Example sentences of "to [det] [noun] may be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The depreciation allocation to each year may be made on the basis of time or service using one of a variety of methods ( for example , straight line , units of production , sum of the years ' digits , reducing balance ) which are described in most standard accounting texts . |
| 2 | Repairs are expected to costs hundreds of millions of dollars , and French scientists have admitted that damage to some reactors may be so serious that they will have to be closed on safety grounds . |
| 3 | It is further recognised that words or gestures which may be tolerable to some people may be deeply offensive or threatening to others . |
| 4 | Such mild long-term alterations to this acetylcholine may be expected to produce any observed changes in mood , activity and sense of well-being . |
| 5 | The absence of specific Iga response to Giardia heat shock antigen in patients with chronic infection suggests that the development of IgA antibodies to this antigen may be an important factor determining parasite clearance . |
| 6 | Four possible answers to this question may be given |
| 7 | Possibly the answer to this question may be found in the recovery of population , and the renewal of pressure on available land . |
| 8 | One answer to this problem may be found in the documents which record the surrender of their freedom by substantial peasant landholders in the eleventh century : the landlords bought their subjection for a substantial grant of land ; in return , by becoming serfs , the peasants agreed never to leave their plot of land . |
| 9 | One approach to this problem may be derived from the theory of objectification according to which access to culture , as the externalization through which the social group is constructed , is the basis for social development . |
| 10 | The background to this bid may be seen in BAT 's attempt to diversify out of tobacco , which was a ‘ mature ’ industry with relatively limited growth prospects . |
| 11 | One hindrance to this arrangement may be the old person 's unwillingness to move away from their own circle of friends and familiar places . |
| 12 | The composition of the insect head according to this theory may be tabulated as follows : |
| 13 | It is fair to say that scaffolding placed in front of premises is extremely detractive and the following amendments to this paragraph may be advisable : The right to erect scaffolding for the purpose of repairing or cleaning the Centre provided that there shall not be erected any scaffolding or other structures in front of or to the rear or sides ( if applicable ) of the Premises in such a position so as [ materially ] to obscure the windows of the Premises or so as to prevent or [ unreasonably ] interfere with access to the Premises by customers or other persons entering the Premises or in connection with the servicing thereof |
| 14 | Alternatively , agreement to this effect may be reached between the husband and the wife and embodied in a " consent " order ( as to the advantages of which , see Chapter 1 ) . |
| 15 | To this figure may be added further discoveries and letters for the years where the register is lost or imperfect , as in the third and fourth years . |
| 16 | Provided the relationship goes forward and is unimpeded ( it will be recognised that this description is programmatic only , that the timescale up to this stage may be much extended , and that circumstances affecting it are multitudinous — for example , moral inhibition in the single state may be overcome by marriage ) at some stage there will be direct physical contact , at first of more or less sexual content , later more directly sexual . |
| 17 | Medication taken to relieve high blood pressure can cause impotence , for example , and a visit to the doctor may be worthwhile to check on this — sometimes a change to another brand may be suggested . |
| 18 | Travellers to such countries may be advised to carry their own kit of syringes , needles and swabs . |
| 19 | To such details may be added the evidence of an episcopal coinage which appears in the late sixth century . |
| 20 | No other warranties or conditions to such effect may be implied except insofar as they may be annexed to the contract by custom or trade usage ( s14(4) of SGA 1979 , ss4(7) , 9(7) of SGSA 1982 ) . |
| 21 | A reaction to these difficulties may be withdrawal , apathy , or acting out behaviour . |
| 22 | Our approach to these changes may be divided conveniently into the two parts : the competition and the credit control aspects of the new arrangements . |
| 23 | Some general practices will choose to become budget holders , and the unattractiveness of older patients to these practices may be considerable . |
| 24 | Bad diet is now closely connected with most of the main illnesses associated with old age , and attention to these details may be very important . |
| 25 | The importance that the General attributed to these events may be deduced from the enormous pains he took to prepare for them . |
| 26 | Were it not for the material in the reports of Hansard to which your Lordships have been referred , I , too , would still be of that view , for although I recognise that in popular parlance with provision to one individual of a service which is , in any event , being provided for reward to many others may be said to cost the provider little or nothing , ‘ cost ’ in accountancy terms is merely a computation of outgoing expenditure without reference to receipts . |
| 27 | The answer to those questions may be said to depend on whether it is generally as serious to obtain sex by deception as it is by other means ( threats , force , fear ) . |
| 28 | The essence of rational scientific problem solving is to be able to perceive the complex , ‘ messy ’ , real world in such a manner that the solution to any problem may be easier . |