Example sentences of "may [be] [vb pp] for [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Links between subjects may be sought for to enable a thematic approach or topic work to continue . |
| 2 | One does get the feeling , none the less , that many traditional teachers still think of film as being a classroom novelty useful to give their students a welcome treat : yet many students , watching the grey , flickering images uncertainly projected on to unsuitable screens by elderly and noisy equipment in stuffy ill-curtained rooms , may be forgiven for wanting a bit of first-rate formal teaching as a relief . |
| 3 | I hope we may be forgiven for feeling a little jubilant , on that beautiful dawn , at the thought that together we had helped to raise over 20,000 for Christian Aid . |
| 4 | We may be pardoned for reproducing a part of the opinion of The American Annals of the Deaf of this quarter on the subject : " The retention of the word " Dumb " — which in America has been dropped from the titles of the Convention of Instructors , The National Association , and several State Associations of the Deaf , and many schools , as well as from the United States Census — is probably due to a vote to that effect by the conference held in London last January ; but as our British friends who constitute the Association seem to favour American precedents , we trust that on further consideration they will follow our example in this respect alone , and omit the objectionable word from their title " . |
| 5 | For the rest , there is the drab functionality of the place , the bureaucracy , the tatty carpets , a vast , amorphous organization given form by regulations which even prescribe the amount of money which may be claimed for riding a bicycle on official duty . |
| 6 | Although the film did not accurately portray the attitudes and feelings of mentally handicapped people , it may be commended for bringing a sensitive subject into the public eye . |