Example sentences of "may [be] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is some indication that the seasonal downturn may be flattening out a little bit earlier this year than usual . |
| 2 | Yet it may be asked how a man can be at once free and forced to conform to wills which are not his own . |
| 3 | As Rousseau said , ‘ yet it may be asked how a man can be at once free and conform to wills which are not his own ’ . |
| 4 | It provides that information may be withheld where a firm : " maintains an established arrangement which requires information obtained by the firm in the course of carrying on one part of its business of any kind to be withheld in certain circumstances from persons with whom it deals in the course of carrying on another part of its business of any kind . " |
| 5 | The proposal may be to replace just a single building or a row of shops , or there may be plans for a comprehensive redevelopment involving a whole block or more . |
| 6 | If on the other hand you specify the languages in advance , you may be leaving out a language group in which there are people who want to train that you did not know of . |
| 7 | A second and commodious objection to the view of nomic connection which has been set out was anticipated earlier ( 1.3 ) , and may be shored up a bit by the fact lately mentioned , that science broadly speaking is not much engaged in arriving at complete descriptions of causal circumstances-causal circumstances as we have conceived them . |
| 8 | ( 6 ) Hilton Mining ( Harvard OTC ) " Between ourselves , somebody may be picking up a huge stake in this company . |
| 9 | It is possible , of course , to imagine that the first of these sentences describes one event and the second describes another , quite unrelated , event ( so the person identified as ‘ a mother ’ may be picking up a chair in the course of cleaning a room ) . |
| 10 | Doors normally open half an hour before a concert or performance of a play but , when there are two evening performances , spectators may be admitted only a few minutes before the second performance . |
| 11 | You also may be held up a little on the A three six one at Wardington where there are some temporary traffic lights , that 's just north of Banbury on the main Banbury to Daventry road . |
| 12 | Advice about any adaptations required will usually be given by the physiotherapist or occupational therapist and the patient may be taken on a home visit to assess his needs ( e.g. amputees may need several aids ) . |
| 13 | All available goods may be taken on a sale or return basis . |