Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] may be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many countries there is no legal recourse to defaults on gambling debts , and a futures contract may be considered to be a kind of gamble . |
| 2 | The Three Peaks route may be followed to the summit from Ribblehead . |
| 3 | Divisibility — the range of income levels in diverse marketplaces means that the divisibility of a product ( so that trial purchase may be made easily ) will be very influential |
| 4 | Add proposed record spending levels on research and development , infrastructure , education , enterprise zones and job training , as well as real estate and profamily incentives , and there may well be good reason to fear that the overall budget deficit may be the constraint that yields if spending cuts ca n't be found to finance all of these initiatives . |
| 5 | In such cases protection may be justified in the short term to alleviate the employment effects of a rundown of the industry but long run protectionism would reduce the potential material living standards of the working population . |
| 6 | The improvement in arthritis , gout , blood pressure , diabetes , or blood cholesterol level may be dramatic , and evident within a few weeks or months of a dietary programme . |
| 7 | A true crash bulkhead with a submarine hatch may be incorporated here should the owner require it . |
| 8 | A NEW lease of life for a derelict Middlesbrough building may be delayed , its London-based owner has revealed . |
| 9 | Miller has shown that the differences in the derived base level may be very great depending upon which course is adopted . |
| 10 | It has been suggested that spawning in Synodontis multipunctatus may be triggered by the pheromones which are produced during the activity of the cichlids , whereas other Synodontis species spawn in the rain and flood seasons . |
| 11 | The defence ministry may be helped in its battle with the treasury when the commons defence committee publishes two highly critical reports on Monday at the start of the annual defence debate . |
| 12 | Difficulty breathing may be better ( > ) lying down at night and worse ( < ) in the morning when there may be copious and usually easy expectoration . |
| 13 | Repeated faecal examination by smear , flotation , or Baerman technique may be necessary to find the characteristic teristic L1 , which bears a subterminal spine on its S-shaped tail . |
| 14 | Specifically , present defence thinking may be based on a too-narrow paradigm of deterrence theory , and a set of assumptions about the world that are at best highly questionable , at worst lunatic . |
| 15 | Indeed , some of the basic policies adopted by a company 's flight operations department may be related to the findings or recommendations of the flight safety section . |
| 16 | Describe and compare the four main methods by which field research may be carried out . |
| 17 | In some — perhaps most — cases effusion may be a normal reaction to an upper respiratory tract infection . |
| 18 | It is at this stage that a major computer study may be undertaken into the integrity of the proposed design , in terms of function , strength , economics , etc . |
| 19 | When both types of bacteria are present in the large intestine , hydrogen metabolism may be regulated by the availability of sulphate in the colon . |
| 20 | It is in the fact that a golden thread methodology may be a two-stage operation that its potential value lies in relation to the issue of women . |
| 21 | But at 11.20 pm — just as Highlights from Augusta offer relief from a man repeatedly declaring that the second election result may be coming at any minute — Scotland is being indulged with different fare . |
| 22 | Sir , — Although Conservative Central Office euphoria at the election result may be understandable , it nevertheless needs to recognise that this was achieved in spite of its lack lustre contribution to the electoral campaign . |
| 23 | If hyperlipidaemia persists despite simple measures then drug therapy may be instituted . |
| 24 | Although in some cases gonorrhoea may be suspected from the symptoms or signs of the disease , in the final analysis the diagnosis hangs on the identification of the gonococcus , either directly in a sample of mucus or other material from an infected site by microscopic examination , or by its growth in the laboratory after inoculation of such material on appropriate culture media . |
| 25 | Grant aid may be available to help restore them . |
| 26 | In addition , improved therapeutic agents with more specific and controlled effects on platelet metabolism may be developed allowing more effective intervention . |
| 27 | Other researchers express more cautious optimism as they point out that the carbon dioxide fertilization effect may be offset in some regions by changes in climate . |
| 28 | This is approximately measured by the number of index terms assigned to a document ( although it is possible that more than one index term may be necessary to represent some themes ) . |
| 29 | ‘ while peer review may be relatively successful in deciding among proposed new areas of research , it is far less satisfactory when it comes to identifying declining areas and groups . ’ |
| 30 | Shareholder monitoring may be depicted as taking an owner-like , internal form , involving scrutiny of management and replacement of under-performing directors via the company 's democratic channels , or an external form , whereby dissatisfied shareholders dispose of shares in the market , possibly triggering the removal of the board via the market for corporate control . |