Example sentences of "[pers pn] may be [adj] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may be dead by the time you come back . " |
| 2 | A punch travels faster than a kick and you may be stop-punched by an alert opponent . |
| 3 | If you review what you have read silently , you may be surprised by the difference between what is on the page and what you have ‘ read ’ . |
| 4 | Though you may be surprised by a peacock trailing its colours elegantly across the green , golfing in India is n't strictly for the birds . |
| 5 | You may be surprised by the success our direct actions have achieved so far . |
| 6 | Well , Here it is , but before we start you may be surprised by the things that happened , but I promise all my tale is true . |
| 7 | As Ortega and Paul Ricoeur have argued , a metaphor affirms and denies an identity between two things : in likening a girl 's cheek to a rose we may be impressed by the similarity but are aware of the difference . |
| 8 | We may be appalled by what we find , but there is also consolation in discovering even trivial aspects of the lives of parents and ancestors whose histories we identify with our own . |
| 9 | Around 25 per cent of those gathered will be distracted anyway ; they may be upset by their home situation ; concerned by some event which occurred on their way in ; confused by the absence of someone they were expecting to see . |
| 10 | If the relevant provisions of an EC directive are clear , unambiguous and unconditional , it may be enforceable by citizens against a Member ‘ State ’ even though the directive has not been implemented by the state in question . |
| 11 | WP True , it may be cheap by European standards but not by those of the Far East . |
| 12 | Thus , a tax on capital income may reduce saving and lead to a rise in the gross rate of return ; on the other hand , it may be possible by the use of other taxes and/or monetary policy to offset the effects ( as seen in the discussion of balanced growth incidence ) . |
| 13 | It may be confused by parts of the shell , for the mean position 17h06min05.27s , -44°25'20.2 is displaced 5.51.1 at PA 160° from the pulsar timing position . |
| 14 | If your child finds reading difficult , do n't provide books aimed at younger children because he may be bored by them even though he can understand them . |
| 15 | He may be frightened by crossing a road , by fast cars , by crowds or sudden noises , so that his spasticity increases ; he may panic and freeze in these situations , so that he can not move at all . |