Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] may [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From time to time a subtle change may be made to the details of the computation of the index . |
| 2 | However comprehensive one 's descriptive framework may be ( and the one given in this course is very limited ) , there will inevitably be cases which do not fit within it . |
| 3 | Even without evidence of a causal role in schizophrenia , the reduction of overprotective parenting may be seen to be a valuable preventive strategy for other psychiatric problems . |
| 4 | Where is it clear that reliance may be placed on our association with the preparation of financial information , and where that reliance is not justified by the nature of the association , we should take every opportunity to make the nature of our position clear ( for example , in discussing information , prepared but not reported on by ourselves , with a client 's bankers ) . |
| 5 | The oral shield may be rounded and triangular or distally lobed and like a blunt flattened arrow head . |
| 6 | The oral shield may be rhombic or rounded triangular with only a slight distal projection . |
| 7 | Recent studies indicate that altered lysosomal function may be involved in the early stages of pancreatic injury . |
| 8 | In Fig. 1 , for example , it will be seen that if the front of the vault is not correctly placed , the size of the brow ridges and degree of frontal recession may be unduly accentuated . |
| 9 | The only possible change may be Steve Tilson , who was substituted by Kevin O'Callaghan on Saturday , staying on the sidelines for the Northern Ireland international . |
| 10 | That decision may be taken instead by the EC summit due to be held in Rome in 12 months ' time — although the practical effect will be to delay the start of the intergovernmental conference by only a few months to early in 1991 . |
| 11 | Coleridge J. held , quoting the judgment of Lord Kenyon C.J. in Rex v. Bishop of Ely , 5 Durn. & E. 475 , that the court had no power to compel the visitor ‘ to correct or alter his decision , although that decision may be erroneous . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It has been decided , and is now admitted , that where a visitor has acted in his visitatorial capacity , this court has no power to compel him to correct or alter his decision , although that decision may be erroneous . |
| 13 | Where an application under the Act for a grant or renewal of a licence or extension of permitted hours , etc. , is submitted too late for consideration by a board at a particular meeting , and the applicant has been rejected by the clerk , who has refused to place it before the board for their consideration , that decision may be subject to appeal under either 5.39 ( see M. Milne Ltd. v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1987 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 145 ) if the particular application was subject to an appeal under 5.39 or to a judicial review if the type of application does not allow of an appeal under 5.39 ( see Main v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1987 S.L.T. 305 ; Tait v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1987 S.L.T. 340 ) . |
| 14 | The inner city provides a medium through which the political project may be legitimated and the site on which new forces of economic change may be played out . |
| 15 | It is always a lie and never the truth , ’ Questionable though that judgement may be on the aphorism in general , it does seem to me to catch the half-formed nature of this observation — or perhaps , better speaking , its lack of a frame . |
| 16 | Sand blown from the very wide sand flats at low tide may be trapped on the bank by pebbles or by such debris as barbed wire or any of the usual drift commonly found on beaches . |
| 17 | The darkest hour may be just before the dawn but it is no time to go to sleep on the job . |
| 18 | In the case of a building which consists of a multi-storey part where this has been vertically compartmented from the remainder each part may be considered separately . |
| 19 | Each vertebra may be different from its neighbour but is , clearly , also very similar . |
| 20 | At many large computer centres they are literally costed in money ; or each user may be allotted a ration of time , measured in seconds , and a ration of space , measured in ‘ words ’ . |
| 21 | Although the percentage of the total budget may be small , it is surprising how small sums can have a significant effect in boosting the morale of a department or subject . |
| 22 | Estimates of the total market value of each segment may be compiled on the basis of those determining variables used to define and quantify the segment . |
| 23 | Our data suggest , then , that chemiluminescence may be useful as a new marker when determination of the disease activity of ulcerative colitis is desired . |
| 24 | That expertise may be applied directly or indirectly ; for example , a person writing a report may draft it out on paper and then hand it to a word processor operator who enters it into the computer . |
| 25 | All of this information , as it relates to each interest category , is recorded on another card — the stock record card — from which the condition of the stock in each category may be quickly evaluated . |
| 26 | As that support may be coming to an end , there may be a large gap . |
| 27 | Yet that change may be slow to come . |
| 28 | For though there is a danger that a broad curriculum may be superficial , containing nothing but a passing acquaintance with a variety of different subjects , and though this danger must be constantly guarded against , the purpose of the generalized , ‘ disinterested ’ curriculum is quite different . |
| 29 | An interim payment may be ordered by the court on application , but an order will only be made when it is clear that the defendant will be held liable at trial . |
| 30 | The historic route may be under the accountant 's scrutiny shortly : the recession in the building industry has led to a falling demand for cement and traffic is down to two or three trains per week . |