Example sentences of "may be [verb] [prep] a certain " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be seen in a certain gaiety under saddle , or a continual alertness that is n't anxiety , or in exuberant air-borne paces with tail hoisted high . |
| 2 | It may be to do with a certain understandable nervousness because they are so far away from the London scene . |
| 3 | Such " consensual " , " common law " or " companionate " unions ( or " marriages " ) , however , may be recognized to a certain degree by society ( or even by the law ) . |
| 4 | Thus , while we may be born with a certain ‘ equipment ’ this does not necessarily determine behaviour ; and , furthermore , behaviour can alter the equipment . |
| 5 | This assumption may be relaxed to a certain extent by allowing for tenure over a specified number of ( exogenously chosen ) periods ( see NN ) or for random terminations ( see Lancaster and Chesher , 1983 ) . |
| 6 | The magnetic field may be confined to a certain part of space but the resulting electric field will pervade all space . |