Example sentences of "[noun pl] may [be] of " in BNC.
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| 31 | But clearly some immoralities may be of a kind that no government has authority to commit . |
| 32 | These observations may be of relevance in the pathogenesis of the disease as polyunsaturated fatty acids are involved in tissue eicosanoid synthesis and cellular membrane function , including that of immunocompetent cells . |
| 33 | In terms of this sort of classification , electronic transitions may be of five types : |
| 34 | These relations may be of the paradigmatic variety ( e.g. oppositeness , synonymy , etc. ) or they may be of the so-called paronymic sort ( that is to say , involving identity of root , but difference of syntactic category , as , for instance , with act : actor , race : racy . |
| 35 | This caution is reinforced by a second reason , which in practical terms may be of paramount importance , the fear of being the object of a legal action at the suit of parents , guardians , or relatives , who might allege that the patient was neglected , and would urge that the patient 's refusal should not have been relied upon . |
| 36 | We should recognise , too , that the ability to think in highly conventional terms may be of the greatest importance to a young scientist in his work . |
| 37 | It is true that in some cases these publications may be of extreme radical tendency , attacking the established practices of academic English teaching , but that is no objection , since it is the fact of publication that counts , not its content . |
| 38 | After all , the facilities are basically the same regardless of the price and the additional features may be of no real use at all . |
| 39 | Variable names may be of unlimited length and all characters are significant . |
| 40 | One of the chromosomes may be of abnormal shape . |
| 41 | This blurring of the boundaries may be of little consequence to users of the service , but it does have implications for the type of care they receive and which agency remains financially responsible for arranging that care . |
| 42 | Governments wish to try and deal with problems of regional imbalance , which in many instances may be of a long-standing and chronic nature . |
| 43 | For example , the two charges may be of some atomic distance ( of the order of 10 -10 m ) apart , whereas we are interested in their effect at macroscopic distances ; or take the so-called dipole aerial where the assumed separation of charges is small in comparison with the wavelength of oscillation . |
| 44 | The operands may be of different lengths ; if the first operand is shorter , the computer processes it as if it was extended on the left with zeros ; if the second ( destination ) field is shorter , some of the more significant digits of the result are lost . |
| 45 | However , brochures may be of varying kinds and history found within them in a variety of guises . |
| 46 | Games may be of the type where at the conclusion there is a specific winner , but for very young children the games are generally more in the form of an activity to experience and complete on an individual basis . |
| 47 | Indexing languages may be of three distinct types : |
| 48 | And these developments may be of regional or national importance and they 're usually footloose and and clearly would have very significant employment benefits for the local population . |
| 49 | Such courses may be of interest to you as a returner but they are not the same as re-entry programmes , and would not be recognised for the same purpose if you ever had to provide evidence of an updating course to your National Board . |
| 50 | Other enhancements such as the mouse pointer changing shape according to the function currently selected and changing curve points to corner points may be of less use but at the very least point to a great amount of thought being paid to the design of the program . |
| 51 | Compromises will certainly have to be made , notably in the positioning of the pond and selection of garden plants and shrubs , but the following tips may be of help : |
| 52 | This is one of the areas in which Abracadata 's Design Your Own Home — Interiors may be of help . |
| 53 | Interiors may be of aluminium or stainless steel . |
| 54 | The underlying pattern in modern societies may be of this kind too ( Becker 1981 ) . |
| 55 | Therefore , selective inhibitors that inhibitleukotrienes and thromboxanes but not prostaglandins may be of value . |
| 56 | This has helped teachers to realise that what they offer specially to their neediest children may be of relevance to others . |
| 57 | These modules may be of any type i.e. source , foreign , pmodel or package . |
| 58 | Following our conversation , I thought the enclosed clips may be of interest . |
| 59 | Whilst external social factors may be of some relevance to the management , even control , of the behaviour of those afflicted , the harsh fact is that external social influences play little part in its onset or progress . |
| 60 | The ability to generate formalized drawings may be of a low priority ( and in some cases an unnecessary step ) in the development of that product . |