Example sentences of "[noun pl] may [be] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Working Paper 43 stressed , the work of the library resource centre requires different skills , but these skills may be present in different ways in different individuals ; many people can learn and practice at least two . |
| 2 | This result implies that domain-specific collocations may be superior to general collocations in analysing documents from the same domain . |
| 3 | Ear defenders may be advisable for long periods of work , but we found the low exhaust tone quieter than that on average-sized petrol mowers . |
| 4 | If this is a correct analysis of the situation , the consequences for our disciplines may be far-reaching in unexpected ways which are only just beginning to be noticed . |
| 5 | Respiratory signs may be due to larval damage in the lungs or to the anoxic effects of anaemia . |
| 6 | We have seen that decisions and acts may be subject to judicial review if they are made or done in the exercise of public functions , whether those functions are conferred by statute or common law or neither . |
| 7 | This difference between these rather broad age groups may be indicative of significant age-related variations within the population in terms of how they consider health . |
| 8 | The tenor of the times may be favourable to presidential action . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the courts have recognized the value of informal rules in a variety of contexts , and it is now quite clear that such rules may be subject to judicial review on a number of grounds ( as we will see in due course ) . |
| 10 | Some of these rules may be good in other situations , and deserve high weights . |
| 11 | Consider now to what extent changes in a country 's monetary variables may be responsible for cyclical variations in real output . |
| 12 | The timing of the move to other pastures may be dependent on other farming activities , but if it can be delayed until October or later and accompanied by an anthelmintic treatment then eggs from any worms which survive the treatment are unlikely to develop due to the unfavourable winter temperatures . |
| 13 | Thirdly , the species composition of the prey animals may be characteristic of particular predator types . |
| 14 | To decide which effects may be relevant to subjective risk when driving the main findings in fields concerned with emotional arousal and memory and some of the theories which have been used to account for them will be briefly reviewed . |
| 15 | Assemblies , dress requirements , school meals provision and links with parents may be insensitive to different cultural backgrounds and linguistic diversity . |
| 16 | On the same basis , non-governmental ( or ‘ private ’ ) bodies which perform public functions may be subject to judicial review . |
| 17 | This combination of good marksmanship with poor reasoning ability can only be described as alarming — in particular when so many military duties may be concerned with public order , as in Northern Ireland , where rules of engagement require the soldier to make decisions on the basis of evidence that is often ambiguous . |
| 18 | In terms of hazard , a procedure causing a serious complication in one out of 1000 individuals may be acceptable in clinical practice , but if in screening a procedure with the same complication rate reduced the incidence of the disorder sought by 50% in a population with an incidence of that disorder of two per 1000 , then there would be no net benefit . |
| 19 | Cultivating such plants on a sufficient scale for worldwide needs may be difficult in primitive surroundings where the plant grows naturally and impossible elsewhere . |
| 20 | If these channels are not pursued , adoptees may be vulnerable to commercial offers of tracing at inflated charges . |
| 21 | Within a climatological belt , the spread of bryophytes with spores smaller than 25 –m is probably by wind though birds and insects may be important over short distances . |
| 22 | Isotope gastric emptying studies may be useful in clinical practice . |
| 23 | Cattle may be short in specific areas because finishers have already pushed through everything they have got before they are hit with the complications of the subsidy system . |
| 24 | The expression " breach of warranty " is often used in disputes about deferred consideration , when vendors are said in the agreement to " warrant " that the profits reach a specified figure , and the purchasers seek a repayment from the vendors to compensate them for that loss , in most cases calculated on a pre-agreed formula : if the profits exceed the specified figure , the vendors may be entitled to additional consideration . |
| 25 | While private investors may be cautious about new issues , institutional demand is apparently holding up . |
| 26 | It appears few small businesses may be aware of discretionary relief . |
| 27 | With the exception of Romania ( where the extremely high maternal mortality caused by abortions may be due to illegal interruption of pregnancies as a consequence of abrupt termination of a previously free induced abortion system ) , maternal mortality due to obstetric causes is much higher than those caused by abortion . |
| 28 | However , the conclusions of these writers may be open to certain lines of criticism , and some writers who have addressed the question of nuclear weapons and the laws of war have reached conclusions which are significantly different in important respects . |
| 29 | It should be noted that these instincts and qualities may be present in varying degrees of intensity and that they often merge into one another and are interrelated . |
| 30 | If , as will be considered next , companies serve the public interest by seeking to maximise their profits , then the shareholders ' rights may be justifiable on functional grounds , that is , by virtue of their role in securing the efficient operation of the business . |