Example sentences of "may [be] [art] [noun sg] of the " in BNC.
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1 | It may be a development of the third-second centuries B.C. This seems to be the date of Gallic inscriptions in Greek characters . |
2 | This may be a reflection of the willingness of parents to accept the authority of the teacher where only limited sanctions are employed . |
3 | This renewed emphasis on auctioneering rather than other activities may be a reflection of the swingeing drop in revenue from principal activities evident in the 1992 end of year results , down from $15.9 million to $1 million ( see The Art Newspaper , No 27 , April 1993 , p.21 ) . |
4 | Although the proportion of people who reported having diabetes or high blood pressure increased as severity of periodontal disease increased , some of the increase may be a reflection of the older ages of those with more severe disease . |
5 | The problem has been one of acceptability , and that may be a reflection of the practical rather than the academic nature of police surgeons ' work . |
6 | In seeking to explore the effects of different organizational types , a particular concern must be to devise a methodology sufficiently robust to counter the argument that any emerging differences may be a corollary of the differential skills of the particular workers who happen to occupy the posts in the different teams . |
7 | We speculate that the P polypeptide may be a component of the melanosomal membrane , possibly involved in the transport of tyrosine , the primary precursor to melanin biosynthesis . |
8 | Andy Robinson 's side may be a blend of the old and the new , but they still look like the side to beat again after demolishing Nottingham in the first round and drawing last year 's losing finalists , Northampton , in the quarter-finals . |
9 | If the result of an indemnity basis taxation is , as we were told , the invariable loss of some percentage of actual costs , that may be a criticism of the taxing masters ' approach to taxation ( although it may also be a criticism of the excessive level of the fees and disbursements that are submitted for taxation ) ; but it is not a valid criticism of the indemnity basis criterion set out in Ord. 62 , r. 12(2) . |
10 | It may be a measure of the state of the property market these days when offices are said to have shown the greatest improvement in May with capital growth ‘ improving ’ to minus 6.4 per cent , combining with stable yields and rental values to give a total return for the year to date of 1.5 per cent , according to the latest Richard Ellis Scottish Monthly Index . |
11 | H pylori has been shown to produce a factor which inhibits parietal cells in vitro and hypochlorhydria may be a feature of the acute infection . |
12 | Alternatively , this abundance may be a feature of the cytokine-stimulation profile , since interleukins 1 , 2 , and 6 have been shown to increase the relative production of big ET-1 to ET-1 in cultured tracheal epithelial cells . |
13 | It may be a sign of the times , but Craig Innes ' switch to rugby league in Britain did not draw much newspaper comment in New Zealand . |
14 | The day usually ends with practical work which , in the case of malaria , may be a survey of the areas where mosquitoes are found and deciding on action , for example , drainage and grass-brushing . |
15 | It may indeed be possible to regard the present subject of study as yet another type of word-pairing — except of course that the " greater precision " may be a function of the whole line in relation to the previous line , and not just of one word in relation to another word . |
16 | Thus , the efficiency of workers may be a function of the degree of supervision and of the salary differential ( promotion being assumed to be a reward for efficiency ) . |
17 | Participant observation usually refers to a situation where the observer becomes as near as may be a member of the group being studied and participates in their normal activities . |
18 | The subsidiary company is not allowed to acquire shares in the holding company and no person may be a member of the board of directors of both companies . |
19 | A body corporate may be a member of the committee ( r 6.150(3) ) but it can only act through a representative duly authorised in accordance with r 6.156 . |
20 | On the contrary , unions appear to have been more effective and even the loss of trade union membership may be a consequence of the inability of the unemployed trade unionists to pay their unions fees rather than due to a loss of sympathy with the unions . |
21 | This failure may be a consequence of the inability of most experts to describe the policies they operate and consequently the systematic basis for their skill . |
22 | This may be a consequence of the precedents of the Disabled Persons Act 1986 which is acknowledged within the NHS and Community Care Act . |
23 | It has also been found that the left hemisphere is specialised for language functions , but these specialisations may be a consequence of the left hemisphere 's superior analytic skills , of which language is a manifestation . |
24 | The defendant 's breach of duty may be a cause of the plaintiff 's damage in the sense that it satisfies the but for test , but some other factual cause , intervening after the breach , may be regarded as the sole cause of some , or all , of the plaintiff 's damage . |
25 | The plaintiff 's failure to take care for his own safety may be a cause of the accident which results in his damage . |
26 | Though such drastic and dangerous procedures as nicotine fumigation may be a thing of the past , today 's organic gardener can still learn much from Harry Dodson 's traditional methods of pest control . |
27 | Thai coups may be a thing of the past , but the army is probably in a stronger position now than it ever was . |
28 | Elsewhere , bright colour and crazy adornment may be a thing of the past , but at Escada the sequinned penguins are alive and well . |
29 | Moreover , to comply with the request may be a breach of the school 's duty under the curriculum requirements of Chapter I of the ERA 1988 as well as detrimental to the child 's welfare . |
30 | Is the Home Secretary aware of the legal opinion that to restrict access to legal advice and representation in asylum and immigration matters may be a breach of the law ? |