Example sentences of "may [adv] [adv] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The walk to be described may most conveniently be undertaken by two parties , each with transport : one car should be parked at the roadside quarry at Aisgill , and the other at Birkdale Summit . |
| 2 | Thus , realism may most readily be viewed as a reaction to the attempt to construct a formal science of law founded on what may be termed the case method ; that is , the assumption that , by close examination of past judicial decisions , the basic principles of law could be deduced . |
| 3 | Thus its surface may only occasionally be punctuated by groups of waterlilies and its margins graced with a restrained selection of marginal plants carefully placed so as to balance the visual aspect of the pool and yet not spoil it reflective qualities . |
| 4 | Like the reader who finds that the chapters of his detective novel have been printed in the wrong order , we may only now be beginning to understand why from the point of view of ego- and superego-development the crime which should be at the beginning ( that of Oedipus ) comes at the end , and why what comes at the beginning ( the oral period ) leads unintelligibly into what should otherwise have been the conclusion of the story ( anal stage , latency ) ! |
| 5 | It has been argued that the artefact may perhaps best be understood as playing a series of bridging roles . |
| 6 | The parallelism between man and gelada may perhaps also be supported by this developing line of thought . |
| 7 | Stateless societies are for the most part small tribal societies , without any complex division of labour and economically poor , but some features of their political systems may perhaps also be found in other types of society , especially in village communities such as those of medieval Germany , or of India ( where they were once described as ‘ little republics ’ ) , although in these instances there is already some degree of subordination to a state , however remote , and some element of stratification and inequality of power in the local community itself . |
| 8 | THE subject of statutory interpretation is not usually taught in Law Schools , and you may perhaps not be examined upon it . |
| 9 | And then what is interesting is that whatever their exact priority ( which may perhaps never be determined ) each of these kinds is very early indeed in human culture . |
| 10 | A shaft or bearing may thus simply be described as a rotary lower pair although its detailed motion may be far from simple . |
| 11 | Changes in water quality brought about by changing land use may thus not be seen for decades . |
| 12 | These laws may thus only be used right to left in contexts where syntactic correctness is preserved . |
| 13 | Right , now if they 're acting rationally , right simply because you have a zero income of say two years on the trot , you may just well be driven out of business , if you 're er , a farmer in the developed , developing world you may er , possibly thrown off the land , or you may even starve . |
| 14 | Since the new constitution was enacted in 1937 , the prohibition on divorce has become so strict that couples who have been granted a nullity decree by Roman catholic canonical tribunals have found that they may still not be recognized as single by the state , and are thus unable to remarry in the Republic . |
| 15 | This time next week , 48 hours after all the votes have been counted , the outcome of the election may still not be settled . |
| 16 | If correction techniques are employed upon the list of allowable strings , the intended word may still not be found because it is sufficiently different from the entries in the existing list of allowable strings . |
| 17 | It will be appropriate to end this discussion by recognizing the fact that it is fundamentally on account of Christ 's maleness that still today , throughout the greater part of Christendom ( and in countries where women now play a leading part in public life ) , women may still not be ordained . |
| 18 | When they contribute towards sexual enjoyment by way of enhancing the pleasure of sexuality in general , they may still scarcely be thought of as deviant . |
| 19 | Returning to academia he can recall the spatial remove as being ‘ out there in the field ’ ; so that much of the current anthropology at home may still only be practising in its own backyard , pursuing an exploration of ‘ exotic cultures at home ’ rather than looking into its own front room ( Cheater 1987 : 166 ) . |
| 20 | Options may usually only be exercised between three and ten years after their grant . |
| 21 | The aim is to produce more economists who can handle practical affairs seriously ; more generalists--aware in a rough way of what non economists think--by making it easier to concentrate on particular problems , so that their views may more easily be sought and comprehended ; and more theorists who plan their work in an economic manner . |
| 22 | In this case , the figure may be adjusted downwards so that it may more easily be achieved , especially when commission payments are based on the full achievement of sales target or quota . |
| 23 | It will also be important to commission long-term studies of the career progression of Compact graduates and this may more properly be offered to professional researchers , perhaps located in higher education . |
| 24 | Section 2 is for assessment and may more frequently be expected where an individual had no previous psychiatric history . |
| 25 | Therefore , much of what follows may more accurately be characterized as hypotheses of British judicial behaviour derived deductively from research into decision-making in other judiciaries and/or in non-judicial settings . |
| 26 | The spatial behaviour of those rural residents without the use of cars in car-owning households may more accurately be compared with that of behaviour in non-car-owning households . |
| 27 | There is no objection to including a definition of the centre in the particulars part of the lease , although it may more usually be included in clause 2 under the definitions section . |
| 28 | This will record any restrictive covenants that may be set out in full in the body of the certificate or may more commonly be referred to in a transfer deed , which may be sewn into the back of the certificate . |
| 29 | This view , however , may be to perceive only as a weakness within the British scene something which may more interestingly be considered an incentive to , even a necessary condition of , modernist and postmodernist writing generally . |
| 30 | BBONT is hopeful that together with government measures to encourage enviromentally friendly farming , they will be successful and that this delightful creature may once again be spotted along our rivers . |