| 11 | Under current European Community regulations , individual patients may be referred elsewhere in the Community for treatment in certain specified circumstances , with the prior authorisation of the Department . |
| 12 | Such enabling legislation may be introduced in one or both of the houses of Congress by individual elected members , or may be sent there by the Executive . |
| 13 | ‘ The aim of this inquiry into the order relating to case no. 596 , in the charge of Miss P. Sulkins , home visitor in the employ of the Bamborough Area Council for Social Service until last year — the pink file , sir — and transferred from the list covered by the South Midlands ( Eastern Section ) Administrative Area — the papers in the yellow folder , sir — is to try and establish an order of events that stretch over no little period in time , so that responsibility for the unfortunate outcome of these actions , or as some have chosen to prejudge this enquiry , lack of action , may be apportioned justly between the various bodies responsible under the Act . |
| 14 | Such a phenomenon may be illustrated further by the facts in Phillips Products v Hamstead Plant Hire ( 1985 ) 4 TrL 98 , which involved the hire of a crane and driver . |
| 15 | It may be rejected also on the grounds that it is patronizing . |
| 16 | If a specific sum is anticipated in 6 months time , and today 's price of the share in which it is intended to invest is considered low or is forecast to rise , then the price may be fixed now by the use of a call option . |
| 17 | They may be aroused sexually by the naked bodies they wash and care for . |
| 18 | Some may be looking forward to the next life , others begin to take a pride in having reached advanced years , even in outliving others . |
| 19 | Because the pressures are always highest at the front the expansion is always fastest there , although the most rapidly expanding elements may be swept away by the flow . |
| 20 | The T 2 observations may be affected simply by the fact that this is at least a second experience of being observed , i.e. there may be a learning effect due to T 1 . |
| 21 | Similarly using the train , and with less effort , the glen may be followed up-river to the station at Tulloch . |
| 22 | A second example : the monitoring committee for the voluntary agreement holds that there is ‘ no set playing position ’ in the game of indoor bowls , and therefore tobacco brand names may be displayed immediately behind the customary position from which players bowl , in full view of the TV cameras . |
| 23 | The benefits offered by the AA are not as substantial as they may , at first sight , appear since the free legal representation scheme may be withheld altogether at the discretion of the Association ; the AA will not negotiate in respect of the defence of claims made against members ; the AA can not give advice or act where the Association or any of its subsidiary companies may be involved . |
| 24 | But in the case of minor offences , and especially statutory offences , which are anti-social rather than immoral , a man may be punished even for the unauthorized act or default of one in his employment . |
| 25 | Occasionally , this may be foreseen even at the start of your employment : for example , if your position is subject to funding from an outside source or if you are taken on to supervise a particular contract , as may happen in the engineering and construction fields amongst others . |
| 26 | Nonetheless , since the sea waybill 's text may be needed by the consignee or by customs brokers or authorities , it may be transmitted electronically to the port of destination . |
| 27 | ( c ) A sign character ( or some other character , such as a currency symbol ) may be inserted immediately before the first significant digit of the value , or some sign indication ( such as " DR " and " CR " ) may be placed immediately after the value . |
| 28 | There are many examples similar to ( b ) ; perhaps the best rule to give is that the tonic syllable will tend to occur on the last lexical word in the tone-unit , but may be placed earlier in the tone-unit if there is a word there with greater importance to what is being said . |
| 29 | ‘ Woe unto them that join house to house , that lay field to field , till there be no place , that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth ’ . |
| 30 | Similarly , it could become an active football pitch during the winter season and your kitchen window may be sited just behind the goalmouth . |