Example sentences of "may be [verb] [prep] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | in severe cases the affected fish may be treated at a higher dose 10mg per litre in a separate hospital tank , for five days . |
| 2 | The slightly lower figure for Stornoway may be caused by a greater tendency for cloud formation over the land to the west and south-west ( the sources of the prevailing winds ) , while exposed western coasts tend to have good sunshine records ( at sea level ) ( Green& Harding 1983 ) . |
| 3 | Therefore some of the higher activity of Ca 2 + observed in gall bladder bile from patients with gall stone disease may be caused by the lower pH . |
| 4 | The language of Lord Reid quoted above and cited in Berry ( No. 2 ) was obiter and may be compared with a later passage where his lordship carefully left open whether an appellant as of right could raise matters unrelated to the certified question . |
| 5 | Capital allowances deducted from the taxable income may be higher in the early years ( and therefore lower in the later years ) thin book depreciation , which may be charged over a longer period . |
| 6 | Perinatal complications among babies born with an inherited predisposition towards schizophrenia may be implicated in the later manifestation of this disorder . |
| 7 | This problem may be related to a further question ; that is the relationship between the code and Salic law in general . |
| 8 | Packer remarks that the greater willingness to join in collaboration against a consorting male may be related to the greater benefits that the altruism bestows on the recipient in these cases . |
| 9 | The authors suggest the rise in kidnapping in recent years may be related to the easier access now available to neonatal units , which were once open only to fathers , and then within strict visiting hours . |
| 10 | Leaving the track a pathless beeline may be made for the lower end of the trees , there ascending a short way to find Yordas Cave . |
| 11 | Although more tension may be applied to the lower posterior wall of the reservoir than to the anterior wall during construction , one would expect to show greater differences in scores for these sites in relatively recently constructed reservoirs compared with those that had been in situ for several years , and the pathological changes would also be expected to be more like those of mucosal ischaemia . |
| 12 | It is more likely that such hoards will be found today simply because of their size , so we may be dealing with a higher rate of recovery for these hoards than is normal for hoards of other periods . |
| 13 | the tendency to treat heterogeneous markets as parts of an aggregate ; thus , an example of relatively high dissemination in one sector may be lost among the larger figures of the whole ; |
| 14 | In addition , there is an important comparative element , so that Ireland 's development may be viewed within a wider perspective by examining related problems in Europe and Asia . |
| 15 | Auto-dialling and remote access is possible from touch-tone telephones and electronic mail and voice-mail functions may be incorporated at a later date . |
| 16 | If the ‘ kinship ’ school may be located within the broader framework of a power or class analysis of society , the ‘ society-as-parent ’ supporters might be defined as belonging more to what might be termed a ‘ personal . |
| 17 | A cash alternative may be offered at a lower price than the share offer but such an alternative may be safer if this is likely to happen . |
| 18 | Bryan Gould , Labour 's trade and industry spokesman , has said that the industry may be renationalised at a lower price than it is sold for . |
| 19 | But an information gap is not necessarily the same as the operation of different schemata , which may be working at a deeper and less accessible level . |
| 20 | If only a few births occur to teenagers who are under 18 years old , then the infant mortality of the " under 20 " maternal age group may be dominated by the lower mortality at maternal ages 18–19 , which may explain the apparent " anomaly " of the Danish data . |
| 21 | The grounds of appeal are not viewed formally and may be enlarged at a later stage . |
| 22 | However , CVS may be associated with a higher risk of pregnancy loss compared with second-trimester amniocentesis . |
| 23 | There is a clear case for setting out in legislation other circumstances in which consent may be regarded as vitiated so that police officers may be encouraged towards a broader interpretation of the meaning of rape . |
| 24 | Computer and office paper , for instance , is in demand and may be recycled into a lower quality , but still very good product . |
| 25 | The violins may be doubled at the higher octave by a flute or two with very good effect . |