Example sentences of "[verb] may be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Light exposure and the stability of cosmetic products to light may be assessed by methods developed for colour fastness of textiles of which the following is an example : British Standard 1006 : 1978 . |
| 2 | Pre-school children , or those who are developmentally delayed may be tested with the Sheridan vision test for young children and retardates . |
| 3 | Intent to kill may be regarded as the most obvious and indisputable form of fault element for murder , but to some extent that depends on the meaning of ‘ intent ’ . |
| 4 | Failure of gliadin derived peptides to activate adenylate cyclase in duodenal biopsy homogenates from patients who have been successfully treated may be ascribed to the repair of mucosal damage . |
| 5 | In our opinion , the duty is not simply one to take reasonable care in the abstract , but to take reasonable care not to injure a person whom it should reasonably have been foreseen may be injured by the act or neglect if such care is not taken . |
| 6 | Taylor and Walton note that sabotage can be difficult to define : at one end it merges with informal practices which become almost part of normal procedure , ‘ neither openly demanded nor openly questioned ’ , while in extreme cases sabotage may be identified with explicitly political violence . |
| 7 | Consumer targeting may be based on ACORN ( " A Classification of Residential Neighbourhoods " ) . |
| 8 | It is helpful to have such guidelines concerning the types , range and number of concepts to be indexed in any indexing situation , although precise guidelines are not always drafted and the choice of concepts to include may be left to the discretion of the indexer . |
| 9 | A building society savings account may be held with a second competitor and an insurance policy with a third . |
| 10 | What parallels may be drawn between royal prerogative and parliamentary privilege ? |
| 11 | Drugs include any intoxicant other than alcohol therefore even solvent abuse and driving may be covered by this offence . |
| 12 | The field where the outbreak has originated may be grazed by sheep or rested until the following June . |
| 13 | Where the claimant company 's profits or the amounts available for surrender as group relief by a surrendering company have not been ascertained , the profits to be covered and/or the amount(s) claimed may be given as an estimate to the best of the claimant 's ability . |
| 14 | In an action for debt or damages , a lesser sum than claimed may be paid into court at any time before judgment ( Ord 11 , r 1 ) . |
| 15 | Show how the Exclusive Or operation can be used to ( a ) clear a word , ( b ) interchange two words without using an intermediate location , and ( c ) add two binary numbers ( And and shift may be used in this last part , but not of course any arithmetic operations ) . |
| 16 | It is my duty to advise you that anything you now say may be noted by my sergeant here and possibly used in evidence in any future criminal prosecution . ’ |
| 17 | Arrested persons must be cautioned in the following terms : ‘ You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so , but what you say may be given in evidence . ’ |
| 18 | I understand that I need not say anything unless I wish to do so and that what I say may be given in evidence . ’ |
| 19 | You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so but what you say may be given in evidence . |
| 20 | We may assume that the caution was in the following terms : ‘ You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so , but what you say may be given in evidence . ’ |
| 21 | The caution shall be in the following terms : ‘ You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so , but what you say may be given in evidence . ’ … |
| 22 | You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so , but what you say may be given in evidence . ’ |
| 23 | If you only make one claim in any period of insurance any no claim bonus which you have earned may be reduced at your next renewal , as follows : |
| 24 | If you only make one claim in any period of insurance any no claim bonus which you have earned may be reduced at your next renewal , as follows : |
| 25 | If you only make one claim in any period of insurance any no claim bonus which you have earned may be reduced at your next renewal , as follows : |
| 26 | If you only make one claim in any period of insurance any no claim bonus which you have earned may be reduced at your next renewal , as follows : |
| 27 | Bayes 's tentative solution to the problem involves assuming that the lack of knowledge of the probability about which an inference is to be made may be represented by a uniform probability distribution , for which he gives an ingenious argument . |
| 28 | In these circumstances a decision not to adjourn may be challenged by judicial review . |
| 29 | Certain biological and functional ‘ changes thought to be intrinsically associated with ageing may be influenced by extrinsic and possibly preventable factors ’ ( Grundy , 1986 , p. 6 ) . |
| 30 | Since so much assistance comes from outwith the area , there is a danger that what is being done may be regarded by them as alien , like Lord Leverhulme 's ill-fated projects . |