Example sentences of "may be [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Those entered as registered midwives may be first level trained nurses who have gone on to take additional postbasic training as a midwife , or may be direct entrants to midwifery , in which case their qualification is at first level .
2 Russian similarly uses a form of the pronominal adjectives svoj ( masculine ) , svoja ( feminine ) , svojo ( neuter ) , and svoi ( plural ) to refer to a participant already referred to in the same clause , but in Russian this is not restricted to third-person forms ; the participant referred to by the pronominal adjective may be first , second , or third person .
3 Sister said I may be first on the list tomorrow morning . ’
4 Prell shampoo and Gleem toothpaste may be next .
5 The cost of sending a child to a private , fee-paying school is all the things that you ca n't afford to buy as a result : the new car that you ca n't afford , the holidays in the sun that you ca n't afford ( if you 're so rich that you can afford all these things easily , the opportunity cost , to you , of sending your child to a private school may be next to nothing ) .
6 Scot may be fourth victim of IRA sniper
7 ‘ We may be 16th now , but we wo n't be there for much longer , ’ he said .
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