Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] may be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an action for debt or damages , a lesser sum than claimed may be paid into court at any time before judgment ( Ord 11 , r 1 ) . |
| 2 | Although smiling may be elicited by a range of social and non-social stimuli , it is used by adults as a cue to the child 's emotional state . |
| 3 | Such central government responsibility as exists may be sought to be discharged in a variety of ways . |
| 4 | If an old person is admitted to local authority residential care while still having a house to sell , some of the value of the property when sold may be claimed back by the authority in retrospective residential charges . |
| 5 | Any witness in the family proceedings court , whether attending by summons or otherwise , who refuses to give evidence or produce any document to the court as required may be committed to prison for a term not exceeding one month or fined an amount not exceeding £1,000 , or both ( Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s97(4) ) . |