Example sentences of "may [be] [adj] [coord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , an interest group may be rich but it may be ill-organised , just as a poor group may enjoy power because it is active and well-organised . |
| 2 | Ellison 's role with swing and seam may be crucial and it must be earnestly hoped that his back , the source of trouble in the past , holds up to increased demands . |
| 3 | Although these feelings may originally be focused , whether appropriately or not , on colleagues or superiors within education , the targets may be inaccessible or it may be , or seem to be , too dangerous to tackle them directly . |
| 4 | For instance , what the Harlequins are doing with Troy Coker at the moment may be legal but it bears no relation to what the law should be or to what it should be seen to be . |
| 5 | " It may be dangerous and it may not , but I 'm taking no chances with it . |
| 6 | It may be real but it is not the truth . ’ |
| 7 | If there is suspicion of a Meckel 's diverticulum an isotope scan may be helpful but it is important to remember that this investigation carries a significant proportion of false negatives . |
| 8 | It may be pleasant or it may be unpleasant . |
| 9 | It may be pricey but it will never date . |
| 10 | It may be complex but it is certainly not chaotic . |
| 11 | We appreciate that raw materials may be foreign but it must not exceed thirty five percent of the finished product . |
| 12 | Growth may be inevitable or it may be fun . |
| 13 | And thirdly , conflict may be spontaneous or it may be organised . |
| 14 | The story may be apocryphal but it neatly illustrates the role of the catalyst . |
| 15 | This may be unfortunate but it is the reason why the NIRC was bound to fail . |
| 16 | This may be faster but it leads to a kicking action that tends to collide with the opponent 's leading knee rather than pass over it . |
| 17 | The plant may be different but it uses basically the same manufacturing processes that the Partners licensed from the Belgian company of Solvay et Cie in 1872 . |
| 18 | The pattern may be complicated but it 's a darned sight easier than you . ’ |
| 19 | Now , all this may be true but it is not the message that comes blaring from greeting cards shops in North Yorkshire or anywhere else . |
| 20 | Moreover , older workers lose the right to be protected from unfair dismissal if they are over the ‘ upper age limit ’ ( this may be 65 or it may be whatever is the ‘ normal retiring age ’ for the job the individual holds ) . |
| 21 | Times may be tough but it seems we 're taking less care of our money than ever before . |
| 22 | since he came to our Lordships House with some very and has had to sit this thing ever since then with one exception er to speeches deeply and seriously critical er of the proposals er coming from Members of your Lordships House mostly with vast experience of the subject matter former Secretary 's er er former Chief Constable er and er so many others and I arise only to put one point to you if my Noble Friend decides to resist these amendments , it seems to me I may be wrong but it seems to me overwhelmingly clear that they will be carrying against him and they will be put into the Bill which will be very considerably altered and amended , some of your Lordships may think improved , but certainly drastically altered and I wonder whether er my Noble Friend thinks that really would be helpful from the point of view either of the pr future progress of the Bill , or the position of the Government . |