Example sentences of "may [be] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The register , like other records that a company is required to maintain , may be kept either in bound books or by recording the matter in any other way and , in particular , may be on a computer or other electronic device so long as the material can be reproduced in legible form and is so reproduced for purposes of inspection or supply of a copy . |
| 2 | Examples of this are nowadays quoted in most of the newspapers — the 25–30 year-old trader who is earning £200 000–£400 000 whilst the person who runs the whole department may be on a salary of only half this . |
| 3 | Those responsible for running major contracts in more remote locations may be on a bachelor status with more frequent air tickets . |
| 4 | This may be on a sale or return agreement without asking for payment . |
| 5 | I mean you may be on a diet and see a wonderful cream cake and consciously resist temptation to eat it . |
| 6 | These may be on a window-sill , balcony or patio , and are often more convenient to manage because there is a firm , hard surface to stand on , or to take the wheelchair . |
| 7 | PAMELA : I have a great desire that whenever the day is , it may be on a Thursday . |
| 8 | The problem arises because spurs were formerly allowed to supply two single sockets , so a socket with two cables may be on a ring circuit ; an intermediate socket on a radial circuit ; or the middle socket of a two-socket spur . |
| 9 | Microsoft may be on a limb when it claims to be working alone on connectivity and interoperability between NT and Unix SVR4 . |
| 10 | The General Board shall have power to accept or refuse the application and , if it accepts it , to determine , in consultation with the professor concerned , the number of students whose names may be on the register at any one time and the method of their selection . |
| 11 | It is always a lie and never the truth , ’ Questionable though that judgement may be on the aphorism in general , it does seem to me to catch the half-formed nature of this observation — or perhaps , better speaking , its lack of a frame . |
| 12 | A decision on the recognition of any of the republics may be on the agenda , but that decision should be made collectively and advisedly . |
| 13 | I was especially conscious that any resistance there may be on the part of Mrs Clements , or the two girls , to the taking on of duties beyond their traditional boundaries would be compounded by any notion that their workloads had greatly increased . |
| 14 | Initiating pupils into theology is an essential part of RE , so that they may be on the wavelength of the major religions and be able — if they wish — to use their language and outlooks to make sense of their own personal experience . |
| 15 | The writing may be on the wall for the established system . |
| 16 | In other words , the hegemony of the social representation of science can not possibly be total , and there is even evidence that it may be on the wane . |
| 17 | Although his career may be on the wane , he should still prove a useful asset to Ballymena , who just pipped top Junior side Coleraine for the veteran 's services . |
| 18 | And if that seems an unfair comparison , think of Middlesbrough ICI 's works and gas storage towers may be on the horizon but at least there is Victoria Park with its lawns and flower beds in front of the town hall , and grassland in front of the new court complex . |
| 19 | Election Focus:A Hung Parliament : Britain may be on the verge of a hung Parliament — and a dramatic change in the political landscape . |
| 20 | His call coincided , however , with the mobilisation in Serbia of reservists , suggesting that the Yugoslav army may be on the verge of intervention in the newly independent Bosnia . |
| 21 | Moreover , suspicion may grow in agents ' minds during t - 1 that the government may be on the verge of an about turn on employment policy . |
| 22 | Zimbabwe may be on the verge of abandoning its controversial policy of treating wildlife as a valuable resource , which has led the country to lobby for a revival of the ivory trade and has attracted criticism from conservationists . |
| 23 | Five weeks from the end of the cricket season ; Warwickshire may be on the verge of their first County Championship title for eighteen years . |
| 24 | The project looks at how risk and uncertainty are handled by the decision makers concerned and what the impact may be on the choices made . |
| 25 | Other government ministers may be on the way out . |
| 26 | Indurain looked the master of his former captain , Pedro Delgado , who won the Tour in 1988 , faltered since that victory but may be on the way back to the top . |
| 27 | MOUTHFULS of metal may be on the way out . |
| 28 | START spreading the news — a little Cruiser may be on the way . |
| 29 | Changes may be on the way however . |
| 30 | ( Incidentally , the time-honoured use of faecal/urine egg counts to assess infection intensities may be on the way out ; many groups are now planning to use circulating adult antigen to provide specific information on worm burdens . ) |