Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] may be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The smaller reduction in the Medical Research Council 's trial may be accounted for by the high rate of drop outs and deviations from the protocol . |
| 2 | Nonetheless , since the sea waybill 's text may be needed by the consignee or by customs brokers or authorities , it may be transmitted electronically to the port of destination . |
| 3 | In many ways Warner 's chapter may be used as a starting point for an exploration of points of contact between the two exhibitions at Stoke-on-Trent . |
| 4 | Major 's administration may be remembered for bringing the community care changes into being , but this is another Thatcher legacy now being implemented in financial crisis . |
| 5 | This asserts that the demand for a company 's equity may be assumed to be flat ( perfectly elastic ) for all practical purposes and hence increases in supply will have no discernible effect on the price . |
| 6 | Let us hope that those who bay for Mr Rushdie 's blood may be encouraged towards a less aggressive form of literary criticism . |
| 7 | The firm 's independence may be thought to be compromised because of the fee arrangements or because of the relationship with the client . |
| 8 | The firm 's independence may be thought to be compromised because of the fee arrangements or because of the relationship with the client . |
| 9 | Any difference between the current year 's translation of opening balances and the amounts dealt with in the previous year 's consolidation may be taken to or from general reserve ; income and expenditure accounts may be translated at average rates for the financial year . |
| 10 | In addition , the importance of a group 's work may be assessed by noting the extent to which it has influenced the overall structure of concepts . |
| 11 | The equation of abstract painting and music is long established and provides a genre in which Oulton 's work may be seen against the likes of Mark Rothko . |
| 12 | Grandfather or grandmother 's opinion may be communicated in a subtle manner , but even in today 's western society the opinion of the elders still carries great weight . |
| 13 | there is always a danger of interviewer bias ; interviewers may be tempted to express agreement with the respondent to maintain rapport ; the interviewer 's opinion may be conveyed by dress , accent , pauses or voice inflection in the reading of questions , thus revealing boredom , surprise etc . |
| 14 | A daughter knows the dark , night side of her mother , because of the special link that is forged between them and the way that the mother 's nature may be reflected in the daughter 's . |
| 15 | England 's failure may be traced to irresolution at the society 's centre , the Queen herself . |
| 16 | The horse 's behaviour may be modified by trying to get it to have confidence in us and to like us ; and by keeping our own aggression under control , so that we do n't arouse the horse 's aggressive instinct . |
| 17 | ‘ All else failing , a man 's character may be inferred from nothing so surely as the jest he takes in bad part . ’ |
| 18 | In addition , there is an important comparative element , so that Ireland 's development may be viewed within a wider perspective by examining related problems in Europe and Asia . |
| 19 | Hide glue or carpenter 's glue may be considered as a variant on ice in that the melting point is raised to a more practical temperature . |
| 20 | A debtor 's petition may be presented to the court on the ground that the debtor is unable to pay his debts and must be accompanied by a statement of his affairs in the prescribed form ( Form 6.28 in Sched. 4 to the rules ) . |
| 21 | Alternatively , or in addition , the manager 's performance may be assessed against some criteria after a reasonable period has elapsed . |
| 22 | ’ Thus , Leapor 's poem may be seen as a comment on the ideology of land use in her time . |
| 23 | Klein 's model may be introduced in her own words : |
| 24 | A report in the American journal of Epidemiology says that a father 's sperm and a mother 's womb may be damaged by smoking and that the chances of cancer developing in their children were 20 per cent higher when the man smoked and 30 per cent higher when the woman smoked . |
| 25 | And what 's more , Uncle Pumblechook , realizing that this boy 's fortune may be made by going to Miss Havisham 's , has offered to take him into town tonight in his carriage , and let him sleep in his own house , and deliver him tomorrow to Miss Havisham 's . |
| 26 | In other cases , a partner 's contribution may be agreed to be collected in over a period of years out of his profit share . |
| 27 | Ramsey 's problem may be solved by straightforward application of the Lagrangean multiplier technique . |
| 28 | Barlow believes the tour risks nullifying the progress being made towards ending apartheid and that Graveney 's party may be affected by demonstrations . |
| 29 | A reporter 's interest may be stimulated by attending an event , and you will have the chance to talk to him and gain a feel for his interest and views . |
| 30 | i ) In the case where a court order has not yet been made , the nature of the cautioner 's interest may be shown as : the former wife of the registered proprietor having made application for a property adjustment order under s24 Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 by proceedings in the [ Manchester ] County Court between [ husband ] and [ wife ] bearing number of matter ii ) In the case where the court order in favour of the wife has been made , but the transfer has not yet been executed and lodged in HM Land Registry and no earlier caution has been registered this might be : the registered proprietor [ husband ] has been ordered to transfer all his estate and interest in the property to [ wife ] by an order made in the [ Manchester ] County Court dated in proceedings between [ husband ] and [ wife ] bearing number of matter Unless a caution is registered there is risk ; before lodging the transfer the wife 's solicitor will make a Form 94C search , but such search does not confer priority for the registration of any dealing ( Land Registration ( Official Searches ) Rules 1990 ( SI No 1361 ) , r9 ) . |