Example sentences of "[pron] may [adv] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here we are concerned with the basic principles , on which all else depends and which may eventually be applied to longer movements as well as to short sections . |
| 2 | The value of reports on one or two skeletons is not to serve as the basis of any theory of morphological relationships , but to provide standardized data which may eventually be built into a general picture of population at one period or through time . |
| 3 | Subject to one very important exception , the English courts will not grant a Mareva injunction unless the plaintiff 's cause of action against the defendant is one which may properly be adjudicated upon in England . |
| 4 | Where a solicitor by himself or herself or with any other person without breach of paragraph ( 2 ) of this rule operates , actively participates in or controls any business , other than a solicitor 's practice or a multi-national partnership , which offers any service which may properly be offered as part of a solicitor 's practice , the solicitor shall ensure ? |
| 5 | The T&G , which may yet be shamed into balloting its members , has made no secret of its backing for Smith on the basis that he has a ‘ movement background ’ . |
| 6 | The industry deserves better consideration and the country needs the benefits that recovery and growth in our industry could bring but which may well be sabotaged by inappropriate Government cuts . |
| 7 | Er opposed to God and of which may well be thought of as incarnating itself in those men in every generation , who have sin to be the blatant opponents of God . |
| 8 | The authority has worked out a scheme which may well be copied around the country by councils faced with an increasing number of travellers . |
| 9 | Or that the campaign has two objectives : an information and persuasion job , to be done in TV or press , and a reminder job which may best be done in posters . |
| 10 | There are prescribing interface issues between primary and secondary care which may best be resolved by the development of purchasers |
| 11 | Most at risk are youngsters , which may even be attacked by adults of their own species . |
| 12 | For Simmel , modernity is defined by societies which are highly monetarized , and therefore strongly permeated by high levels of abstraction and quantitative forms , which may also be related to the rise of industrialization . |
| 13 | Making a video record of the drive both makes it possible to check the accuracy of memories and to record driving variables which may also be related to memory . |
| 14 | Total Quality Management ( TQM ) and BS5750 initiatives are formal expressions of a desire to make quality a priority which may also be expressed in a more informal way . |
| 15 | The memory loss we all begin to experience with age may result from a similar impairment of the cholinergic system , which may also be altered in Alzheimer 's disease . |
| 16 | The pluralist description of the social order with its myriad political institutions , groups , and actors all competing , albeit unequally , for power treats the media as a set of institutions which may act independently in society but which may also be deployed by powerful groups . |
| 17 | With a further 25% of the data sheets describing qualification training ( which may also be regarded as an aspect of development training ) , there was indeed far less evidence of commitment to specific job training programmes . |
| 18 | The advantages include those associated with the interferometer ( see above ) and the associated computer , those associated with the high-power directed beam of the laser , which may also be operated in pulses rather than continuously , and also the virtual elimination of fluorescent background signals because of the long wavelength of the laser radiation . |
| 19 | ‘ There has been a big swing to pay bars , which may also be linked to the recession , ’ said Fenella Willis . |
| 20 | A word made up of two or more elements , each of which may also be used as a separate word , eg son-in-law , newspaper , goldsmith . |
| 21 | These islands were probably each surrounded by shallow marine carbonates which may also be preserved in the grabens ( Fig. 3 ) . |
| 22 | Moreover , recent findings suggest that increased levels of luteinising hormone , which may also be associated with hyperinsulinaemia , might decrease the spontaneous chance of conceiving and increase spontaneous abortion rates . |
| 23 | The experience of a panic attack has its basis in the alarm reaction which may also be known as ‘ the fight or flight response ’ discussed in chapter one ( Cannon 1929 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ Which may just be connected with the almost simultaneous murder of her husband in Helsinki , ’ Paula insisted . |
| 25 | The question of the exclusivity of Community competence is of particular difficulty with regard to two concepts derived from the case law of the European Court : the concept that the existence of Community legislation on a matter excludes national legislation on the same matter , which may be illustrated in the context of the free movement of goods , and the concept that the duty of the Community to act in a particular matter from a particular date may exclude the possibility of Member States acting in that area from that date , which may particularly be illustrated in the context of external competence . |
| 26 | However , where we are aware of any building works which may reasonably be considered to adversely affect your enjoyment , we will notify you as soon as possible . |
| 27 | The view might be held that s3 has no application to such a clause , because s3 only applies to clauses under which the proferens purports to be entitled to a performance diffferent from that reasonably expected , whereas the effect of the clause quoted above is to define the performance which may reasonably be expected of the seller , so that the buyer can not reasonably expect any particular delivery date . |
| 28 | But this does not exclude the possibility of convictions for the use of physical force well beyond that which may reasonably be expected in a game : the borderline is vague , but presumably the courts will decide particular cases by reference to the degree of violence used , its relation to the play in the game , any evidence of intent , and so on . |
| 29 | The claim will be defended in particular against the argument that the company should be seen as a private vehicle which may legitimately be employed for the exclusive pursuit of the purposes of its members . |
| 30 | But then it is only a presumption ; and , as such , it must always give way to the language used if it is clear , and also to all counter presumptions which may legitimately be had in view in determining , on ordinary principles , the true meaning and intent of the legislation . |