Example sentences of "[det] may [verb] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In most cases , there are insufficient surviving remains to make it worthwhile conserving the site for public display : if it has been fully excavated , all that may remain to be seen are , literally , a few depressions in the natural subsoil , even if what was excavated above was quite spectacular . |
| 2 | ( b ) Capital As the capital resources of the firm will have been reduced by the amount required to acquire an outgoing partner 's share in the practice , so that may need to be recouped from the incoming partner ( possibly with additional contributions being needed from the continuing partners ) ; or , in the case of an increase in the number of partners , additional capital may be needed to finance new activities or new offices . |
| 3 | Some may prefer to be given a global picture of what is involved in the task and then be allowed to fill in the details as they need them . |
| 4 | Some may prefer to be presented with a prescribed set of facts and skills , whilst others may learn best by being encouraged to discover things for themselves , often as solutions to problems . |
| 5 | Some of its sections and their subdivisions may be found unnecessary when applied to a particular problem ; some may require to be expanded . |
| 6 | Once allocated it should be a prime task of the particular worker to do a full assessment , in the knowledge that this may need to be repeated , as the health , morale or circumstances of the elderly person at risk can change rapidly with a knock-on effect . |
| 7 | This may need to be supported by actual action likely to undermine public confidence in the exchange . |
| 8 | She expects her son-in-law to be just the same kind of husband and father , with all the same values and priorities , and finds it difficult to accept him as a man with a different set of strengths and weaknesses , however happy he makes her daughter , and this may need to be pointed out to her . |
| 9 | Even in the case of the large church with a regular new members ' class , this may need to be supplemented by a sponsorship scheme in which the converts are matched with church members of the same sex and similar age and background , to help them find their feet and be introduced to the family . |
| 10 | If drainage is a serious problem , this may have to be tackled before fertility can be built up . |
| 11 | If the pot-au-feu is for a special occasion you include as well a boiling chicken , but since so many kitchens are n't equipped with a soup pot large enough to hold a chicken at the same time as all the meat , this may have to be cooked separately . |
| 12 | The appellant is supposed to have a right of reply , but this may have to be sacrificed if it has grown too late . |
| 13 | This may have to be sawn off with a junior hacksaw if it has rusted in place |
| 14 | These may need to be debated as they were before compromises may need to be rich , but I 'm afraid it looks as though it 's gon na be a compromise only between two parties , but this is n't a . |
| 15 | Furthermore , if Newco is taking over certain liabilities of the business , these may need to be novated and there may be a substantial amount of conveyancing of freehold and leasehold properties to Newco . |
| 16 | These may need to be reviewed and updated in line with my new clinical environment , and a new or different approach to team management . |
| 17 | Advice on continuing education is available from several organisations and these may have to be approached individually in order to put together a picture of opportunities available to you locally . |
| 18 | More than usually generous credit terms may have to be offered , and although we did not allow for introductory discounts in our example , these may have to be offered to induce custom , with the degree of generosity perhaps varying by assessment of likelihood of payment and repeat orders . |
| 19 | Thirty-five orthopaedic operations have so far been cancelled , and 65 more may have to be postponed . |
| 20 | If this conclusion is correct then either much more may need to be done to force changes in the underlying culture of Whitehall , or the FMI may be laid ‘ to rest as soon as the architect [ Mrs Thatcher ] is removed ’ ( Gray and Jenkins , 1984 , p. 427 ) . |