Example sentences of "[pron] may [be] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brave Oates , who was born and raised in Mellor 's Putney constituency , told Scott as he left : ‘ I may be gone for some time . ’ |
| 2 | Did you say to her , I 'm going out to re I 'm going out and I may be gone for a long time . |
| 3 | It 's , you know , it 's like what 's his Captain Oates was it , going out into the tent in the Antarctic or something , you know it 's sort of I may be gone for a while , you know , in the in the , into the wilderness and never to return so that in , in the British structure er politicians are , their loyalty is central rather than local because their political futures are determined centrally rather than locally . |
| 4 | Working as I do for a technically based industry , I hope I may be forgiven for believing that almost anything can be achieved through technology , if we are dear enough about what is needed . |
| 5 | It is as though the Prime Minister is trying to paint a canvas in the style of Georges Seurat , if I may be forgiven for referring to a continental artist . |
| 6 | Quite a large part of that excitement is due to you , to your designs , and , also , if I may be forgiven for mentioning something so personal , for the way you have helped and befriended Therese . |
| 7 | An exporter to reduce his foreign exchange risk may borrow in the currency of his expected export receipt or an importer may require a currency loan to pay for imports which may be re-processed for an overseas market . |
| 8 | Not all threads indicate urethritis , as collections of mucus and the secretions of the various glands can all produce ‘ bits ’ in the urine which may be mistaken for evidence of inflammation or infection if there is no microscopic examination . |
| 9 | Fermi resonance thus introduces additional strong bands , which may be mistaken for fundamentals ; it also affects the apparent frequencies of fundamentals involved . |
| 10 | There is no limit on the number of volume sets which may be defined for a particular installation , as the number produced depends on the number of charge codes for which modules are to be hard copied and the number of modules to be hard copied for those charge codes . |
| 11 | Independent primary windings allow 120 or 240V 50/60Hz operation , together with independent secondaries which may be connected for series , parallel or centre tap operation , giving a wide choice of voltage/current combinations . |
| 12 | The following drill shows how this was set up for ( simplified ) Basari ( Togo ) : Once these simple drills are mastered then the noun phrase in the object slot could be expanded by the addition of one modifier at a time and drilled until all modifiers which may be affixed for concord with the noun have been drilled . |
| 13 | the number of shares which may be subscribed for under any overseas scheme shall be limited to the extent necessary to ensure that shares so subscribed , when aggregated with shares subscribed for under the Scheme , the Overseas Scheme and any other overseas scheme similar to the Scheme , will not exceed the limits on the numbers of shares which may be issued under the Scheme . |
| 14 | It is proposed to give the Directors the authority to alter the schemes to take account of or comply with any changes in any proposed or existing legislation affecting the schemes , or to take account of any take-over or reconstruction of the Company or to obtain or maintain favourable taxation treatment of the Company , any subsidiary or any participant , in each case excluding any changes which affect the basic structure of the schemes or the limits on the number of shares which may be subscribed for under the schemes . |
| 15 | ‘ That the Directors be and are hereby authorised to establish and to permit the Company 's subsidiaries to establish such employee share schemes as they consider appropriate for the participation therein of employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries who are resident or working overseas , and from time to time to make to permit the making of such alterations thereto as they consider necessary or appropriate provided always that the terms of such schemes shall , as far as is appropriate having regard to local circumstances and local taxation consideration , be similar to those of the Dawson International Savings Related Share Option Scheme and that the overall limits on the number of Ordinary Shares in the Company which may be subscribed for under all the Company 's employee share schemes shall not be increased thereby and that Ordinary Shares which may be subscribed for under such overseas schemes shall count towards such limits . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ That the Directors be and are hereby authorised to establish and to permit the Company 's subsidiaries to establish such employee share schemes as they consider appropriate for the participation therein of employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries who are resident or working overseas , and from time to time to make to permit the making of such alterations thereto as they consider necessary or appropriate provided always that the terms of such schemes shall , as far as is appropriate having regard to local circumstances and local taxation consideration , be similar to those of the Dawson International Savings Related Share Option Scheme and that the overall limits on the number of Ordinary Shares in the Company which may be subscribed for under all the Company 's employee share schemes shall not be increased thereby and that Ordinary Shares which may be subscribed for under such overseas schemes shall count towards such limits . ’ |
| 17 | the minimum price which may be paid for a Share shall be 25p ; |
| 18 | the maximum price which may be paid for a Share shall be not more than 5% above the average of the middle market quotations derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the ten business days immediately preceding the date of purchase of the Share ; and |
| 19 | There are also handouts , which may be photocopied for personal use . |
| 20 | The focus of this work , as also of Adrian Oldfield 's forthcoming Citizenship and Community , is an interest in the lessons which may be derived for modern society from the Classical-Renaissance-Enlightenment emphasis on civic virtue . |
| 21 | Elimination of p , q , yields two equations which may be solved for 1 + 2 and 12 : unc Hence , |
| 22 | The value of this work can be assessed by the fact that of 2,000 parts which may be needed for the repair of a bomber , 1,000 of them could often be obtained from such recoveries . |
| 23 | For the rest , there is the drab functionality of the place , the bureaucracy , the tatty carpets , a vast , amorphous organization given form by regulations which even prescribe the amount of money which may be claimed for riding a bicycle on official duty . |
| 24 | It is advisable for children to be given inactivated polio vaccine as the live vaccine contains polio virus which may be shed for several months after being taken . |
| 25 | It is advisable for children to be given inactivated polio vaccine as the live vaccine contains the polio virus which may be shed for several months after being taken . |
| 26 | Which would you choose ? ( 3 ) There is now a rumour that the family has another house , which may be used for organizing the syndicate , in addition to/ instead of the house you are observing , but you do n't know the location of the other house . |
| 27 | The juice from this residue , called the taille , is the poorest in terms of quality which may be used for Champagne . |
| 28 | These are known as combination techniques , which teach a karateka to assemble basic movements in a series , or pattern , which may be used for defence or attack . |
| 29 | As the same melody is used more than once for different words , no kind of ‘ word painting ’ can take place , for the notes which may be used for joy in one verse may be needed for melancholy in another . |
| 30 | A ley , by definition , is a temporary sward of chosen species of grasses , clovers , and herbs which may be designed for a short or long term . |