Example sentences of "[conj] they may be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is particularly true of regulations in heavily regulated fields such as agriculture , where they may be part of a long string of related measures or be limited to implementing a regulation of broader scope . |
| 2 | They may exist in their own right or they may be illustrations in a book . |
| 3 | These ‘ id-impulses ’ may be either for ‘ perverse ’ sexual acts which sometimes can not even be admitted to consciousness as acts which the person desires , or they may be impulses of sadism and destructiveness . |
| 4 | In non-fiction , the other people whose words and thoughts form part of the information may be historical or contemporary figures , or they may be groups , or even humanity in general . |
| 5 | She may know that her tears will relieve her tension more effectively than shouting back or pretending not to notice , or they may be tears of anger rather than the vulnerability so despised by her colleagues . |
| 6 | These may be physical things or they may be ideas . |
| 7 | They may be co-accused who have never been tried and are entitled to the presumption of innocence , or they may be people against whom the defendant has a grudge of any nature . |
| 8 | Thus , although they may be braille readers , they are not totally blind children and should be encouraged to use what vision they have in the learning situation . |
| 9 | Other addictive relationships such as some sexual practices may be branded by society as being definitely abnormal or even criminal , yet there is evidence that they may be part of the broad spectrum of addictive disease and therefore outside the personal control of the individual sufferer . |
| 10 | Clothes and personal effects may only be seized if the custody officer : ( a ) believes that the person from whom they are seized may use them : ( i ) to cause physical injury to himself or another ; ( ii ) to damage property ; ( iii ) to interfere with evidence ; ( iv ) to assist him to escape ; or ( b ) has reasonable grounds for believing that they may be evidence relating to an offence . |
| 11 | But he is also aware that they may be conceptions of the good life for people generally and for society as a whole . |
| 12 | Pray that they may be people who rely on God 's healing and allow him to set them back on the track of feeding the lambs . |
| 13 | It is a well-established phenomenon that nonwords which sound like actual words ( known as " pseudo-homophones " ) tend to gain slower responses than those which look as if they may be words , but do not sound like any . |
| 14 | The receptor for TGLP-1 in the rat gastric mucosa seems to be different from that for glucagon-29 , but they may be part of a closely related family . |
| 15 | In other words , they 're not , they 're not extras er in , in the absolute sense , they are necessary for that particular scheme , but they may be things which less erm experienced consultants might omit . |
| 16 | These could all be due to a number of different factors but they may be signs that someone is drinking too much . |
| 17 | But almonds , while they may be California 's forte and Renshaw 's prime product , are hardly the most difficult of nuts . |
| 18 | Though they may be artists , craftsmen or poets in times of peace , every Elf is a trained and deadly fighter in times of war . |
| 19 | Though they may be artists or craftsmen or poets in times of peace , every Elf is a deadly fighter in times of war . |
| 20 | They can be grown in a large number of different ways but are typically one or two microns thick though they may be millimetres or even centimetres long . |