Example sentences of "it may be [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be pointed out , however , that in both cases the extension beyond the horizon is not unique . |
| 2 | Companies have got the directive weakened , but worry that it may be beefed up again . |
| 3 | He wants growth on the scale of Korea and to ‘ uncouple the Northern Irish economy from the mainland ’ — at the moment he fears that it may be dragged back by the South East . |
| 4 | I mean now , the erm the social workers erm are care managers in a lot of cases , in other words it may be contracted out to somebody else to do the actual caring and you look at the package which the client is getting , you know it might be I du n no some old dear who needs meals on wheels and visits every week or something |
| 5 | A project set up to generate a new product or process may be an in-house activity utilizing the company 's own staff and resources , or it may be contracted out to another organization . |
| 6 | Officials laugh ruefully at the miserable performance of collective farming , and suggest it may be phased out . |
| 7 | It may be built up into shore features without undergoing movement along the beach or , more commonly , it is transported along the beach to a point where natural factors allow it to accumulate and to be built up by wave action . |
| 8 | If a new factory creates a pollutant which is about as poisonous as , say , privet leaves , it may be heckled out of business . |
| 9 | It may be speeded up , a spokesman added . |
| 10 | If one of these people has HIV , it may be passed on to the other person . |
| 11 | While it may be frowned on by purists , it is a practical way round the problem of cutting on dialogue , and if it is done with sensitivity it is not too obtrusive . |
| 12 | it may be marked out on the ground , but the true circle is that which the magician creates mentally . |
| 13 | The essential qualities of a tenant 's fixture are that it may be removed without causing irreparable damage to the building and that it may be set up and used again in another building or place ( Webb v Bevis ( Frank ) Ltd [ 1940 ] 1 All ER 247 ; Young v Dalgety plc [ 1987 ] 1 EGLR 116 ) . |
| 14 | It may be taken up directly by a department ; or by a party prior to going into government ; or by a pressure group , whether an ad hoc group , a single interest group or other . |
| 15 | To recognise where a reform is urgently required and must be effected at any cost , or where it may be postponed , or where it may be counted on to effect itself without outside influence , and , perhaps most important of all , to be able to recognise the fact that certain reforms would be beneficial could they be effected but that it is not possible to effect them at all ; to be able to arrive at a right decision on such points as these is what is chiefly required of a Resident . |
| 16 | If the contents of the statement are not contested therefore it may be put in as evidence without the witness being called to give oral testimony . |