Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.

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1 Each man is thrown back on himself alone and there is danger that he may be shut up in the solitude of his own heart .
2 No one , for example , supposes that the knowledge that belongs to a good cook is confined to what is or may be written down in the cookery book .
3 Crumbs of advantage , Bénezet had found , may be picked up in the most unexpected places .
4 Guild members are not content with the position in the cooperative world which may be summed up in the saying of the man ‘ My wife and I are one , and I am that one ’ .
5 These various factors which influence the value of an option may be summed up in the following functional statement : .
6 In other cases , a formula may be spelled out in the agreement showing how the market price is to be established .
7 Planning requires the identification of tasks and matching the means with which they may be carried out in the time available and under the conditions prevailing .
8 We will now consider how pivoting may be carried out in the framework we have outlined .
9 This may be carried out in the candidate 's home country or in the overseas location .
10 The visitor to an auction may be caught up in the excitement and drama of the event , but the climate of opinion in which it takes place has been created by scholars and critics as well as businessmen .
11 The leader and deputy leader of the party shall be elected or re-elected from amongst the Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party at the party conference … and with the provision as may be set out in the standing orders for the time being in force .
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