Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] may [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many acts of trespass , breaches of contract , violations of copyright , and so on , regrettable as some of them may be on other grounds , have no implications one way or another for the stability of the government and the law . |
| 2 | Care must be taken not to read more than is said into reports from others , particularly since the Regulations exclude access to the original report but a teacher 's use of it may be on the record . |
| 3 | Although the Chronicle for Cnut 's reign is evidently something of a patchwork , much of it may be from an early date . |
| 4 | In Moments of Reprieve he remarks : ‘ What the ‘ true ’ image of each of us may be in the end is a meaningless question . ’ |
| 5 | But the shattered gabbro of the Troodos ophiolite may well hold water , and information gained by drilling into it may be of great practical value on this semi-arid island . |
| 6 | Thus all land , however tied up it may be by complex entails and other interests , has since 1882 been alienable by the tenant for life under his statutory powers . |
| 7 | Orange or red nut feeders are especially attractive to siskins , but if there are squirrels around it may be worth the extra expense of a tough model such as the Gilbert squirrel-proof feeder , which has a nut basket surrounded by a mesh which will only allow the birds through . |