Example sentences of "[adj] may [adv] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The structure of the Act of 1986 may initially be thought to be one in which the categories of authorised person and exempted person are mutually exclusive categories . |
| 2 | ‘ We do n't know what is happening , but that may yet be allocated to women 's issues . ’ |
| 3 | With few exceptions , most people would wish to have a holiday of at leapt two weeks in the summer period which for some may also be confined to the time when children are on holiday from school or when the local factory is closed . |
| 4 | Some may even be clinging to the arching aerial roots of the mangroves or clambering up the trunks . |
| 5 | This may well be considered to be an important factor , but , like other arguments for restricting popular influence or control over political systems and assemblies , it is not a democratic argument . |
| 6 | ‘ Again , a landlord who has obtained an order for possession may still be entitled to re-enter peaceably without invoking the assistance of the sheriff , even during a stay of execution ; but this may now be confined to cases where nobody is lawfully in residence . |
| 7 | This may actually be seen to better advantage in conversion to offices or even a house . |
| 8 | They provide ‘ on approval ’ collections of new books which librarians may inspect before selecting , and these may either be sent to library premises or — a new development — toured round library authorities in special vans . |
| 9 | Many of the points which are made concerning alphabetical indexes in Chapters 15 , 16 and 17 may also be applied to the construction of indexes to classification schemes . |
| 10 | The effect of section 89(1) is that the shares concerned may then be offered to anybody . |
| 11 | In the tropics , however , environmental change is occurring at an unprecedented rate where deforestation is creating local and , in all probability , global environmental problems since the demise of tropical rainforests in particular may well be contributing to the enhanced greenhouse effect ( section 5.3.1 ) . |