Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Stylometric studies may be undertaken for many different reasons . |
2 | Thus , if Nissan gains market share at the expense of cars which would have been manufactured in the UK anyway , problems may be caused for other companies , especially Rover which relies principally on the UK market for its sales . |
3 | Firstly , legal aid is not available for libel , but it may be granted for malicious falsehood . |
4 | Exemption may be granted for any works of art , pictures , prints , books , manuscripts and scientific collections of national , scientific or artistic interest . |
5 | Leases may be granted for short periods of less than a year , up to 999 years . |
6 | But it is also true that warrants to the security services may be renewed for six months at a time . |
7 | But what is more troubling than the initial rigid fixed term is the fact that warrants may be renewed for longer periods still . |
8 | The appointment may be renewed for further sessions . |
9 | Samples of the soil , and in some cases all the excavated soil , may be kept for dry sieving or wet sieving in order to retrieve environmental evidence and very small finds . |
10 | As discussed earlier ( p. 101 ) , a patient thought to require further or more prolonged help may be referred for another kind of treatment . |
11 | Life expectancy is usually calculated from birth but may be computed for any age . |
12 | The central issues which require resolution are the criteria to be used to determine whether a capital instrument represents debt or equity and the treatment of instruments like convertible debt which will or may be exchanged for other instruments . |
13 | Land in Bismark Street , Leeman Road , York , may be earmarked for sheltered housing under plans by the city council . |
14 | I agree that this scheme is significant not only because of what may be achieved for good in the north-west , but because it can act as a model for planning for other areas and for other denominations . |
15 | The legal advice scheme may be invoked for initial advice and assistance , but the litigant who requires the services of a lawyer in civil proceedings must rely on the provisions of the representation element of the legal aid scheme or meet the cost himself or herself . |
16 | Return of regular periods and fertility may be delayed for eight to ten months . |
17 | This is usually about 18 days after infection , but it may be delayed for several months when arrested larval development occurs . |
18 | As part of restructuring , the company may be asked for new security , charges on rental streams , new floating charges or inter-company guarantees . |
19 | Brave Oates , who was born and raised in Mellor 's Putney constituency , told Scott as he left : ‘ I may be gone for some time . ’ |
20 | Last night the feeling at Westminster was that Mellor resembled him in only one respect — he may be gone for some time , too . |
21 | Indeed , hospitals may be penalised for this efficiency if they succeed in treating more patients than they had budgeted for ’ . |
22 | The most common use of these logical operations is to extract , test , and alter selected parts of words of other data-types ; for example , an integral fixed-point number may be tested for odd or even by extracting and testing the right-hand bit ( at least in two 's complement or sign-and-magnitude representation ) . |
23 | If this is not possible , a variant module may be created for inaccessible modules . |
24 | However , when the firm wants to move into a new area , a special project organization may be created for this purpose . |
25 | Students may be registered for full-time or part-time study , and the appropriate degree is awarded after submission of a thesis and its approval by a Board of Examiners . |
26 | A charge of 10p may be made for each ticket resold . |
27 | Exceptions may be made for specific schedules which may be the subject of separate warranties . |
28 | A well-reared puppy should have a fair amount of bone and a strong , straight front , that is the forelegs should appear parallel when viewed from the front , the feet turning neither in nor out ( a certain allowance may be made for puppyish softness ) . |
29 | At the other end of the scale , rules would define precisely the shots that may be made for specified circumstances , confining all shots to the head and shoulders of the Member who has the floor , for example ( this solution has been adopted by the Canadian House of Commons ) . |
30 | The visual ambiguity of handwriting is such that a number of possible interpretations may be made for any written word . |