Example sentences of "[num] [noun] may [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you wish to take anything further , the following three contacts may be of use : |
| 2 | However plans have been approved for the residential development of the Mill Yard and it is possible that by March/April 94 work may be in progress and we may not be able to use this site . |
| 3 | Three tables may be in the Working-Set at any time . |
| 4 | All three factors may be at work . |
| 5 | Nationally , 2,500 jobs may be at risk . |
| 6 | Problems may arise when loyalty to one group may be in conflict with membership of another group . |
| 7 | In formal debates only one amendment may be before the meeting at any one time , but it is common practice in committees to allow several amendments to be moved , seconded and accepted . |
| 8 | The point is that many of these specific areas of functional excellence are not independent of each other and improvements in one area may be at the cost of worsening in another . |
| 9 | One method may be through variations in government expenditure and taxation since these flows are under the direct control of the authorities . |
| 10 | The two goals may be in conflict . |
| 11 | The problem arises because spurs were formerly allowed to supply two single sockets , so a socket with two cables may be on a ring circuit ; an intermediate socket on a radial circuit ; or the middle socket of a two-socket spur . |
| 12 | For example , the two charges may be of some atomic distance ( of the order of 10 -10 m ) apart , whereas we are interested in their effect at macroscopic distances ; or take the so-called dipole aerial where the assumed separation of charges is small in comparison with the wavelength of oscillation . |