Example sentences of "may [be] [vb pp] in [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may be placed in the same street , but there is room for both of us and more . |
| 2 | If we wish to increase growth rate in pigs , for example , we can try breeding only from the fastest growing pigs , and a whole population of fast growing pigs may be obtained in a few generations , if growth rate is heritable . |
| 3 | Other forms of self-mutilation may be seen in the same patient . |
| 4 | Nowadays , parental responsibility may be viewed in the same light for school attendance as for child care generally , namely : ‘ the duty to care for the child and to raise him to moral , physical and emotional health … the fundamental task of parenthood and the only justification for the authority it confers ’ . |
| 5 | A better known scene from the Colchester factory may be viewed in the same light . |
| 6 | These may be included in the same genus — Tyrannosaurus — but will be given a different specific name . |
| 7 | Moreover , not all the bones from a single carcase may be regurgitated in the same pellet , for in a study on tawny owl digestion using marked carcases , Lowe ( 1980 ) showed that some bones may be retained for 24 to 48 hours while others from the same animal were regurgitated earlier . |