Example sentences of "may be [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watership Down may be up the road , but Basingstoke proved no rabbits . |
| 2 | Loyalty bonuses for disloyal players , bloated payments to executives , contracts which give managers shares of transfer fees and other salary innovations may be above the law but they are rooted in the same dark subsoil which nourishes numerous rackets and scams . |
| 3 | They may be above the age of criminal responsibility but children aged between ten and 14 are presumed not to know the difference between right and wrong , therefore incapable of committing an offence . |
| 4 | Also , young children 's answers to examination questions may be off the mark , not because they do not know what they are being tested for , but because they misinterpret the examiner 's intention . |
| 5 | Who knows , the next foray may be into the south . |
| 6 | Work may be done that may be to no avail . |
| 7 | Even in a socialist country like Tanzania , however committed one may be to the abolition of privilege in society , there is no arguing with the fact that young people with secondary and higher education can expect life to bring them a richer and more interesting experience than it does to the primary school leaver . |
| 8 | Important [ but unrecognized ] though they may be to the man in the street , functional methacrylates are no more than a small side-branch in ICI 's acrylic chain . |
| 9 | Though initial approaches from the link person and/or the DCSL may be to the head or the head 's senior nominee , it is to the library committee that the objectives and function of the project in the school are most often spelled out . |
| 10 | If our legal system allows companies the ability to make profits and trade unions to bargain collectively for wage increases , then we should not be surprised that companies will wish to exploit profit opportunities and trade unions secure higher wages whenever possible , however inconvenient at times that may be to the government . |
| 11 | These magistrates are present as full members in their own right and are not co-opted as non-council members may be to the education or certain other committees . |
| 12 | This point was proved by showing in evidence that the vehicle was the wrong way round , i.e. the offside or right of the vehicle was next to the kerb or that the nearside was not as close as may be to the kerb . |
| 13 | otherwise than with the left or nearside of the vehicle as close as may be to the edge of the carriageway . |
| 14 | ‘ otherwise than with the left or nearside of the vehicle as close as may be to the edge of the carriageway ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ otherwise than with the left or nearside of the vehicle as close as may be to the edge of the carriageway ’ . |
| 16 | 9. ( 1 ) After the initial allotment any shares proposed to be issued shall first be offered to the members in proportion as nearly as may be to the number of the existing shares held by them respectively . |
| 17 | 9. ( 1 ) After the initial allotment any shares proposed to be issued shall first be offered to the members in proportion as nearly as may be to the number of the existing shares held by them respectively . |
| 18 | Psychological explanations may be to the point here , or speculations about the evolutionary history of the faculties in question . |
| 19 | If the garage has a ‘ flat ’ roof , it will have a slight drainage slope , which may be to the side or the rear . |
| 20 | The first punch may be to the face , so attention is focused there . |
| 21 | The fact is we remain an island power and can not ignore the sea however close we may be to the Continent . |
| 22 | The overall emphasis on cost and efficiency in the reformed National Health Service is likely to increase pressures for further reducing the length of hospital stays , and once again this may be to the detriment of older patients . |
| 23 | As has been seen , the assisted party is under no obligation to pay any costs to the solicitor whatever the result ; but may be under a liability to pay costs to a successful opponent . |
| 24 | I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back . |
| 25 | This may be under a piece of tree bark , along a ledge of some kind or hidden on the ground among the undergrowth . |
| 26 | It is , therefore , appropriate for the liquidator , when he thinks that he may be under a duty to try to recover something from some officer or employee of a company , or some other person who is , in some way , concerned with the company 's affairs , to be able to discover , with as little expense as possible and with as much ease as possible , the facts surrounding any such possible claim . |
| 27 | It is likely that the stem cells maintain their characteristic state by virtue of their position in the basal layer where they may be under the influence of a deeper layer of cells . |
| 28 | But I warn you , Mr Jacobsen , you may be under the impression that you have some sort of droit de seigneur over make-up artists but , let me assure you , you 're way off the mark . |
| 29 | For instance , an individual may be under the jurisdiction of his own laws even when in a different territory . |
| 30 | The box may be under the table . |