Example sentences of "may [be] [vb pp] [prep] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The countries may be referred to as zones or polygons . |
| 2 | The defence may be referred to as illegality or ex turpi causa non oritur actio . |
| 3 | The third task mentioned may be referred to as information management . |
| 4 | As Figures 7.4 and 7.5 show , these may be referred to as Car Ways , Access Ways , Mews Courts , or Housing Squares depending upon design and capacity . |
| 5 | Where the plan is subordinate to the verbal description it may be referred to in order to elucidate boundaries , so long as it does not conflict with anything explicit in the verbal description ( Wiggington & Milner v Winster Engineering [ 1978 ] 3 All ER 436 ) . |
| 6 | In some cases a deposit may be asked for on arrival at apartments and , where known in advance , the amount is stated in the apartment description . |
| 7 | Because occupants can not be trusted to conserve fuel , liberties of theirs which may be infringed against by centralisation of control are dismissible since they are liberties to do mischief . |
| 8 | A grading may be arrived at by allocation of each grade to a range of marks . |
| 9 | Nevertheless it may be resorted to in order to help resolve some uncertainty or ambiguity in municipal law : per Lord Ackner in Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Brind [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 696 , 761 . |
| 10 | As for Second Level , a compatible level of Spoken English for industry and Commerce ( SEFIC ) may be opted for in lieu , where this is administratively feasible . |
| 11 | Rape and a pinch on the bottom may now occupy the same offence category and both may be dealt with in summary proceedings . |
| 12 | Manuscripts may be dealt with in wither office , depending on the subject matter , and will where necessary be sent between offices by overnight courier . |
| 13 | ‘ The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to — … ( b ) the circumstances in which , and conditions subject to which , terms of any order under this section may be departed from by agreement between the local authority and the person in relation to whom the order is made ; … |
| 14 | For example , has argued that variation in virulence among a variety of human diseases may be accounted for by differences in the relationship between virulence and transmission . |
| 15 | Furthermore , even when examining recorded crimes only , changes in the figures may be accounted for by reasons other than the fact that the actual number of offences have changed , and there are a variety of other ways in which an increase in recorded crime can be accounted for . |
| 16 | In addition , this article addresses the problematic notion of character " development " and argues that this may be accounted for in terms of a change in the conversational strategies used by a character , from which changes in attitude are inferable . |
| 17 | The Geste brothers are stereotypes and may be laughed at with impunity : but Charles Wogan , as A. E. W. Mason saw him in Clementina , and the ingenuous John Ridd , self-revealing narrator of Lorna Doone , exemplify the intricacies of love and honour in a way that transcends period and social niceties . |
| 18 | Those who subscribe to them and are honoured by reference to them may be thought of with contempt by those for whom the underlife is the serious basis of social living . |
| 19 | A CHROMOSOME may be thought of as DNA coated with a protein . |
| 20 | In very broad terms these may be thought of as divisions based on social class . |
| 21 | Modernist organizations may be thought of in terms of Weber 's typification of bureaucratized , mechanistic structures of control , as these were subsequently erected upon a fully rationalized base of divided and deskilled labour . |
| 22 | Although it can be linked to the idea of attaining personal meaning through work , much of our potential may be attained outside of work in terms of sport or hobbies . |