Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] may [be] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or they may be of a different kind . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Graphic output may be in standard form , a partition ( zoomed-in ) or extrapolated ( zoomed-out ) graph , or it may be of residuals alone . |
| 4 | I am very honoured as Rector to be associated with this great University and hope that during my period of office should you decide to come here , that I may be of assistance to you during that time . |
| 5 | ‘ I hope , sir , ’ he said , not noticing the pun , ‘ that we may be of some assistance to you in your stay in the region . |
| 6 | Few of these products have been clinically tested although they may be of assistance to some people . |
| 7 | Endotoxin from different organisms although it may be of of different potency has essentially the same biological effects . |
| 8 | I have told this story in the hope that it may be of some help to other adoptive parents , and out of the profound belief that love is the most important thing in the world . |
| 9 | It occurs to me , being in this place at this time with no sign of an approaching end to the Kaffir war and all things uncertain , that it may be of interest to record the passages of everyday life if only as a source of remembrance and reflection in later years . |
| 10 | Whiting 's or Whitting 's as it is sometimes spelt has a name that seems to have come down through generations , and one authority tempts to suggest that it may be of Saxon period . |
| 11 | You may need to do a complete revision of an existing pedagogical grammar , so that it may be of greater use for the language learning programmes of your colleagues . |
| 12 | I enclose the details of No. 22 High Street , as I understand that it may be of interest to your wife 's mother . |
| 13 | I 've come to see if I may be of use . ’ |
| 14 | What he has done is describe certain linguistic features of the text which distinguish it from other texts ( he refers to Yeats 's ‘ Phoenix ’ and Tennyson 's , ‘ Morte d'Arthur ’ , as well as instances of non-literary usage ) , and which look as if they may be of some literary significance ; but he leaves it to the literary specialist to determine what the nature of that literary significance is . |
| 15 | But it may be of interest to note , simply through the observation of some important early instruments , that different ways of playing the piano can be shown to have e– ted at the same time . |
| 16 | This has not proved easy and the following trilogy of United States cases give an indication of the development of tests which may be applicable in the United Kingdom ( United States law has no binding effect on the United Kingdom courts but it may be of persuasive authority , particularly in the field of computer technology ) . |
| 17 | Nitrogen-fixing bacteria inhabit the rhizosphere of some tropical grasses but the amounts fixed for sugar-cane and rice , about 30kg per ha per year at a maximum , are unlikely to satisfy crops , though they may be of significance in pasture and natural ecosystems . |
| 18 | Although clearly unusual , it would be important to document the presence of this inflammation as it may be of considerable significance to the surgeon considering pouch reconstruction on removal . |