Example sentences of "[noun sg] may [be] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At many large computer centres they are literally costed in money ; or each user may be allotted a ration of time , measured in seconds , and a ration of space , measured in ‘ words ’ . |
| 2 | A LIFESPAN database will typically consist of many hierarchical package structures and within these structures a module instance may be referenced a number of times . |
| 3 | Usually accompanied by a village or hamlet , such a caput may be called a villa regalis , but the terms aula , mansio and maerdref are also used . |
| 4 | It seems to me , if a literary critic may be allowed a comment on these linguistic matters , that the function of the first- and second-person pronouns is rather to relate two people , to set up a plane of relationship which includes them and excludes all others . |
| 5 | Thus in one field the U- figure may be given a value of 90 per cent as take up is known to be very strong , while in another it is given a value of 25 per cent since only 1 in 4 of such applicants is thought likely to accept . |
| 6 | Conversely , a body may be styled a tribunal and yet be a court for present purposes . |
| 7 | The whole body may be conveying a message . |
| 8 | Although unnecessary with S.pombe , in cases where there is uncertainty whether probe a is positive for clone c , the hybridisation event may be given a grey-level 0 < h ac < 1 , with 1 indicating a certain positive and 0 a certain negative . |
| 9 | The section provides that a non-individual person may be granted a licence in its own name and that of the person responsible for the day-to-day running of the premises . |
| 10 | Down the road , a third person may be driving a car and taking the dog for daily walks . |
| 11 | Drugs based on bismuth may be making a comeback . |
| 12 | If the disordered chromosome is detected , the woman may be offered a termination of the pregnancy . |
| 13 | Paradoxically , although the task of updating the information system each month may be considered a chore , many managers insist on doing this task themselves . |
| 14 | However , in the case of the Runefangs , any Elector Count described below may automatically have one , and any other one character in the army may be given a Runefang as part of his normal magic item allowance . |
| 15 | A good rule of thumb is that a model may be considered a potential hit if at least half its base area lies under the template , while models whose bases are only touched or grazed can be ignored . |
| 16 | In these circumstances to talk of the inner city may be to accept a vocabulary which we might prefer not to endorse but it might also use the only language in which we can be heard . |
| 17 | If you even mildly suspect a particular food may be causing a problem , set that food aside , for now at least . |
| 18 | Finally the couple may be celebrating a birthday , a wedding anniversary or some other red-letter day . |
| 19 | His persecution may be accounted a cost of the Bolshevik dictatorship and the laws of totalitarianism . |
| 20 | Cooperative acquisition may be taken a stage further if a system of centralized acquisition is introduced . |
| 21 | From the folk art section may be noted a collection of 25 weathervanes , including an 18th-century gilded and carved pine example from Portland , Maine ( est. $100,000–150,000 ; £51,500–77,300 ) . |
| 22 | The client may be offered a number of options at the end of the session . |