Example sentences of "may [be] [adv] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The original may be physically damaged if a cup of coffee is spilt over it or the magnetic impulses on the disk representing the program may be destroyed or altered by exposure to a strong magnetic field . |
| 2 | These relationships may be clearly seen if betas are considered as proxy measures of security volatility relative to that of the market . |
| 3 | For example , where the body size and reproductive success of males both increase with age , the effects of size on breeding success may be grossly exaggerated if age differences in size are ignored . |
| 4 | The present danger is perhaps not so much that an honest trustee may be unfairly penalized as that a dishonest trustee may with impunity inflict loss on the beneficiaries . |
| 5 | However , these assumptions may be easily dropped although the equation loses a certain amount of neatness , . |
| 6 | Because of the wide diversity of outlook on sexual matters between the generations , the necessity may be particularly marked where sexual considerations exist . |
| 7 | The hundreds of millions of pounds it is poised to spend on science and technology at higher levels , including Britain 's IT industry , may be largely wasted if it does not . |
| 8 | If the management of a state asset is delegated to a private manager , a contract between the state agency and the manager must be entered into , the contents of which may be freely negotiated except that the term may not exceed ten years . |
| 9 | This may be easier said than done but if you have a clear idea of the purpose of the meeting and have prepared a thorough list of everything you want to know then you must stick to your guns and carry on relentlessly until you have worked your way through it . |
| 10 | Cross-addictions may be hotly denied because the subject matter may for some be too close for comfort . |
| 11 | Firstly , if they are isolated unusual events , risky situations may be well remembered because of their distinctiveness in a way which is analogous to a von Restorff effect . |
| 12 | These , as The Times said , ‘ may be plausibly construed as approaching very near the confines of crimes . ’ |
| 13 | The effect of what may be loosely described as ‘ contextual relevance ’ is likewise largely independent of grammatical control . |
| 14 | As we pointed out then , although a stretch of discourse can appear to be largely concerned with a single individual , or one discourse subject , so that the discourse may be loosely reported as being ‘ about ’ that individual , this should not lead us to claim that all discourses are about single individuals or can be given convenient one-word titles . |
| 15 | But they may be otherwise arranged as for instance the two ways whether end to end in line , at an angle to one another or otherwise may be oppositely inclined from opposite sides of the head bay and terminate at foot each in its own tail bay connected with the lower pond . |
| 16 | The underlying aim may be briefly conceptualized as preventing the need for more intrusive interventions . |
| 17 | The position of the ‘ kinship defenders ’ may be briefly outlined as follows . |
| 18 | The schooled children may be aptly described as speaking explicitly when they say ‘ they are red ’ but they are not being as explicit about what they are doing as Greenfield , for instance , is attempting to be . |
| 19 | There is no presumption that monopoly is necessarily bad , and the Commission is charged to investigate whether or not the monopoly acts against the public interest , a brief that may be widely interpreted though in recent years there has been increasing emphasis on the ‘ maintenance and promotion of effective competition ’ . |
| 20 | On the other hand , when one is obsessively searching for the solution to a problem , it may be consciously recognised when it occurs as a fluctuation in the random activity of the subconscious whereas in other circumstances it might not emerge at the conscious level at all . |
| 21 | Productivity gains expected may be seriously constrained because of ingrained attitudes which cause human behaviour to change slower than the potential rendered by technology or even go in a direction directly opposed to the requirements of the system . |
| 22 | It may be better understood if it is set in the context of Hindu teaching concerning the different orders or āśramas of society corresponding to the different stages of life . |
| 23 | However , there is a danger here of what I call the definitional fallacy , that is a tendency to seek to present the law as if everything was completely cut and dried , whereas such ‘ defences ’ may be better understood as ‘ excuses ’ the primary function of which , from a ( negative ) utilitarian point of view , is simply to minimize the amount of punishment actually imposed without jeopardizing the credibility of the general system of threat through which , arguably , criminal law realizes its prescriptive function . |
| 24 | Where such a step-by-step approach is not appropriate , and it does restrict the contractor 's freedom to use his own judgement in areas where he may be better informed than his customer , an approach that divides risk and reward on a reasonably equitable basis between customer and contractor may be a useful option . |
| 25 | The aircraft having banked gently without you sensing it , owing to lack of attention , the banked attitude may be wrongly perceived as straight and level . |
| 26 | McGuire adds another important qualification : that the sponsors of bureaus at state and municipal levels may be more informed as to the production function of their agencies than the national legislature . |
| 27 | Alterations to the environment required for safety and access to buildings and classroom by pupils with physical handicaps , especially if they are in wheelchairs , may be more easily foreseen , and their need for ramps or lifts instead of stairs , adaptations to toilet facilities may be readily recognised as essential . |
| 28 | The incommodiousness of Scotch windows keeps them very closely shut … even in houses well built and elegantly furnished , a stranger may be sometimes forgiven if he allows himself to wish for fresher air . ’ |
| 29 | Pupils can sometimes be diffident in expressing their anxieties about their visual condition and may be greatly helped if they can talk to someone knowledgeable and experienced in such matters who is unlikely to be surprised by incidents which can be a worry to some youngsters , such as , for instance , a glass eye lost in the swimming pool or the effect of strong light on a photophobic ( averse to glare ) pupil which makes him sit with closed eyes . |
| 30 | For example , one cost centre may be highly mechanized whilst another may be labour intensive . |