Example sentences of "may be of the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should recognise , too , that the ability to think in highly conventional terms may be of the greatest importance to a young scientist in his work . |
| 2 | But when questions of law do arise , their determination may be of the greatest importance because of the effect that will have on subsequent cases . |
| 3 | These relations may be of the paradigmatic variety ( e.g. oppositeness , synonymy , etc. ) or they may be of the so-called paronymic sort ( that is to say , involving identity of root , but difference of syntactic category , as , for instance , with act : actor , race : racy . |
| 4 | Geographical variables , such as regions and populations , may be of the utmost significance to suppliers of such goods as delicatessen foods or skiing equipment , for example . |
| 5 | The yields concerned may be of the direct money kind , as is the case with equities and bonds , but may be implicit in the form of services or benefits received , as with owner-occupied houses . |
| 6 | Some of the sites under consideration may be of the same date and status , but they may be occupied for part of the year , or for a few years only . |
| 7 | In the male , the equivalent chromosome may be of the same type — an X chromosome — or it may be roughly the shape of the letter Y , in which case it is known as a Y chromosome . |
| 8 | 2.3 If the Landlord is unable to obtain at a reasonable cost any of the materials referred to in the Building Documents the Landlord may [ ( subject to notifying promptly the Surveyors of its intention to do so ) ] in carrying out the Works substitute for them alternative materials as nearly as may be of the same quality |