Example sentences of "[adj] may be [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have seen how the vibration frequencies may be observed and how each may be allocated to a particular symmetry species . |
| 2 | Or w w shall we say that may be said with a bit of a tongue in cheek ? |
| 3 | That may be followed by a health and fitness check on new employees . |
| 4 | That an appropriation was dishonest may be proved in a number of ways . |
| 5 | Some may be combined with a back roller or circulator unit to produce hot water and limited central heating . |
| 6 | This may be justified on a variety of hard to refute grounds , such as the person is needed to keep production or a service going without disruption . |
| 7 | This may be illustrated by a simple numerical example . |
| 8 | This may be illustrated from a public opinion survey in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1972 . |
| 9 | This may be confirmed on a few sites by the presence of a small cemetery over the site of the original house , after it had been thoroughly demolished , since some of the graves have been dug into the wall foundations , showing an ignorance of their existence . |
| 10 | This may be seen as a move to make international law into proper law , or at least international law with one of its essential purposes , the control of force , and , of course , there have long been laws to restrict the type and degree of force used even in legitimate war , and some restrictions on the very legality of wars , for instance when they are in contravention of treaties . |
| 11 | Alternatively , if the employee receives promotion after refusing a transfer , this may be seen as a precedent by other staff when their turn comes to be asked to move . |
| 12 | This may be seen as a special case of the ‘ free-rider ’ problem , discussed later in conjunction with public goods . |
| 13 | This may be seen as a measure of the extent to which opportunities for successful study are being provided for students who would traditionally not have been considered to be capable of achieving this success . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | This may be done with a reaper and binder or by scythe fitted with a special cradle . |
| 16 | This may be done for a variety of reasons including someone 's anxiety that the original figures were just too unlikely to be reliable . |
| 17 | This may be done by a provision such as : If the Seller is in breach of this term the Buyer may reject the goods and terminate the contract [ making the term a condition ] or The Buyer will accept the goods even if they are delivered late and late delivery will not entitle the buyer to terminate the contract [ making the term a warranty ] or by using the words " condition " and " warranty " and then defining them in the contract : " condition " means a term of this contract any breach of which will entitle the party not in breach to ( i ) terminate the contract and ( ii ) claim damages for losses caused by breach of condition whether or not he terminates the contract . |
| 18 | This may be done in a rigid way , as in setting or streaming , where allocation to a different group occurs infrequently , as in Example E. By contrast , there may be flexible groupings for particular activities within the classroom . |
| 19 | This may be expanded into a ‘ wind farm ’ of ten units . |
| 20 | This may be related to a relative lack of social stability : being more frequently single and in less permanent accommodation . |
| 21 | This may be viewed as a transition matrix mapping pre-tax income positions into post-tax positions ( Atkinson , 1979 ) , and it is unlikely that this matrix is diagonal . |
| 22 | This may be caused by a badly adjusted carb or a blocked jet within the carb or by an air leak from the manifold gasket under the carb . |
| 23 | The roles of some key staff are likely to be affected by RMI and this may be perceived as a threat . |
| 24 | This may be followed by a visit or telephone call only if such follow up relates to the needs of the clients of the professional adviser , not the needs of the professional adviser itself . |
| 25 | This may be contrasted with a moral or rule-based association which is not held together by a common purpose but merely by the authority of common practices . |
| 26 | A different sort of response to art is to use it as a means of learning more about the society in which it was produced ; this may be felt by a theoretician to be more important than to know the artist 's intentions , which , it can be argued , are determined by society . |
| 27 | However , this may be regarded as a longer-term aim . |
| 28 | While this may be regarded as a sign of real independence it is probably more accurate to describe it as ‘ pseudoindependence ’ ( Kets de Vries , 1978 ) . |
| 29 | BRAC 's efforts have brought attention to the concept of oral rehydration therapy in Bangladesh , and this may be regarded as a success . |
| 30 | This focusing singularity is normally a curvature singularity , but this may be replaced by a Cauchy horizon . |