Example sentences of "may [be] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I appreciate that this is a recurring argument , and that , ultimately , grants on the Council 's own expenditure may be treated this way . |
| 2 | ‘ For the first time since the start of the recession , ’ said Mr Hayward we may be seeing some glimmer of light , particularly as the figures tie in with the slight decrease in receiverships this quarter and with recent reports of an increase in business optimism . |
| 3 | Indeed , a single success if it is too costly in terms of time , commitment , motivation or any other resource , may be at the expense of future changes — and we may be seeing some evidence of this at the moment in terms of the reactive stance of large parts of the service . |
| 4 | Corporations may be granted these devices , but they are normally permitted only to counties , cities and councils of standing ; and companies and institutions of an important national nature . |
| 5 | No shot is fired and no further shots may be fired that game — the gun is now useless . |
| 6 | You may be reading this newsletter as someone the Regional Council has consulted in its efforts to identify the options for reform in Lothian . |
| 7 | Since Chinese officials have also said recently that there will be few major alterations to the Basic Law between its interim and final drafts , their intention may be to declare that proliferation of ideas about political reform indicates an absence of consensus in Hong Kong , and leave Mr Cha 's proposal in place . |
| 8 | In a world of uncertainty it may be assumed that equation ( 3.37 ) becomes : |
| 9 | In non-contentious civil matters the client may be charged such sum as is fair and reasonable having regard to the circumstances of the case and , inter alia , its complexity , the skill and responsibility involved , the time spent , the number and importance of the documents , the amount or value of money or property involved , and the importance of the matter to the client . |
| 10 | Those affected may be vomiting many times a day and may also be abusing laxatives . |
| 11 | Those who find it objectionable that an aesthetic problem should be taken so seriously may be assured that art represents the highest task and the true metaphysical activity of this life : witness the illustrious pioneer on my path , to whom I dedicate this essay . |
| 12 | Using ( 21 ) we now evaluate unc and it may be checked that postmultiplication by unc gives a null product . |
| 13 | And if I may Mr chairman , something that 's happened in the last few days , that 's er evident that er the been the first satellite survey in this country ever which is now beginning to show to the nation , just in fact the damage that roads have been doing and that there 's in fact now some suggestion from government that they may be rethinking some elements of these roads , because the environmental impact has not really been taken into account as effectively before . |
| 14 | Or you might be better sitting down and ordering yourself a drink : the waiter may be gone some time . |
| 15 | HE MAY BE GONE SOME TIME |
| 16 | You may be expecting some kind of platform game with bouncing mushrooms but instead you need a fair bit of brain power too ! |
| 17 | It may be noticed that insensibility both to moral appeals and to appeals to one 's future interests , imprisonment within both ‘ I ’ and ‘ Now ’ , are often combined in the same person , and that the combination is widely accepted as the strongest criterion for classing him as ‘ psychopathic ’ and exempting him from moral judgment . |
| 18 | Mountain View , California-based Drexler Technology Corp says it has informed Sony Corp that it believes Sony infringed its patents with a a new eight-track Dynamic Digital Sound system to be introduced this summer in Columbia Picture 's ‘ Last Action Hero ’ movie : Drexler has two patents on the reading of high density optical data in a strip format and believes the two patents may be infringed each time digital sound from the movie track is played back using the Sony system . |
| 19 | At any time certain industries or sectors of an economy may be experiencing some degree of growth while others experience some degree of decline . |
| 20 | It should be remembered that an offer may be withdrawn any time before acceptance , unless the person making the offer receives something of value to keep the offer open or the offer is made under seal . |
| 21 | The landlord is usually the party who settles the form of the lease ( albeit it may be amended many times before execution ) and most of the covenants are inserted for his protection . |
| 22 | Such phrases may be repeated many times with slight variations in each repetition , so that the phrase at the end of the sequence is quite different to that at its beginning . |
| 23 | This action may be repeated several times which is why fluorescent lighting ‘ flashes ’ when first switched on . |
| 24 | Talks may be accelerated this summer when Unilever 's Sir Michael Angus becomes Whitbread 's chairman . |
| 25 | Once established , the pancakes and solid sheet ice are subject to lifting by swell , which may be generated many miles away in open water , and to lateral pressures from winds ; sections split into floes which raft over each other , or form pressure ridges along their edges . |
| 26 | Individuals lower down the organisation may be given little responsibility with few decisions delegated down the organisation to them . |
| 27 | Well thing is people are moving to an area they may be given some information by their company but |
| 28 | So lower ability children in British schools may be given less language training . |
| 29 | The company may be given more time in which to submit its return under s 118(2) , TMA 1970 , but this must be agreed with the inspector . |
| 30 | Erm , are they actually in particular areas , grouped and , and particular age groups which may be causing these incidents ? |