Example sentences of "[verb] [that] [noun] may be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will also evaluate a range of explanations which suggest that wages may be set above the market clearing level for efficient reasons . |
| 2 | A share certificate will contain two statements on which the company will know that reliance may be placed . |
| 3 | In a similar way in suprasegmental phonology it is claimed that utterances may be divided up into tone-units , and that one can identify on phonetic or phonological grounds the places where one tone-unit ends and another tone-unit begins . |
| 4 | Kossen also says that these characteristics can be learned and developed , thereby suggesting that leaders may be made as well as born . |
| 5 | Christianity is not the only religion to suggest that divinity may be born on earth through a chosen , sacred womb . |
| 6 | Adler v. George shows that statutes may be read not only against the background of notions of justice and settled legal principle ( which tend to limit their operation ) but also against the background of notions of ordinary common sense ( which may extend their operation ) . |
| 7 | Forecasting ‘ more of a melee than a contest ’ Bevan stated that awards may be given to recognise outstanding kites , team uniforms and accessories , team spirit etc . |
| 8 | But the Manx courts have now agreed that copies may be made available to defendants in a criminal case to be heard next year against eight people involved in the Savings&Investment collapse . |
| 9 | This states that X may be formed from Y and Z combining . |
| 10 | However , Dr Clarke adds that the secretary of one defence body ‘ did qualify this by stating that doctors may be questioned very closely about their reasons for not taking a patient 's temperature and , taken with other factors , this may swing a decision for disciplinary proceedings against the doctor ’ . |
| 11 | The Act recognises that shares may be transmitted by operation of law and that , when this occurs , the prohibition on registering unless a proper instrument of transfer has been delivered does not apply . |
| 12 | If approval is not granted , Stewart Gallimore , principal officer at North Yorkshire SSD , fears that magistrates may be tempted to impose a tougher sentence than the offence warrants — so young women will lost out yet again . |
| 13 | Mr Zhelev fears that elections may be called before alternative platforms and candidates are ready , giving the Communist Party a clear run . |
| 14 | It seems that girls may be given fancier names because this fits in with a traditionally feminine image while the common masculine-sounding names for boy babies , like Richard , David , James and Alexander , would ostensibly give a boy fewer problems than Tarquin or Marmaduke . |
| 15 | Little progress is being made with this problem and it is feared that momentum may be lost by those opposing the scheme , especially over the Christmas and New Year periods . |
| 16 | In addition , Bagnold has observed that barchans may be formed in the troughs between series of seif dunes , in the manner shown in Fig. 1 1.5 . |
| 17 | But now it 's hoped that Longfords may be restored to its former glory . |
| 18 | The Microprocessor Report suspects that Hummingbird may be aimed at MPEG full-motion video/audio applications and could eliminate the need for a separate MPEG chip . |
| 19 | Such consent shall not be withheld provided that the sub-licensor agrees to supply such technical information to the sub-licensee on conditions corresponding to the confidentiality conditions of this Agreement save that consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of any Party from whom consent is sought in respect of the supply of computer programs in source code form . |
| 20 | Assuming no undue delays this means that telematics may be adopted in the next few weeks . |
| 21 | This means that production may be achieved at lower ‘ unit cost ’ ( ie lower average cost ) . |
| 22 | It admits that people may be driven to vice by desperation or cruel social circumstances . |
| 23 | It is well established that individuals may be pursued in tort even though the allegedly negligent act or piece of advice itself was in name performed by a company . |
| 24 | gives two examples in order to show that theft may be committed , although the ( so-called ) appropriation is made by the offender with the consent of the owner , ( 1 ) in the case of robbery and ( 2 ) where there has been larceny by a trick . |
| 25 | Moreover , s11(2) of SGA 1979 provides that conditions may be waived , or a breach of a condition may be treated by the buyer as a breach of warranty and not as a ground for treating the contract as repudiated . |
| 26 | Section 2(2) of that Act provides that regulations may be made ‘ for the purpose of implementing any Community obligation of the United Kingdom or for the purpose of dealing with matters arising out of or related to any such obligation . ’ |
| 27 | He argues that standards may be rendered more precise by ‘ criteria ’ , facts that are to be taken into accounts but that ‘ the feature of standards that distinguishes them from rules is their flexibility and susceptibility to change over time ’ . |
| 28 | Since he believes that students may be aided in drawing their own conclusions if writers make their own value biases explicit , it is particularly important to do this . |
| 29 | Working within this Hegelian framework Oakeshott also suggests that experience may be viewed from limited standpoints or ‘ modes ’ . |