Example sentences of "may [be] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " A fresh action started on the same grounds as one struck out for failure to obey an " " unless " " order may be struck out as an abuse of the process of the court " ( see Bailey v Bailey [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 1129 at 1133 ) . |
| 2 | The time limit in Ord. 53 suffers from three major defects : first , the basic limit of three months is too short and may , indeed , be contrary to EC law ; secondly , not even the three months is an entitlement : a case may be struck out for undue delay even if brought within three months ; and thirdly , there is a discretion to extend the time limit on vague grounds , and this creates uncertainty . |
| 3 | It is unfortunate that such considerations may be thrust out of view by continuing public — and perhaps personal — revulsion towards the concept of child sexuality . |
| 4 | In addition , employees may be granted up to a maximum of three days ' special leave . |
| 5 | Personal sources provide a view of intangible aspects of the environment that may be filtered out by written media . |
| 6 | Solid particles may be filtered out by yarn packages and by fabrics , and , if the deposit is dark , stains occur or the stains can absorb colour and become dark . |
| 7 | They feel that , on alcohol advertising in particular , the EC has ducked the issues posed by a single market and satellite broadcasting ; and that as a result regulations may be cut back to the loosest common denominator . |
| 8 | In winter , these routes may become impassable , and so the village , like the island itself , may be cut off from outside communications . |
| 9 | If you are n't smiling , you may be cut out for economics . |
| 10 | The question of the place of objects in the formation of mental imagery may be referred back to the discussion of play . |
| 11 | I trust you will look favourably on both these applications and on any others that may be sent in by the various organisations within the village . |
| 12 | SSRs may be sent out at any time ( not only as a reply to an SPR ) providing information to the users of software about its current status . |
| 13 | In addition , SSRs may be sent out at any time to inform users of the current status of software . |
| 14 | In addition , SSRs may be sent out at any time to inform users of the current status of software . |
| 15 | This aggression may be projected on to others , e.g. , middle management , or turned back upon himself . |
| 16 | Psychoanalysts have talked , for example , about the process of ‘ projection ’ , in which aspects of oneself of which one is fearful may be projected on to other people . |
| 17 | Two : concentrated distilled gin may be watered down to the correct strength . |
| 18 | The industry may be run down to 12 or 14 pits , and there may be no interest from the private sector , because long-term contracts may not be negotiated , especially in view of the amount of imported coal . |
| 19 | While one country may be geared up for credit cards with hole-in-the wall machines everywhere you look , another may only accept local currency or travellers cheques . |
| 20 | You may input an unlimited number of addresses which may be called up by name , town , any of two user-defined fields or simply scroll through the list in ‘ Rolodex ’ fashion . |
| 21 | You may input an unlimited number of addresses which may be called up by name , town , any of two user-defined fields or simply scroll through the list in ‘ Rolodex ’ fashion . |
| 22 | While scientists may be called on to use their knowledge to set priorities for action by conservation groups , the groups depend for funding and action on their public appeal . |
| 23 | However , Byron Nelson , 79 , has a new hip and may be called on for duty . |
| 24 | For example , it may instruct its members to go-slow or work-to-rule or it may call for selective strikes ( in which certain groups of workers stop working for a specified time period ) ; or all the union members may be called out on a one-day strike . |
| 25 | Kevin Horlock may be called in to midfield |
| 26 | He wants growth on the scale of Korea and to ‘ uncouple the Northern Irish economy from the mainland ’ — at the moment he fears that it may be dragged back by the South East . |
| 27 | Yet although God is dark to man 's understanding , the reality of his being may be reached out to through love . |
| 28 | Many questions are answered in writing , but those that receive oral answers may be followed up by supplementary questions . |
| 29 | These may be followed up by agreement between members and the College some time after the programme . |
| 30 | Verbs , nouns and adjectives that may take an infinitive with to may be followed by to without an infinitive to refer to a preceding verb or verbal group : Do n't go unless you want to ( Zandvoort 1957 ) . |