Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] may be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opposing wave with may be described in an identical way with the null coordinate u replaced by v , and a different space-like coordinate replacing r . |
| 2 | It can thus be seen that this transformation with may be used to change the profile of the approaching waves . |
| 3 | Crack a cooled bean and check that it is evenly coloured throughout ; if so , the beans are ready for immediate use of may be cooled and stored in an airtight jar . |
| 4 | Coming from the other direction , the internal auditor is said by some to have the right background in systems of control by may be , at least initially , too much focused on the , albeit increasingly onerous , financial and computer issues . |
| 5 | So if we adopt presuppositions which are too small to handle the range of reality we are facing , their rationality and coherence will be severely limited and any conceptions they give rise to may be equally confined and distorted . |
| 6 | ( 1985 : 687 ) suggest something quite similar to Jespersen — " the infinitive marker to may be viewed as related to the spatial preposition to through metaphorical connection " — and illustrate this by the series : How far this metaphorical connection extends is not specified , but it is significant that both Quirk et al. |