Example sentences of "may sometimes be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has major implications for the relationship between the two ; few local ‘ voluntaries ’ can afford to offend those who hold purse strings and the nature of the services which they offer may sometimes be on the basis of a contract from the statutory sector ( for example , for meals-on-wheels ) rather than an independent initiative . |
| 2 | There is an oscillation between light and darkness but no particular moment of time when day becomes night or night day ; as I walk across the landscape I may sometimes be on a hill top and sometimes in a valley bottom but at no point does the surface of the earth come to an end . |
| 3 | If sexual dissonance exists it may sometimes be beyond help . |
| 4 | Though a picture may sometimes be worth a thousand words , this may not be true when it comes to drawing out facts from figures . |
| 5 | It may sometimes be worth forming a special unit to support the creation , implementation , maintenance and evaluation of the policy . |
| 6 | The interests of the elderly person and the rest of the family network , which may sometimes be in competition . |
| 7 | This has one tiresome consequence , that if one knows only the short title and calendar year , the statute may sometimes be in either of two volumes , and nothing but a process of trial and error can ascertain which . |
| 8 | More recently , the problem of child sexual abuse has been highlighted , and here too difficulties for social workers in protecting the children may sometimes be in conflict with other interests . |