Example sentences of "may [adv] be used [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Evidence may be given by affidavit , but the court may order the attendance of the deponent for cross-examination and if he does not attend , his affidavit may only be used with leave of the court ( r 7.7 ) .
2 For some companies special offers are more difficult because their product may only be used by professions also , such as hairdressers , or it may be perishable and not suitable for selling through the post .
3 Scrolls can only be used by wizards , for example , while a Runefang may only be used by heroes of the Empire ( this does include Champions and Lords incidentally — all characters who are not wizards are heroes just as all wizards are wizards even if they are Wizard Lords or Master Wizards ) .
4 … ( 8 ) A statement by a person in response to a requirement imposed by virtue of this section may only be used in evidence against him — ( a ) on a prosecution for an offence under subsection ( 14 ) below ; or ( b ) on a prosecution for some other offence where in giving evidence he makes a statement inconsistent with it .
5 By section 2(8) a statement by a person in response to a requirement imposed under the section may only be used in evidence against him in proceedings for making a false or misleading statement or in proceedings for some other offence where in giving evidence he makes an inconsistent statement .
6 In this sense the term may still be used in debates about the care of those who are mentally ill or handicapped .
7 I am convinced that pupil-profiling alone can not be the way forward , even if profiles may profitably be used in conjunction with other methods of assessment .
8 Alternatively , melisma may also be used for word painting .
9 Fences may also be used for hay , but are not suitable for corn-bound in sheaves .
10 Officials suspect the remote and narrow nine-mile long peninsular may also be used for smuggling , including drugs .
11 May also be used with Blundell 's reader .
12 The two transformations ( 12.1 ) and ( 12.2 ) may also be used in conjunction .
13 Disclaimers may also be used by referees and others to rob you of a claim for damages .
14 At most points in a program there are several intermediate results and several index quantities ; further , calculated results may later be used as index quantities .
15 Lasers may later be used by troops to mark out tanks for attack .
16 Eventually , portable devices may even be used by pedestrians .
17 A reasonably quiet game , this is especially good for older children and may even be used by adults .
18 Next , because while they apply primarily to those who work on their own account , they may equally be used by employees who work for companies which do not have a pension scheme or which have a scheme for which they , as individuals , are not eligible .
19 Publishers ' blurbs — i.e. the brief descriptions of books on the insides of dust covers — may sometimes be used as selection information by librarians , and are certainly a very important factor for readers selecting from library shelves , though they constitute at best a dubious selection instrument for librarians and readers alike .
20 Violence ‘ involves the use of great physical force or intensity and , while it is often impelled by aggressive motivation , may occasionally be used by individuals in a mutual violent interaction which is regarded by both parties as intrinsically rewarding ’ ( Siann 1985 : 12 ) .
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