Example sentences of "[coord] it may [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as the ‘ intelligence quotient ’ or IQ used ( or it may be misused ) by human psychologists is standardized against the average for a whole population , the EQ is standardized against , say , the whole of the mammals . |
| 2 | Or it may be argued that the documents contained the forged additions , but Ralph was silent because he knew they were forgeries . |
| 3 | Application for payment out may be made on the return day , or it may be made earlier by application on notice . |
| 4 | A project set up to generate a new product or process may be an in-house activity utilizing the company 's own staff and resources , or it may be contracted out to another organization . |
| 5 | A few patients who are admitted may be found to be unfit for anaesthesia , or it may be decided that their condition is unlikely to respond to surgery . |
| 6 | It may be seen as the effective adaptation of policy to the needs of the public , or it may be seen as the manipulation of positions of power to distort policy towards stigmatization , discrimination and petty tyranny . |
| 7 | Or it may be seen as a process — the act of ‘ authoritatively allocating values ’ . |
| 8 | Bar-Belle 's Len Perry says that it may be converted to an L-4 Grasshopper , or it may be painted pink and called Tinker-Belle ! |
| 9 | The information from the assessment may be presented orally at a case conference or it may be presented in the form of a written report . |
| 10 | This information may be relevant as a reminder or it may be presented as new information . |
| 11 | It may be seen as expressing the personality of the author , in accordance with the famous formula of the French scholar Buffon ( 1978 : xvii ) , that the style is the man ( ‘ le style est l'homme même ’ ) ; or it may be related to a literary movement or period ( e.g. futurist style , baroque style ) . |
| 12 | The basic conditional jump instructions are ( b ) and ( c ) ; the condition may be encoded in the operation code field , or it may be specified in a subsidiary information field . |
| 13 | The capacitance may be just stray or it may be associated with further circuitry or equipment connected to the potential divider . |
| 14 | Such agreement may be express , and contained in a separate instrument of variation or in a written minute of the decision taken , or it may be implied from the conduct of the partners . |
| 15 | It frequently unites with neighbouring sclerites , or it may be divided into a pair of plates . |
| 16 | It may be a direct or an indirect restraint or it may be contained in an agreement outside the primary contract between the parties . |
| 17 | That is a proposition without logic , because the power contained in the Bill is a power to vary income tax : it may be raised or it may be lowered depending on the political judgment of those who form the majority in a Scottish Parliament . |
| 18 | And thirdly , conflict may be spontaneous or it may be organised . |
| 19 | The yardstick by which each proposal is judged is its potential for success within C&P ; , or it may be passed on elsewhere in the group . |
| 20 | This process can be supported by a computer with which the client may interact alone or it may be used by the counsellor as a database and prompter . |
| 21 | Such a phrase may feature as part of a quotation , or a paraphrase , as in indirect speech ; or it may be used in respect of an object which we know to be fictional , for example in the context of a story or a fairy tale . |
| 22 | And the FUW also advises against allowing one or two vehicles on to farm land for several days or it may be interpreted by travellers as ‘ acquiescence ’ to their trespass and may result in them being joined by many more travellers . |
| 23 | Sessions may be timetabled on a regular basis — once a fortnight or once every five lessons , say — or it may be left to teachers to request the room when they want to use video . |
| 24 | Using ( 21 ) we now evaluate unc and it may be checked that postmultiplication by unc gives a null product . |
| 25 | We now form v , unc as in ( 9 ) , ( 10 ) , and solve ( 11 ) for M. To sufficient accuracy , we find unc and then a new Yo is , with d chosen appropriately , unc and it may be checked that these two columns are , sufficiently nearly , orthogonal . |
| 26 | They did not — and it was admittedly no part of their business to do so — inform us for which purposes the existing social services are ‘ excessive ’ ; and it may be observed that other commentators , political and non-political , though they are frequently willing to indicate social services which in their opinion are ‘ inadequate ’ , are extremely taciturn when it comes to illustrating the more obvious half of the truism with specific examples . |
| 27 | Despite the fact that contemporary comment was no stronger than it had been in the nineteenth century , World War I had a dramatic effect on the marriage expectations of women , and it may be hypothesised that there were concomitant changes in attitudes towards the desirability of careers for daughters of middle class parents . |
| 28 | The problem of fume cupboards is a sensitive area and it may be argued that health and safety considerations are in conflict with energy efficiency . |
| 29 | From the later Republic onwards there is no period of Roman history lacking fine portraits , and it may be argued that the lack of earlier survivals is merely due to chance . |
| 30 | The predicted expansion never came and it may be argued that Kielder , and the flooding of the valley , was a disastrous example of the worst kind of crystal-ball gazing so frequently employed to force unwelcome developments on an unwilling population ; and once again , the experts got it wrong . |