Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ offer ’ probability may be treated as the product of ( i ) the probability that a vacancy will come to the individual 's notice and ( ii ) the probability that the individual , if available , will be ‘ offered ’ the job . |
| 2 | In computational theories of semantics , these meanings may be stored as the sense definitions of a machine-readable dictionary , or by some other representation . |
| 3 | Aromatherapy may be defined as the use of the natural scents and essential oils from a variety of trees , shrubs and flowers for assistance in the healing of dis-ease in the individual . |
| 4 | Dementia may be defined as the global impairment of higher mental functioning including the loss of memory , problem solving ability , the use of learned skills , the loss of social skills and emotional control . |
| 5 | Such a field is commonly organized according to the principle of style , which may be defined as the use of certain limited dimensions upon which the variability of a domain is expressed . |
| 6 | Hence , the ratio decidendi of a case may be defined as the statement of law applied to the legal problems raised by the facts as found , upon which the decision is based . |
| 7 | Prerogative may be defined as the exceptional position of the king at common law . |
| 8 | The thematic stage may be defined as the conceptual framework within which the story is told , presented and performed . |
| 9 | It may be defined as the complex body of shared values and beliefs of an organisation . |
| 10 | * the budgetary planning and control process may be defined as the establishment of budgets which relate the responsibilities of departments and employees to the requirements of plans and policies ; and the continuous comparison of actual results with the budgeted targets , so that the latter may be achieved , or amendments made to the objectives upon which they were based . |
| 11 | This may be defined as the study and description of the rules underlying the form of language in general . |
| 12 | Personal income may be defined as the algebraic sum of ( 1 ) the market value of rights exercised in consumption and ( 2 ) the change in the value of the store of property rights between the beginning and end of the period in question . |
| 13 | The locus of competition may change over time ; however , in general the interest cost , gross of fees , may be defined as the price of a eurobond issue to the borrower , and is the continuing obligation in relation to the bond issue . |
| 14 | This phenomenon may be defined as the temporary cessation in development of a nematode at a precise point in its parasitic development . |
| 15 | ( The wealth effect may be defined as the change in spending on goods and services which results from a change in the real value of financial assets . ) |
| 16 | Intent to kill may be regarded as the most obvious and indisputable form of fault element for murder , but to some extent that depends on the meaning of ‘ intent ’ . |
| 17 | Lady Antonia 's biography is the most substantial example of what may be regarded as the new and sober school of historians of Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 18 | The back may be regarded as the gateway to the whole person — body , mind and psyche . |
| 19 | This contribution to the accumulating ‘ goodness ’ may be regarded as the first which is not due to the ruthless survival laws which belong to the second period of this book . |
| 20 | It was not the first African paper , although nowadays some Tanzanians think that it was ; nevertheless it is the only one whose direct descendants are still in existence , and may be regarded as the first successful , viable paper ( that term has to be used in a relative sense ) edited and produced by Africans . |
| 21 | There are two main methods of budding — that which may be regarded as the traditional way , and another ‘ new ’ method that is more often used for other shrubs and trees — although we were using it 40 years ago on both bush and standard roses . |
| 22 | Every accident may be regarded as the result of the action of a human being somewhere along the line . |
| 23 | This may be regarded as the last fling of this relationship . |
| 24 | In one sense they may be regarded as the successors to , sometimes the heirs of , the small- nationality movements directed against the Habsburg , Tsarist and Ottoman empires , that is to say against what were considered historically obsolete modes of political organisation , in the name of a model of political modernity , the nation-state . |
| 25 | Nationalism may also contain racial elements in so far as particular nations may be regarded as deriving from specific racial stocks ; and biologically defined communities may be regarded as the prime source of cultural characteristics . |
| 26 | This may be regarded as the chairman exercising his prerogative to amuse himself ; yet it is also governed by a simple and earnest desire to amuse others . |
| 27 | This may be regarded as the ‘ rule in Rylands v. Fletcher , ’ but what follows is equally important : |
| 28 | As noted above , the two models are very similar to the extent that the market model may be regarded as the ex-post version of the CAPM . |
| 29 | The NPV of an investment , at the interest rate at which the firm can borrow capital , may be regarded as the profit on the investment when all costs , including interest payments , have been met . |
| 30 | The time not spent on this type of activity may be regarded as the project manager 's discretionary time . |