Example sentences of "may [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also important that national authorities administer Community rules in a coherent fashion and that companies are aware of their Community rights , some of which may be newly acquired , to ensure that they benefit fully from them . |
| 2 | The law is called upon to distinguish between information which may be legitimately used to make a stock market trade , and that which may not . |
| 3 | It relies instead on a political theory about the legitimacy of private power and the conditions subject to which that power may be exercised : a theory that contends that power may be legitimately held only for the purpose of furthering the public good . |
| 4 | Naval midshipmen , like their counterparts in the merchant service , may be authentically involved in vigorous , violent action in fiction , as they were in fact , at least until the recent past . |
| 5 | America 's junk-bond market refuses to die , though some of the returning life in it may be strictly temporary |
| 6 | An ordinary fully comprehensive car insurance policy usually includes damage to your own car , but sums for serious bodily injury may be strictly limited . |
| 7 | But for teachers who wish to use the video on the basis of a fuller teaching programme , there are also lesson plans for four periods per episode , and , where access to a video recorder or time in the teaching schedule may be strictly limited , ideas are included on how to use just one classroom period per episode . |
| 8 | CURRY lovers who regularly put themselves through the pain of eating hot , spicy food may be physically addicted to the ‘ high ’ it gives , according to new research . |
| 9 | A physically disabled or ill person or a frail elderly person are obvious examples of people who may be physically unable to avoid accidental injury in certain circumstances . |
| 10 | Sometimes you will be caring for clients who may be physically or verbally abusive , or unpleasant in their personal habits . |
| 11 | Although the person suffering from the disorder may be physically fit , the deterioration of the brain 's function leads to very distressing and anti-social behaviour at times . |
| 12 | The viewer may be physically absent , but remains psychologically present . |
| 13 | They may be physically attached to the front cover of the publication , slipped between the pages or offered on the editorial pages . |
| 14 | Cases range from the severely handicapped person who may be physically helpless and incapable of coherent speech , to the highly acceptable , responsible person , earning a living , looking after themselves , obtaining considerable enjoyment from life and from relationships but generally regarded as not very bright . |
| 15 | And however , easy it may be physically , a labour like this is emotionally very demanding and can leave you feeling shocked and drained . |
| 16 | If it is set too high then the end of tape may be physically reached and Offline will believe there is still space available . |
| 17 | The original may be physically damaged if a cup of coffee is spilt over it or the magnetic impulses on the disk representing the program may be destroyed or altered by exposure to a strong magnetic field . |
| 18 | They may have a strong urge to provide care which they can not translate into reality , and they may be acutely uneasy as a result . |
| 19 | In addition , applicants with high numbers of points awarded for medical reasons may be favourably treated . |
| 20 | The bridge of the nose is depressed with a ‘ saddle ’ appearance and the upper jaw may be small compared to the lower . |
| 21 | While some may be mostly straightforward logs , hedges , rails etc. , others may include ditches , water , steps , drops etc. , which may be off-putting for the beginner . |
| 22 | They may be mostly kids who still worry about spots — facial as well as first team — but they performed with commendable maturity , resolve and verve at White Hart Lane . |
| 23 | Making a machine work may be mostly ‘ feel ’ , but that ‘ feel ’ has to be translated through the mind and conveyed to the machine . ’ |
| 24 | In an educational application , the user may be firmly channelled by the controlling software into pathways that suit the particular didactic purpose of the application . |
| 25 | Its fate may be clearly seen in this view taken after the diversion of local trains to run via Oxspring and Barnsley . |
| 26 | However four main stages may be clearly defined , decision making , decision taking , solution implementation and control ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 27 | If someone shines a small torch at one end , the light may be clearly seen to emerge from the other . |
| 28 | For example , the hands or even the figures on the dial of a wall-mounted clock may be clearly visible to the child with tunnel vision , but the problem could be that of locating the clock itself . |
| 29 | they may be clearly demarcated from men ; and |
| 30 | Though tasks may be clearly stated ( school visiting , crime prevention enquiries , contact with ethnic minorities , etc. ) , outcomes , not being tangible , can not be measured . |