Example sentences of "[noun pl] may [be] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while new forms may be few , the flow of new language is strong . |
| 2 | The successful reader is one who can transcend her social background to make a sympathetic adjustment to a writer whose norms and values may be those of a different age . |
| 3 | Distance or open learning and on the job activities may be some of these , as well as supervised research for further qualifications , teaching ( for those in non-teaching posts ) , practice ( for those in teaching posts ) , structured home reading , preparing articles for the technical and professional press , sabbaticals and paid educational leave , practice review/practitioner research , and self-help groups . |
| 4 | The second is that the rules may be those that apply to formal , written language but they may then be prescribed for all circumstances . |
| 5 | In that case , the only people who may be available to give warranties may be any major shareholders and/or directors , who may then wish to receive some form of indemnity against liability from other shareholders . |
| 6 | Although per-capita car-ownership levels may be low , the residential densities in inner-city districts may be such as to yield high absolute numbers of cars , with consequent flooding of narrow streets with parked vehicles . |
| 7 | When your customers do n't pay you , you are the one who pays — and your bills may be more than you think . |
| 8 | They only become annoying , meaningless rituals if they are too rigid or obsessive — when a routine tidying up session turns into a ‘ you must always put away all your toys and clothes before you get into bed ’ command , no matter what the unusual circumstances may be that night . |
| 9 | Circumstances may be such that you find it difficult to get your needs for status met at work . |
| 10 | A few extra nails may be all that is needed to secure them if they loose . |
| 11 | Added to student 's needs may be those of patients and clients , their relatives and others who clearly have much to gain from improved teaching at the point of care delivery . |
| 12 | Very large lenses up to 50 m thick form extensions of the permafrost , giving rise to steep-sided hills called pingos which in many tundra regions provide the highest relief Pingos may be many centuries old and covered with permanent vegetation . |
| 13 | It is a useful thought that Thatcher 's main feelings may be those of control , triumph and contempt . |
| 14 | A human life-span is but a blip on the screen of evolution , and the current sea-bird problems may be little more than that . |
| 15 | Even the threat of these reforms may be enough to bring the government down . |
| 16 | Arrhythmias may be another manifestation of myocardial reperfusion injury . |
| 17 | One glance at your well laid out , impeccably presented sequence of facts and arguments may be enough to convince an experienced manager that you have done a sound job . |
| 18 | For example , in the production problem above , the three objectives may be those of the managing director , the sales director and the export director . |
| 19 | Some theories may be such that behaviour that follows them is also neutral as a by-product . |
| 20 | Popular though our holidays may be those detailed here are by no means the only ones we organise . |
| 21 | Alternatively , the rate of marine erosion at the base of the cliffs may be less than the general rate of subaerial denudation over the whole cliff . |
| 22 | As the interval between the surveyed contours is usually 100 feet on British maps and as nick points may be such small features , the long profiles of rivers have to be accurately levelled . |
| 23 | The interest rates offered to large lessors seeking funding for assets may be less than those offered to small companies . |
| 24 | ( b ) The pressures on the police may be such that they will try to avoid keeping records especially where nothing is found or they feel that no request for a copy of the record will be made . |
| 25 | The relationship with humans may be such that plants are no longer clearly ‘ wild ’ or ‘ cultivated ’ , the forests including several ‘ cultigens ’ like the betel nut or Uncaria gambir ( Rubiaceae ) , an important tan source in Asia ; similar could be said of the date in north Africa and Arabia . |
| 26 | In bibliographic applications the number of possible attributes may be many thousands . |
| 27 | Need for Budget tax increases may be less than urgent |
| 28 | Two factors may be that review decisions have a high standing in public law and that many lobbying groups use the process to clarify points of law . |
| 29 | Multiple biopsies may be another way to show evidence of FAP ( microadenomata ) , but this will add to the risk of the procedure and a negative result may still not allow total reassurance . |
| 30 | The role of the computer analysts may be more of facilitator than designer , helping to realise the users ' wishes . |