Example sentences of "may be [adj] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interviewees may be over-suspicious of the interviewer , waiting to be trapped , and they may read too much into what the interviewer says and does . |
| 2 | Such discounts can mean the price is many times lower for the branded drug than for the generic drug and consultants may be unaware of the price in the community . |
| 3 | Offensive odours — sweat , discharges ; the patient himself may be unaware of the smell . |
| 4 | ‘ If you enter land which does not belong to you , against the wishes of the owner of that land , without a legal right to do so , you are a trespasser , even though you may be unaware of the fact that you are trespassing . ’ |
| 5 | These agents may be unaware of the need for accurate and timely VAT returns . |
| 6 | An applicant in another state may be unaware of the nature and significance of the divisions within the country of destination , so it is expressly provided that he always has the right to address a request directly to the Central Authority itself . |
| 7 | Indeed , it would seem that members of the same family who quarrel in the garden may be guilty of the offence . |
| 8 | On the one hand , it may be indicative of the absence of a particular linguistic ability while , alternatively , it may be explained by influences unrelated to linguistic ability , such as lapses in attention , bore-dom or a failure to understand instructions . |
| 9 | The fact that the language acquired in this way often has English grammatical rules added to it , may be indicative of the adult 's need to learn as well as acquire . |
| 10 | Those who refuse to cooperate with the research may be untypical of the population as a whole , and their failure to take part may distort the findings . |
| 11 | Firstly , we may be critical of the way the field is set up , so that men and their behaviour are implicitly the norm and women 's behaviour becomes a deviation needing explanation . |
| 12 | The National Health Service administrator may be critical of the doctor who is profligate in the use of equipment and resources and at the same time the doctor may resent having to' account for expenditure to the administrator who may lack the medical expertise to understand why such equipment and resources were used . |
| 13 | They may be bottom of the table but their latest signings have given them a new lease of life . |
| 14 | He may be jealous of the baby or of the pregnant state itself . |
| 15 | As part of the decision making process , the Commissioner may be mindful of the fact that some cases will serve as test cases . |
| 16 | In return the chief sales executive may be wary of the manager , because he or she seeks higher overt status and the manager is blocking this . |
| 17 | The local authority may be aware of the problem on that estate and be able to report a dozen other families who are suffering similarly . |
| 18 | If the designer is working on a project where a food and beverage manager has been appointed , he should always be involved from the inception of the project , in order that he may be aware of the development of the facility . |
| 19 | Though you may be aware of the distribution list , reports are often passed to people not on that list . |
| 20 | Whatever may be true of the world , and , as follows from what has been said of necessitation , our conception of an effect is not a conception of an event that occurs if a usual background exists , or an event which follows on something required for it , but might not have occurred , or a merely probable event . |