Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [coord] may be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mercuric nitrate is extremely poisonous and may be absorbed through the skin . |
| 2 | The spinelets are basically trifid but may be elaborated with secondary points ; in larger specimens , disk diameter greater than 7 mm , the armament has the form of rugose granules which may be abraded spinelets . |
| 3 | The evolution of the role of teachers and the view of the social purpose of schools have led to a multiplicity of demands on teachers which are not necessarily compatible and may be contradictory , if not actually mutually exclusive . |
| 4 | Even when an object such as a picture frame or set of clothes is highly ornate and may be the topic of conversation , it is usually intended to pall before the glory or that which it encloses : the work of art or the person . |
| 5 | The main point about this example was to show that social roles which speakers of English would ordinarily assume to be alternative titles for the same individual , e.g. , " father " , " husband " , " begetter of wife 's children " , are not only distinguishable but may be distributed in quite unexpected ways . |
| 6 | Such a preference is scarcely surprising but may be difficult to accommodate in specially designated homes and hostels . |
| 7 | Because most people 's range of social experience has become quite limited by the time they have attained adulthood , such observations are nearly always selective and may be hard to interpret or simply misleading . |
| 8 | Notes for this purpose are usually selective and may be discarded ( either after use or once integrated into your permanent notes ) . |
| 9 | Technological hazards are more unpredictable and may be extremely rare , so that it becomes difficult to use probability concepts to quantify risk , especially those which rely on notions of relative frequency . |
| 10 | A shop will prove a little more expensive but may be able to offer some kind of guarantee . |
| 11 | The dorsal arm plates are slightly fan shaped , and contiguous on at least in the proximal segments ; in some specimens the most proximal plates are slightly irregular and may be smaller than those on the rest of the arm . |
| 12 | Most finds that were simply lost ( small and easily mislaid , such as coins and brooches ) or objects that fell into places from which they could not be retrieved , such as wells , are often complete and may be in very good condition , depending on the materials from which they are made and the conditions in which they have been buried . |
| 13 | Telephone reminders are often appropriate and may be a good way of eliciting a genuine reason for any delay in payment . |
| 14 | However , the rules for synthesis are fairly complex and may be difficult to operate . |
| 15 | It also can be implied from the data that , because of presumed infecundity , the early years of adolescent marriages are often barren and may be followed by later infertility . |
| 16 | Thus processes and interrelationships are mostly obvious , simple and linear ; data are usually readily available and may be voluminous . |
| 17 | In the two schools in which I spent much of my working life ( one as head , one as assistant teacher responsible for physical education ) the broad aims were almost identical and may be summed up as follows : the creation of a living community of children in which the Arts , music , painting and poetry flourished ; where social awareness came before selfish intolerance ; where the written and spoken word was valued as a means to a more distant educational end rather than as an end in itself ; where understanding of number was regarded as more important than the ability to manipulate figures . |
| 18 | Procedures may be extensive or quite minor and may be performed under anaesthesia or sedation . |
| 19 | With respect , this approach seems curiously narrow and may be inconsistent with other authorities . |
| 20 | Long-term behavioural effects of chronic pain and discomfort in the neonatal period are as yet unknown but may be significant ; the possible harmful effects of potent analgesics , particularly opioid drugs , are well-recognised and should be considered . |
| 21 | I think that the study of two languages concurrently is quite academically acceptable and may be of benefit to students with a strong linguistic interest . |
| 22 | Subjects which may be investigated are very wide-ranging and may be drawn from history , the environment , politics , culture or from issues of local concern — housing , consumer issues , education etc . |
| 23 | This will be very individual and may be important for your long term health . |
| 24 | They are all very hardy and may be planted in the openest places . ’ |
| 25 | Also , levels and bases of , and reliefs from , taxation are those currently applicable and may be subject to change , and their value depends on the individual circumstances of the investor . |
| 26 | The itching is very troublesome and may be around the vagina with burning soreness and redness . |
| 27 | Sadly , arms on some modern buildings , though splendidly crafted , are occasionally inaccurate and may be misleading . |
| 28 | This would seem to be unnecessarily pessimistic and may be a conclusion laid at the door of present organisational configurations in our schools . |
| 29 | In contrast , in some species the egg shell is very thin and may be merely present as a sheath around the larva . |