Example sentences of "[pers pn] may be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also suggested that , provided we plunge below the surface of these theories , certain important links between them may be revealed . |
| 2 | If two or more higher-level indexes exist , each of them may be handled using a different one of the techniques described below aimed at reducing index search time , depending on their size . |
| 3 | In future , these matters will not be decided here because responsibility for many of them may be transferred to Europe . ’ |
| 4 | Variants of ( Ε ) and ( o ) do not form a continuum along a single linear scale , but each of them may be said to be part of one or more subscales which can be constructed on , for example , the continua of roundness , or backness or length . |
| 5 | The sites now considered to illustrate undefended settlements have been chosen at random since it would have required much research and fieldwork to have presented a comprehensive list in time for this Conference ; attention is merely drawn to a number of sites with the hope that they , and others like them may be studied in more detail by local efforts . |
| 6 | The second involves the juxtaposition of two consonants not usually placed together in an attempt to reproduce a sound peculiar to the original language ( e.g. , the " kh " sound in Bakhtiari or Bakhshaish ) ; the two consonants used in this way may vary , or one of them may be left out altogether . |
| 7 | They may not exist or access to them may be refused . |
| 8 | But certain aggravated assaults are singled out by the law for higher maximum penalties , and three of them may be mentioned here . |
| 9 | Those who subscribe to them and are honoured by reference to them may be thought of with contempt by those for whom the underlife is the serious basis of social living . |
| 10 | These items are all connected , and any of them may be used as analogies or homologies for each other . |
| 11 | Nine of them may be attributed to petitioners . |
| 12 | 3.10 Subject as provided in clause 5.5.3 all fixtures affixed to or installed in the Premises as part of the Tenant 's Works ( other than Tenant 's fixtures ) shall become and remain the property of the Landlord notwithstanding that any of them may be affixed or installed after completion of the Lease The difficulty here is ensuring that both parties know what are tenant 's fixtures and it may be as well to include in a schedule the fixtures to which the landlord is referring . |
| 13 | Perhaps some indication of how this reacted on me may be gleaned from memory , One of the medical wing commanders at the hospital — H.E . |
| 14 | It does not escape me that a fair hand has already written some account of my early days ; but that account broke off too soon , for I returned from the realms of ice , to which solitudes my soul — if I may be presumed to have one — was attracted . |
| 15 | Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally it is possible that I may be mistaken . |
| 16 | Although I may be mistaken . |
| 17 | Loathsome as he now is , he becomes still more so as he hypocritically professes to Cornwall his filial embarrassment : ‘ How , my lord , I may be censured , that nature thus gives way to loyalty , something fears me to think of … . |
| 18 | I may be subdivided into three elements . |
| 19 | if I strike a child in a manner likely to cause harm it is right that if the child dies I may be charged with manslaughter . |
| 20 | Brave Oates , who was born and raised in Mellor 's Putney constituency , told Scott as he left : ‘ I may be gone for some time . ’ |
| 21 | Did you say to her , I 'm going out to re I 'm going out and I may be gone for a long time . |
| 22 | It 's , you know , it 's like what 's his Captain Oates was it , going out into the tent in the Antarctic or something , you know it 's sort of I may be gone for a while , you know , in the in the , into the wilderness and never to return so that in , in the British structure er politicians are , their loyalty is central rather than local because their political futures are determined centrally rather than locally . |
| 23 | The person undertaking , if required to sign , states : " I understand the undertaking that I have given , and that if I break any of my promises to the court I may be sent to prison for contempt of court " . |
| 24 | Working as I do for a technically based industry , I hope I may be forgiven for believing that almost anything can be achieved through technology , if we are dear enough about what is needed . |
| 25 | It is as though the Prime Minister is trying to paint a canvas in the style of Georges Seurat , if I may be forgiven for referring to a continental artist . |
| 26 | I tried to find out — I may be forgiven — who would benefit from the theft of the jewel , and I learned from Mr Brown here ’ ( heads swivelling ) ‘ that Mrs Stratton was always slightly mysterious — ambivalent , even about her own financial affairs . |
| 27 | Quite a large part of that excitement is due to you , to your designs , and , also , if I may be forgiven for mentioning something so personal , for the way you have helped and befriended Therese . |
| 28 | ‘ I am fully conscious of the fact that in so concluding I may be said not to be applying Reg. v. Morris . |
| 29 | Then again , I may be struck by lightning before I reach the church . |
| 30 | I may be tempted to offer the spontaneous inclination itself as reason for my choice , and say I shall do it because I want to do it ; but in examining myself objectively I see that a fact about my wants and likes would be directly relevant only to a causal explanation of my actions , and could be used in deciding what to do only as I use any other objective facts . |