Example sentences of "may [be] [verb] [to-vb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may be tempted to poach some of his promising-looking freshmen to strengthen Goldie , or even the Blue boat . |
| 2 | Bills then go through four stages in each House : a ‘ first reading ’ , which simply involves the formal presentation of the Bill ; a ‘ second reading ’ , at which there is likely to be a large-scale debate on the basic principles of the Bill ; a ‘ committee stage ’ , when the legislation is examined in detail ( normally by a small ‘ standing committee ’ and not by the whole House ) ; and a ‘ report stage ’ and ‘ third reading ’ , at which the Bill that emerges from the committee is approved , but may be re-amended to undo some of the actions of the committee . |
| 3 | Of course some boys may be asked to perform some or all of these tasks , but I think that ( for historical rather than biological reasons ) the task of substitute-mothering is more likely to devolve upon a girl than upon a boy who is in a similar position within the family . |
| 4 | Most indexing terms in a thesaurus are ‘ uniterms ’ or single-concept terms , although in some instances a deliberate decision may be made to include some multi-concept terms . |
| 5 | The observations on immortality in Chapter Thirteen may be seen to have some bearing on this . |
| 6 | There 's a slide projector at the back of the hall which I can control from the front so I may be aiming to get some slides for you instead of the overhead projector . |
| 7 | On the positive side , market penetration may be said to represent some sort of indicator . |
| 8 | An observer may be led to accept some observation statement on the basis of a perception and yet that observation statement may be false . |
| 9 | For instance , if one paragraph discusses the history of World War II and the preceding paragraph discusses the history of World War I , then the second paragraph may be modified to include some introductory sentence such as , ‘ The next world war … ‘ . |
| 10 | Another disadvantage of the Building Notice procedure is that if your work is to be financed by a bank or building society , then you may be required to produce some form of documentary proof that your proposal is satisfactory when you are negotiating for your loan . |
| 11 | The results of a large-scale survey by Martin and Roberts ( 1984 ) of 6,000 women may be used to explore some of these issues . |
| 12 | Thus Part Three examines the responses of a third State to an international crime of State , taking as a particular example acts of aggression , and examines how the concept of State responsibility may be used to bring some overall cohesion into the third party problem . |
| 13 | A national industrial relations system formulated with labour organisations which are an adjunct to a successful nationalist movement , which has secured independence , may be expected to show some characteristics different from [ one ] in which national independence antedated the union movements or in which the union movements played a minor role in the nationalist movement . |
| 14 | However , the builder may be expected to make some contribution towards travelling time and costs where he has failed to obtain suitable sub-contract labour within the vicinity of the site and a subcontractor is requested to travel an excessive distance . |
| 15 | Analysts worry that Japanese investors , who have substantial holdings of American equities , may be forced to sell some of their shares to raise cash . |
| 16 | This may be thought to give some substance to the notion of representation , which otherwise remains remarkably vague and undemanding in the Burkean version . |