Example sentences of "may [be] in [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The whole of Stalinvast may be in chaos in the ordinary sense , but Chaos as such has nothing to do with it . |
| 2 | A cautionary note should be added : the separated wife may be in possession of the fomer matrimonial home and wish to move house . |
| 3 | If the research is a problem-solving exercise , the satisfaction achieved in solving that problem may be in proportion to the perceived size of the problem . |
| 4 | Whatever arguments there may be in favour of the independence of members of assemblies or parliaments , it is hard to see what they have to do with representation as it is commonly understood . |
| 5 | The hon. Member for Derbyshire , South ( Mrs. Currie ) , who is making expansive gestures , may be in favour of the consequences that I have described , but I do not think that the British people share her view . |
| 6 | THE end may be in sight for the annual Territorial Championship , whose post-Christmas slot is the least acceptable in the women 's fixture list . |
| 7 | THE end may be in sight for the annual Territorial Championship , whose post-Christmas slot is the least acceptable in the women 's fixture list . |
| 8 | There is next to no hierarchy in advertising , so you may be in charge of the account in the managing director 's eyes , but an experienced creative person wo n't consider that you are " senior " to him . |
| 9 | In October 1989 , the case was referred to the European Court on the Grounds that SPUC had insufficient evidence for an injunction , and that Irish law may be in breach of the Treaty of Rome . |
| 10 | Moreover , if the trade association fixes a minimum standard , the drafter must ensure that the terms produced for the client satisfy that standard , otherwise the client may be in breach of the rules of the trade association and risk being disciplined . |
| 11 | This more deliberate pattern-making may be in imitation of the teacher 's attempt or even at her suggestion . |
| 12 | The manufacturer 's interest in a high price , for example , may be in opposition to the social desirability of a low price . |
| 13 | The making of a care order will automatically discharge any supervision order , school attendance order or s8 order which may be in force at the time ( s91(2) ( 3 ) ( 5 ) ) . |
| 14 | A tanker ban is only one of a package of measures which may be in place by the year 2000 . |
| 15 | Sludgeful though they may be in pieces like The Space … ( complete with pseudo-planetarium backdrop ) , and while Warm Wet Circles keeps receding and then returning like some particularly tiresome romantic symphony , Marillion sometimes achieve genuine vastness . |