Example sentences of "may [be] [verb] [to-vb] [det] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may be tempted to poach some of his promising-looking freshmen to strengthen Goldie , or even the Blue boat . |
| 2 | Bills then go through four stages in each House : a ‘ first reading ’ , which simply involves the formal presentation of the Bill ; a ‘ second reading ’ , at which there is likely to be a large-scale debate on the basic principles of the Bill ; a ‘ committee stage ’ , when the legislation is examined in detail ( normally by a small ‘ standing committee ’ and not by the whole House ) ; and a ‘ report stage ’ and ‘ third reading ’ , at which the Bill that emerges from the committee is approved , but may be re-amended to undo some of the actions of the committee . |
| 3 | Equally , speaker A may be said to use more of variant X in situation Y than in situation Z , rather than categorically to use X in either situation . |
| 4 | The results of a large-scale survey by Martin and Roberts ( 1984 ) of 6,000 women may be used to explore some of these issues . |
| 5 | Analysts worry that Japanese investors , who have substantial holdings of American equities , may be forced to sell some of their shares to raise cash . |