Example sentences of "may [be] [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be noted that a set of equations Ax = p , where A is general , may be cast in the above form by premultiplication by AT : unc However , this does not appear to offer any computational advantage . |
| 2 | It may be noted that a person may intend to cause a particular outcome , even though its occurrence is unlikely . |
| 3 | Such measures may be presented as a simple way of making the majority feel in control of its destiny . |
| 4 | a more specific power to appoint a British consul or his deputy as a special examiner may be exercised where a Civil Procedure Convention subsists between the United Kingdom and the relevant foreign country providing for the taking of the evidence of any person in that country for the assistance of proceedings in the High Court ( the unspoken assumption being that any such Convention will permit consuls to act ) ; and |
| 5 | In a poll of Anglican Clergy undertaken in 1864 only 40% expressed the view that the damned would suffer everlasting torment ; it may be assumed that a poll of laity would have disclosed a substantially lower percentage.ii . |
| 6 | Compensation may be limited if a fair dismissal would , or might , have been possible in the near future , ie where the unfairness lay primarily in accelerating your dismissal . |
| 7 | Alternatively , an analysis program may be run or a model made . |
| 8 | For example , it may be decided that a TK50 Tape will be used as an Offline Media Type , the Media Unit for this type of device is MUA0 : , and that Media Items LS0001 , LS0002 , LS0003 , and LS0004 are available tapes for Offline to use . |
| 9 | The nervous system may be involved and a meningitis produced , similar to that produced by the meningococcus , or the liver may be affected . |
| 10 | Although it may be argued that a meaningful measure of comprehensive income can not be provided unless a full system of current value accounting is employed , the introduction of the SCFW is likely to encourage the preparers of financial statements to move away from the historical cost system and to value relevant assets at current values . |
| 11 | a duty of undivided loyalty — although the exact extent of this duty is uncertain , it may be argued that a conglomerate , when acting as a fiduciary , must not place itself in a position where its duty to one client conflicts with that of another client . |
| 12 | ( c ) It may be argued that a person has been stopped and searched by consent . |
| 13 | On the other hand , it may be argued that a person who has dispossessed another should have no right to raise such issues concerning the relationship between the dispossessed and some other party having a claim over the goods , for there is a serious risk of abuse and of the interminable prolongation of actions . |
| 14 | Indeed , it may be argued that a British group lobbying Parliament demonstrates mainly its lack of access to , or impact on , the core of the policy-making process ( ministers and civil servants ) , unless the lobby is undertaken explicitly for symbolic purposes and in order to attract the attention of the media . |
| 15 | It may be argued that a more ‘ root and branch ’ approach has to be adopted , and we have considerable sympathy with this view ( see Lecture 1 ) . |
| 16 | It may be argued that a binding contract was made on the telephone ; if so , any subsequent attempt to introduce new terms into the agreement will be ineffective unless there is a binding variation of the contract , supported by consideration . |
| 17 | At this point , a side glen comes in on the right with a path leading to the dominating heights of Carn Eige and Mam Sodhail , or from it the bealach between Tom a' Choinich and Toll Creagach may be reached and a fine view seen over Glen Cannich to the mountains of Glen Farrar . |
| 18 | More generally , document boundaries may be blurred and a massive body of material may be collected together in one interlinked corpus . |
| 19 | Does * mean necklaces may be worn if a member of staff does not work in high risk areas . |
| 20 | This principle may be infringed when a member of a board takes part in the granting or the rejection of an application for a licence in which he has a personal interest . |
| 21 | In the past it has been held that Article 86 may be infringed where a company holding a dominant position within the EC strengthens that position , by acquiring control of another company or business in the same market , to such an extent that it practically eliminates effective competition in that market . |
| 22 | To this there is one exception , to comply with Article 9 of the Convention ; an order may be made that a person should give evidence otherwise than on oath where this is asked for by the requesting court . |
| 23 | The claim may be made that a State is entitled to the benefits of a treaty because they were incurred on its behalf by another State . |
| 24 | Admission under these sections , in brief , may be made when a person is suffering from a mental disorder , and such admission is in the interests of the person 's ( defined as patient ) own health or safety or for the protection of other persons . |
| 25 | The answer is simple : investment in ‘ ? s ’ may be justified if a generic strategy of differentiation is pursued . |
| 26 | Membership may be given if a writer has had three works recorded for sale to the public which have been released by a recognized recording label lone which is registered in the Music Master catalogue ) . |
| 27 | If liability only is admitted , interlocutory judgment ( N 17 ) may be given and a date fixed for assessment or the plaintiff left to apply under Ord 22 , r 6. ( 2 ) If the defendant does not appear and has delivered no admission or defence , then judgment may be entered ( or directions given ) as the court thinks fit ( Ord 17 , r 7 ) . |
| 28 | Thus , by the very beginning of 1947 , and well before ‘ containment ’ , the Marshall plan and the Zhdanov doctrine drew the battle lines between Russia and the US in Europe and in general it may be seen that a framework of impressions , intentions , hopes and misunderstandings was being thrown up which would support US policy towards Vietnam for the next 20 years and under whose weight it would ultimately collapse . |
| 29 | It may be said that a sensation of heat in the hand is not really an impression as of our hand being hot , but is simply something that we normally happen to get when our hand heats up . |
| 30 | Applying what was explained there , it may be said that a person intends to cause a person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him when he ( the person uttering the threats , etc. , ) either desires to cause such an effect , or when he realises what impact his conduct is almost certain to have and nevertheless persists with it . |