Example sentences of "[adj] may be [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will now consider how pivoting may be carried out in the framework we have outlined . |
| 2 | Well I I do F ten but er that may be set up differently you see . |
| 3 | The Heritage Secretary , Peter Brooke , has set out proposals to relax the rules governing the ownership of the ITV companies meaning some may be taken over by others . |
| 4 | A few may be ruled out because they have incurred their party s displeasure . |
| 5 | Unlike haemonchosis in sheep , grazing cattle over two years old are relatively immune although this may be broken down by drought conditions which lead to poor nutrition and heavy challenge from congregation of animals around watering points . |
| 6 | Time spent on this may be looked up as an investment in that if essential job elements are identified , then the people involved in the recruitment process will be less inclined to develop the criteria as they go along . |
| 7 | This may be left out and the main clause will still make sense : Christchurch College , Oxford , which we visited yesterday , is one of the largest in the University . |
| 8 | If the sale of the Target shares produces an allowable loss for capital gains tax purposes , this may be set off only against gains arising on a subsequent disposal by the manager concerned to Newco , if he and Newco are " connected persons " for the purpose of s286(6) ( 7 ) TCGA 1992 , as is likely to be the case if management needs to have control of Newco in order to obtain interest relief on its borrowings ( see 4.4 above ) . |
| 9 | So , this may be typed up in January but it will be issued as effective from twenty third February . |
| 10 | This may be carried out in the candidate 's home country or in the overseas location . |
| 11 | Segmentation This may be carried out on the basis of ( i ) intuition techniques and product and interpretation ; or ( ii ) use of market research positioning data ( suitably re-arranged and interpreted ) ; or ( iii ) using an analysis of attribute sets . |
| 12 | This may be carried out following intervention by the database administrator , who will choose between the alternative file organisation methods offered by the DBMS ( if any ) as appropriate for the particular data and users . |
| 13 | Psychoanalysts have talked , for example , about the process of ‘ projection ’ , in which aspects of oneself of which one is fearful may be projected on to other people . |
| 14 | These may be followed up by agreement between members and the College some time after the programme . |
| 15 | The levels of these may be increased up to a thousandfold over basal . |
| 16 | Bare or thinly-covered polar soils often show characteristic hillocks , or patterns of circles , rectangles , polygons and stripes ; these may be marked out in shallow furrows and ridges , or by lines of stones , on scales of 1 m to 30 m or more ( Tedrow , 1977 ) . |
| 17 | These may be summed up as speed , accuracy and flexibility in retrieving information . |
| 18 | These may be triggered off by someone who tries unwisely to hurry the widow into the full realisation of her loss before she is ready to accept it . |
| 19 | Poor techniques will develop , and these may be passed on to more junior learners . |
| 20 | These may be levered off if rusty |
| 21 | The remaining two thirds may be made up from a combination of full or half courses in many subject areas , for example chemistry , physics , maths , oceanography , geophysics , geographical sciences , meteorology , archaeology , astronomy , computer sciences , psychology , science studies , economics , arts subjects , languages , law , etc . |
| 22 | Matters previous transferred from the High Court under s 42 may be transferred back to the High Court ( s 42(4) ) . |
| 23 | In the few examples of written policies on special needs and/or integration , the under-fives may be tacked on , or tagged alongside a general commitment to all children with special needs . |