Example sentences of "may be [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Structuralism may be employed to excavate the principles of classification and order which unite what on the surface appear as highly disparate domains , so that for a particular society food preparation , kinship and myth may be revealed as transformations of each other . |
| 2 | Papinian suggests that this fiction may be employed to salvage the trust in this case . |
| 3 | The teacher supplying the push may be helping to launch the career of a future gold medallist ; but equally he may be setting a youth off down a path to nowhere . |
| 4 | Once a project receives the go-ahead , a project manager may be appointed to lead the process of implementation — that is , overseeing the conversion of an approved proposal into a facility generating added value for the firm . |
| 5 | Alternatively , an independent trustee may be appointed to apply the trust rules negotiated by the parties . |
| 6 | The bars may be subdivided to show the components of a second variable within categories of the first . |
| 7 | Others may be tempted to explore the Glarus canton ( perhaps using this excursion as their exit route from the region of the Vierwaldstattersee for further explorations in north or north-east Switzerland , in cantons Zurich , St Gallen or Grisons ) . |
| 8 | In translating from Brazilian Portuguese , which allows the fronting of simple verbs , into English , a translator may be tempted to ignore the principle of end-weight in order to preserve the subject-before-predicate arrangement . |
| 9 | joint committees may be formed to coordinate the activities of two or more committees , eg. representatives from employers and employees may meet in a Joint Consultative committee . |
| 10 | Since principal investigators may be assumed to influence the selection of coauthors , the popularity of the Vancouver convention raises a testable hypothesis — namely , that senior authors may favour six author articles over seven author articles . |
| 11 | Operation of the D-type bistable may be illustrated using the circuit shown in Fig. 10 . |
| 12 | It is appropriate now to consider how this solution may be generalized to include the case when the polarization is not aligned . |
| 13 | Certainly a child over the age of 16 may give valid consent to medical treatment ( Family Law Reform Act 1969 , s8 ) and may be presumed to have the capacity to withhold consent to treatment and examination unless mentally incapacitated in some way . |
| 14 | You may be asked to do the activity in this chapter of the book or a similar one devised by your lecturers . |
| 15 | As the full implications of these sections of the Act become apparent , the courts may be asked to resolve the difficulties caused by seeking to impose detailed codes of conduct by Act of Parliament . |
| 16 | Even if no direct admissions are made the court may be asked to observe the child 's reactions and demeanour during the interview and these may be interpreted by an expert . |
| 17 | And they may be asked to play the role of " devil 's advocate " , preventing forecasters and marketers a like from becoming complacent and insular , losing sight of the continuous impact of the external environment on the business . |
| 18 | Otherwise a seller 's spouse may be asked to sign the contract to demonstrate that he or she submits to the sale : the spouse will then be estopped from subsequently seeking to frustrate it . |
| 19 | These functions may be displayed to allow the designer to inspect the kinematic performance . |
| 20 | This example illustrates the general point made earlier in this chapter ; namely , that rational expectations introduces restrictions across equations which may be tested using the likelihood ratio test ( or something similar ) . |
| 21 | the background colour will be ignored completely , so that the lace pattern may be made using the garter/lace carriage or the transfer carriage , using any of the lace knitting techniques in the manual , or by dropping the stitches from the back bed after every two rows , to form release lace . |
| 22 | Most target companies are likely to make their purchases through the market ; however , where a significant shareholder wishes to dispose of his holding , an off-market purchase may be made to prevent the shares falling into the hands of a predator . |
| 23 | Every hour spent pitching an icy descent increases the party 's exposure to this risk , and meanwhile an afternoon thunderstorm may be brewing to provide the finale to your epic . |
| 24 | In many cases , it will not be possible to be certain how the sale will ultimately be structured ; if there is a chance that a share sale may be arranged to meet the acquiror 's needs , it will be necessary to regard all advertisements leading up to sale as investment advertisements . |
| 25 | They may be hoping to enlist the support of Mrs Thatcher , one of a long list of famous old girls . |
| 26 | Similar rules may be constructed to examine the operation of processes of lengthening and rounding so that it is possible ( for example ) to compare in the two communities the distribution of vowel length in four phonetic environments ( see J. Milroy et al. |
| 27 | The 2-bit shift register may be constructed using the Plugblock layout shown in Fig. 19 . |
| 28 | These direct sales forecasts may be constructed using the methods described in this chapter , and Chapter Eight . |
| 29 | A specific illustration may be given to show the value of the study of heraldic charges in the field of local studies . |
| 30 | A solicitor may be instructed to draft the company 's memorandum and articles of association , and a registration fee is payable . |