Example sentences of "there may [be] [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there may be discussion of specific types of offence , the committees are not empowered to discuss individual cases or deal with complaints against individual officers . |
| 2 | On many issues , the convergence with the Liberal Democrats is so marked that there may be mileage in cross-party initiatives . |
| 3 | There may be scope for similar challenges to an expert 's decision arising from other aspects of the contract between the parties : for instance , the conditions precedent to the right to refer a dispute to an expert may not have been met , in which case the entire reference will be premature . |
| 4 | Democratic mechanisms must be conceived as operating at different levels : within the operating units there may be scope for direct participative democracy perhaps also involving factory committees in close touch with the workforce ; at the level of the enterprise , direct democracy would probably be impractical and some form of representative mechanism would be required . |
| 5 | There are also classes-in-struggle in every society , but the nature of these varies according to local circumstances and history : thus in one place there may be struggle within civil society between religious groups , for example , whereas in others such struggle may be absent , despite a lack of religious homogeneity . |
| 6 | Less severe forms of sanction include rebuke , withholding of praise and demanding repetition of work ; in more serious cases there may be referral to senior staff , detention , putting a pupil on report , writing to parents and calling them into school , referring the pupil to a special unit in the school and ultimately exclusion from school . |
| 7 | In certain cases , there may be deposition of solid matter from ground water on standing , such as occurs in supplies containing iron or manganese , where , on exposure to the atmosphere , the water picks up oxygen or loses carbon dioxide , which results in precipitation of insoluble hydroxides . |
| 8 | In fevers there may be thirst for hot drinks during the chill , for sips during the heat and a copious thirst during the sweat . |
| 9 | There may be numbness of affected parts , stitching , tearing pains and may be oversensitive to pain . |