Example sentences of "[noun pl] may [adv] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disturbed sleep patterns may also be one symptom of depression , which requires medical help . |
| 2 | Not only are primary schools in the neighbourhood competing for children but prep schools may also be attracting pupils out of the area too . |
| 3 | There are other signs that might lead you to believe that there 's things not as they might be , the legs may not be equal length particularly if only one is dislocated and that 's fairly obvious is n't it because the , the , the ball joint 's not in the socket and there 's a bigger gap so the leg hangs down longer and you 've all changed a baby have n't you and you see that they 've got little creases in the insides of their legs and across their buttocks , and those creases may not be a mirror matching they are normally , so those are clues . |
| 4 | And just as JET was too large for any single European country to build , its successors may also be collaborative ventures , perhaps involving even more countries . |
| 5 | Secondly , even with only sporadic injections of new funds , investment trusts may still be active traders in the markets for financial assets . |
| 6 | So prices have tend to have fallen on world markets for agricultural goods because of support right , and they 've also become a lot more volatile and that , and that is the er the source of the international frustration with erm the common agricultural policy and this is why we 've got agriculture er being introduced into the G A T T. Not only does it impose huge costs on domestic tax payers and consumers , it also in incurs erm a large cost on third country exporters , right now if you think that most of those countries may well be developing countries and agricultural output is their only source of foreign exchange erm then er the policies of the rich countries in the West are erm a actively erm hindering the development prospects of developing countries alright and that may not be the desired intention . |
| 7 | The dangers of long exposure to fluorescent lighting and video screens are only now beginning to be appreciated , and the 50 Hz frequency of domestic electric-ring circuits may not be good news either . |
| 8 | Even in these countries , however , although employers ' organisations may not be direct bargaining institutions they can still play an important role in industrial relations by helping to achieve a degree of cohesion among employers through their coordinating and advisory functions . |
| 9 | The interest of workers may well be higher wages — but not so high that their employer is driven from business . |
| 10 | But if the genes are stacked high up against you , lifestyle changes may not be enough protection . ’ |
| 11 | Er , home care agencies may well be private home owners who , who divert or they 're existing , existing er , agencies that provide home care . |
| 12 | Eurobonds may either be public issues or private placements — issues sold direct to investors and not traded . |
| 13 | Beds on cruise ships may either be free standing or bunk beds . |
| 14 | The fabliaux " fantasies may clearly be male ones , but fabliau attitudes are far removed from those implied by the conscious and formulaic antifeminism of medieval tradition . |
| 15 | One of these factors may well be adequate knowledge of the technology . |