Example sentences of "may be [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | You may be granted Legal Aid subject to the payment of a financial contribution , usually payable by instalments . |
| 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 | This may be particularly important in service industries where there may be limited net asset backing . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If the sales mix and the profit margins of the two products are different this causes problems because while overall sales volumes targets may be achieved total contribution will vary depending upon whether the higher or lower margin product dominates the sales mix . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Western economic pressure may be creating mental ill-health in the Third World ; and Western ‘ hi-tech ’ psychiatric methods are so inappropriate in this context that they may be doing little to mend the damage . |
| 14 | First , by continual introduction of trees , shrubs , flowers and vegetables a gardener achieves what may be called contrived plant diversity , far higher than the area would support naturally , and rivalling even that of tropical rainforest . |
| 15 | The focus of his concerns seem to have lain close to tradition , and although what he wrote may be called natural history and social history , such definitions trammel him . |
| 16 | He stated the position at p617 as follows : There is no question here of what may be called sentimental damage bereavement or pain and suffering . |
| 17 | Using ( 21 ) we now evaluate unc and it may be checked that postmultiplication by unc gives a null product . |
| 18 | Or you might be better sitting down and ordering yourself a drink : the waiter may be gone some time . |
| 19 | HE MAY BE GONE SOME TIME |
| 20 | You may be expecting some kind of platform game with bouncing mushrooms but instead you need a fair bit of brain power too ! |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The more senior the employee the harder it may be to define clear performance standards . |
| 24 | At any time certain industries or sectors of an economy may be experiencing some degree of growth while others experience some degree of decline . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Talks may be accelerated this summer when Unilever 's Sir Michael Angus becomes Whitbread 's chairman . |
| 27 | Furthermore , those with the most resources , the most bargaining counters , will be at an advantage ; the organized , the wealthy and the privileged are likely to gain while the problems of the unorganized , the poor and the underprivileged may be given insufficient attention . |
| 28 | Individuals lower down the organisation may be given little responsibility with few decisions delegated down the organisation to them . |
| 29 | In addition , a bureaucratic agency may be given preferential access to some inputs , such as land , through planning legislation , for example . |
| 30 | We will use a new symbol ( a vertical arrow ) to indicate extra pitch height , so that we can distinguish between : yes and yes Any of the tones presented in this chapter may be given extra pitch height , but since this course is based on normal , unemotional speech , it will not be necessary to use the symbol very frequently . |