Example sentences of "[noun sg] may be [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concessions which judges make to workers at one moment in the class struggle may be removed at another . |
| 2 | An emergency stop from 50 km/h ( 30 mph ) takes 33 metres , which , in a situation where a driver may be confronted at any moment by a dashing child , is clearly far too much . |
| 3 | Alternatively , payment may be made at the time of enrolment by personal cheque or bank draft drawn on a UK bank ( see section on Banking below ) . |
| 4 | Alternatively , payment may be made at the time of enrolment in cash , or by personal cheque or bank draft drawn on a UK bank . |
| 5 | The incidence may be higher in uncircumcised children before the age of 8 , although morbidity due to balanoposthitis may be offset at least partly by penile problems in children who are circumcised . |
| 6 | A settlement may be arrived at more usually before proceedings have begun , but may also be arrived at after proceedings have begun . |
| 7 | The magnitude of the electric field may be represented at the same time by the density of field lines . |
| 8 | Like many issues which determine the course of history , the challenges of keeping pace in strategic competition , holding down grain imports , maintaining energy production and earning a hard currency income may be decided at the margin . |
| 9 | A lot of tact may be needed at times , yes . |
| 10 | WHILE the Ministry of Defence may be looking at major cut-backs in all three forces , the RAF Museum ( RAFM ) has announced its own form of Options for Change that will see a welcome major change in the aircraft exhibits at Hendon . |
| 11 | The fiction may be spoken at different times by characters such as " Chaucer " , the Miller and the Reeve . |
| 12 | Finally , the benefits to be achieved from clarity of roles and greater accountability which accompany the separation of purchasing from provision may be achieved at the cost of much higher transaction costs between what are now separate organisations . |
| 13 | Therefore they must be vigilant to ensure that any advice or document-passing with legal advisers for which legal professional privilege may be sought at some stage is done with external legal advisers . |
| 14 | I think the case may be breaking at last . ’ |
| 15 | Given our lack of knowledge of both how circuitry in the brain actually works and how visual perception may be mediated at the neural level , this state of affairs is scarcely surprising . |
| 16 | In addition a ‘ terminal ’ bonus may be payable when a policy becomes a claim by death or maturity ; the level of this bonus may be reviewed at any time without notice to reflect changes in the value of the assets of the life fund . |
| 17 | In addition a ‘ terminal ’ bonus may be payable when a policy becomes a claim by death or maturity ; the level of this bonus may be reviewed at any time without notice to reflect the changes in the value of the assets of the life fund . |
| 18 | Bryan Gould , Labour 's trade and industry spokesman , has said that the industry may be renationalised at a lower price than it is sold for . |
| 19 | At source , a basalt lava may be moving at twenty or more kilometres an hour ; at the far end it may be oozing forward like treacle at only a few metres per hour ; so the temperature of a magma will obviously affect the style of an eruption considerably . |
| 20 | But at 11.20 pm — just as Highlights from Augusta offer relief from a man repeatedly declaring that the second election result may be coming at any minute — Scotland is being indulged with different fare . |
| 21 | A cash alternative may be offered at a lower price than the share offer but such an alternative may be safer if this is likely to happen . |
| 22 | The appropriate regulation for our purposes is SI 1991 No 489 , regulation 3 of which outlines the circumstances where an action may be brought at the suit of a person other than a private investor . |
| 23 | In construing the supplemental instrument the whole of the previous instrument may be looked at ( Plumrose Ltd v Real and Leasehold Estates Investment Society Ltd [ 1969 ] 3 All ER 1441 ) . |
| 24 | In other cases an innocent recipient may be protected at least until he becomes aware of the confidential nature of the information . |
| 25 | She manages to make something intriguingly complex with a great economy of means and her newest work may be seen at Curt Marcus until the end of the month . |
| 26 | Finally , have with you all the papers to which reference may be made at the meeting . |
| 27 | An ordinary BSc degree may be taken at the end of the third year but the majority of students proceed to the fourth year of the BEng honours degree . |
| 28 | Disclosure may be made at any time between the creation of the fiduciary relationship between firm and customer and the act or omission which would otherwise constitute a breach of duty , or after the breach of duty has occurred , for example on a contract note . |
| 29 | Philosophy may be studied at the third — and fourth-year levels , for single honours and for joint honours , as well as for the MA(General) and the MA ( General Honours ) . |
| 30 | This failure may be gnawing at the roots of Japan 's post-war success . |