Example sentences of "may [adv] be in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ideas and concepts may thus be in fact misleading as to the real condition of existence ; they are not the reflection of the economic system but the product of a complex historical process of changing adaptation . |
| 2 | Next time you come up with a hypothetical outer limit of inanity , better check with Washington before publishing ; it may already be in effect . |
| 3 | I think he may still be in love with this English girl , Madeleine . ’ |
| 4 | A You may still be in time for Assembly , and if so , you must attend . |
| 5 | Parts of these may still be in use or have ponds or marlpits in them , but they are generally easy to recognise . |
| 6 | At this stage you may also be in contact with the social services who may have been supporting the new client for some time . |
| 7 | Older people may also be in receipt of a pension from a previous employer ( an occupational pension ) . |
| 8 | The Poet will protect the Friend 's heart ‘ As tender nurse her babe from faring ill ’ , but after his death then the Friend 's heart may also be in jeopardy : ‘ Presume not on thy heart when mine is slain ; /Thou gav'st me thine not to give back again . ’ |
| 9 | In Western democracies such as Britain the protester may also be in conflict with the rule of law . |
| 10 | Equally controversial has been the recently-introduced Employment Contracts Act that has drastically undercut the powers of the trade unions — to the extent that New Zealand may now be in breach of International Labour Organisation provisions . |
| 11 | Carbon monoxide has no smell and if your appliance has n't been services for some time you may now be in danger . |
| 12 | Often the only paid member is the chairman , suggesting that he may really be in charge . |
| 13 | These areas are ( i ) the organization of licensing , censorship and other similar forms of control , and the struggle against these ; ( ii ) the organization of the market , both in its aspect as a trading area whose purposes , in expansion and profit , may often be in conflict with otherwise dominant political and cultural authorities , and its aspect as a mechanism for commodities in this especially sensitive field , where inherent calculations of profit and scale may impose tensions with other conceptions of art and , at a different level , impose its own new forms of commercial controls ; and ( iii ) the uneven and changing relations between a received and always to some extent recuperated ‘ popular ’ ( largely oral ) culture and the new forms of standardized and increasingly centralized production and reproduction . |
| 14 | Individual goals may well be in conflict with organisational goals even where there is a strong commitment to one goal by the organisation . |
| 15 | The goals of the politician may well be in conflict with those of the official . |
| 16 | Another statement of ‘ clarification ’ may well be in order from Mr Clarke and his advisers . |
| 17 | It may well be in fact that there is a consensus about subjective taste , but this is quite different from saying that taste is objective ! |
| 18 | However , in the family situation , girls above 16 may well be in need of the law 's protection . |
| 19 | The interests of the elderly person and the rest of the family network , which may sometimes be in competition . |
| 20 | More recently , the problem of child sexual abuse has been highlighted , and here too difficulties for social workers in protecting the children may sometimes be in conflict with other interests . |
| 21 | Depending on how you interpret the above headline , you may either be in favour — or against , the International Tennis Federation 's ( ITF ) recommendation that the ‘ Let ’ Service Rule be abolished as from 1st January 1993 . |
| 22 | redeploying some of their skills — over and above applying them in work with failing , disheartened or work-refusing children — for working with fellow professionals whose expectations may likewise be in conflict with those of the would-be supporter , just as those of work-refusing children tend to be in conflict with those of their teachers . |
| 23 | Thousands may therefore be in need of urgent legal advice and assistance with the enforcement of their rights . |