Example sentences of "[conj] they may be [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is particularly true of regulations in heavily regulated fields such as agriculture , where they may be part of a long string of related measures or be limited to implementing a regulation of broader scope . |
| 2 | They may exist in their own right or they may be illustrations in a book . |
| 3 | These ‘ id-impulses ’ may be either for ‘ perverse ’ sexual acts which sometimes can not even be admitted to consciousness as acts which the person desires , or they may be impulses of sadism and destructiveness . |
| 4 | She may know that her tears will relieve her tension more effectively than shouting back or pretending not to notice , or they may be tears of anger rather than the vulnerability so despised by her colleagues . |
| 5 | They may be co-accused who have never been tried and are entitled to the presumption of innocence , or they may be people against whom the defendant has a grudge of any nature . |
| 6 | Other addictive relationships such as some sexual practices may be branded by society as being definitely abnormal or even criminal , yet there is evidence that they may be part of the broad spectrum of addictive disease and therefore outside the personal control of the individual sufferer . |
| 7 | But he is also aware that they may be conceptions of the good life for people generally and for society as a whole . |
| 8 | The receptor for TGLP-1 in the rat gastric mucosa seems to be different from that for glucagon-29 , but they may be part of a closely related family . |