Example sentences of "[noun pl] may [be] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A senior cataloguer who has brought in significant new business through proven negotiating skills may be offered a Deputy Directorship at £20–25,000 . |
| 2 | Although the extraction of semantic information from dictionary definitions may be considered an objective in itself , many researchers pursue a specific application , or at least have a range of applications in mind . |
| 3 | This is just one more sign that the courts may be balancing the scales of justice a little more fairly than has been the case over the past decade or so . |
| 4 | And in between the P C which we find on many peoples desks may be emulating a character terminal , may be emulating erm an X-terminal to provide that user interface to an individual . |
| 5 | At present , only shareholders may be offered the choice . |
| 6 | These schools may be spared the risks of improper use , but schools can not tailor programmes of study to children throughout the range of ability if ability can not be assessed . |
| 7 | Outgoing president Paul Scherer suggests that potential candidates may be exaggerating the pressures on the president : there are in fact no more than six Council meetings a year , and an additional monthly afternoon meeting for officers . |
| 8 | In particular , emotional attachments may be given a justification which psychologically does not explain why the individual holds the attachments . |
| 9 | Is there any way in which characters in dramatic texts may be considered a worthwhile object of criticism ? |
| 10 | In this way bank bills may be re-discounted a number of times before maturity . |
| 11 | His costumes may be observed every day in Gorky Street , off the Belorussian Station , in the windows of ABV , the first co-operative clothing store in Moscow . |
| 12 | We are well aware that in the United States fears have frequently been expressed that lenders may be evading the Truth in Lending law by making insurance virtually compulsory without actually making it mandatory using such forceful persuasion that borrowers hardly realise they have the option of not getting it . |
| 13 | Police investigating a series of ramraid attacks say the culprits may be using the crime to finance their drug habits . |
| 14 | They say the culprits may be using the proceeds to buy drugs . |
| 15 | These tracheoles may be termed the larval or provisional tracheoles , and they extend in bundles into the developing lacunae . |
| 16 | The position of goods may be changed every few weeks . |
| 17 | Reports from Bangladesh , Nepal and Pakistan show that some rural families may be spending a quarter of their incomes on fuel . |
| 18 | To his influence and actions may be attributed a significant reduction in the population living in cellars and other ‘ unhealthy dwellings ’ and a general improvement in environmental hygiene . |
| 19 | To such details may be added the evidence of an episcopal coinage which appears in the late sixth century . |
| 20 | Some centres may be visited every week , some only once a year . |
| 21 | On the basis of tests carried out in the North Sea by the Laboratory , Bayne believes that organic pollutants may be having a greater impact on marine life than heavy metals such as lead , mercury and cadmium , which had hitherto been widely blamed for most of the damage . |
| 22 | ONE of Scotland 's most ancient highways may be given a new lease of life as a commuter route for cyclists . |
| 23 | However , those who self-certify their loans may be charged a slightly increased rate . |
| 24 | Reports from Norway of a sharp drop in numbers of the common toad , bufo bufo , are raising fears that European toad populations may be following the trend of sudden unexplained declines in frog and toad species already recorded in other parts of the world . |
| 25 | The lugworms may be lagging a long way behind , but perhaps their time may come ? |
| 26 | This is all the more necessary because , although some facilitating devices such as information agreements may be made the subject of prohibitions , the majority of them appear to escape these . |
| 27 | While political organization among lesbians and gays may be taking a low profile , it is not true to say that the clocks have been turned back . |
| 28 | Brian Bayne , the director of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory , has suggested that scientists may be underestimating the damage to marine life caused by organic compounds such as pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls ( PCBs ) . |
| 29 | The problem is the indication given by the Attorney-General that if this House does so , your Lordships may be infringing the privileges of the House of Commons . |
| 30 | A grade outlets may be visited every fortnight , B grade every month and C grade once every three months . |