Example sentences of "may [be] [vb pp] in [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | both soil and groundwater may be treated in one step ; |
| 2 | The right lasts for 5 years initially from the date of registration but may be renewed in 5 year stages up to a maximum of 25 years . |
| 3 | This danger may be met in two ways . |
| 4 | In psychological theories of semantics , the meanings may be stored in one of a number of ways that are described in further detail below . |
| 5 | Each entry may be stored in two versions , the original as taken from the database and stored unconditionally by Oedipus , and the most recent copy , saved at the discretion of the lexicographer ( by employing the protect command ) . |
| 6 | The provision of this " safe pasture " may be achieved in two ways : |
| 7 | Delivery may be achieved in one of several ways . |
| 8 | The demand may be advertised in one or more newspapers if the demand is for payment of a sum due under a judgment or order and the creditor knows or believes that the debtor has absconded or is keeping out of the way with a view to avoiding service and there is no real prospect of the debt being recovered by any enforcement action . |
| 9 | Equitable leases may be created in four different ways : 1 . |
| 10 | There is still no childhood vaccine although researchers at Southampton University — funded by the National Meningitis Trust — believe one may be developed in five to ten years . |
| 11 | An untrained stimulus A may be perceived in one way ; one that evokes the representation of X in a different way ; and one that evokes a representation of Y in a different way yet again . |
| 12 | In the 1944 World Cup to be held in the USA , the game may be played in four quarters to suit advertisers ( see tv , Questionable Decisions ( see remote control and referee ) . |
| 13 | Open lips which quickly change to the more elongated shape of the long vowel IE may be seen in two different forms . |
| 14 | Information on Users , Modules , Process Models and DCs may be transferred in one of two methods , ‘ bulk ’ or ‘ incremental ’ . |
| 15 | The two readings may be observed in 52 and 53 respectively : |
| 16 | Two senses of door may be observed in 48 , which can be truthfully answered either ‘ Yes ’ or ‘ No ’ in the following situation : the door in question has a ‘ cat-flap ’ , and is standing open ; the cat goes through the cat-flap , but not through the doorway : |
| 17 | CASE 2 : when a number has been entered in the Print Sequence Number Start box the form may be completed in two ways when a number of subsequent entries are also to be proofed : |
| 18 | In a few cases the loan may be repaid in one lump sum at the end of its term . |
| 19 | Four or five scenes may be enacted in one of his large recent works , whereas in earlier pieces , Pakenham would create a series of canvases each portraying a part of a greater whole . |
| 20 | The lack of beach material may be explained in three ways . |
| 21 | These criticisms may be evaluated in two ways . |
| 22 | Basic salary may be calculated in one of three different ways . |
| 23 | Both kinds of data may be organised in two ways : a ) On a computer |
| 24 | Also , any number of auxiliaries may be included in one class number provided they are all required in order to label the document adequately . |
| 25 | The contrast between the accounts of battle within the conventions of adventure-story and Jan Needle 's deliberate departure from these conventions may be shown in two contrasted passages . |
| 26 | Such enabling legislation may be introduced in one or both of the houses of Congress by individual elected members , or may be sent there by the Executive . |
| 27 | Update Baseline may be used in two modes : either as a means of checking which packages will be affected , in which case a single log file will be produced but the LIFESPAN database will be left unaltered ; or to implement any changes which are identified , in which case two log files will be produced , detailing the processing carried out and the approver 's involvement . |
| 28 | The facility may be used in two modes : either to only produce a report of the comparison results , or to go further , and enter the updates into LIFESPAN , provided the normal LIFESPAN entry conditions are satisfied . |
| 29 | Again , this may be found in two forms . |
| 30 | Sometimes such instructions are in the main schedules , but on other occasions they may be found in one of the other Tables , for example Table 1 or Table 4 . |