Example sentences of "may be [verb] 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 | POLITICIANS MAY BE squabbling over who owns the bombs and ordinary Russians and Ukrainians may be queuing for three hours for a sausage , then three more for a potato , but some good news is coming out of what was once the Soviet Union . |
| 16 | Bethpage , New York-based Grumman Corp may be looking for computer-related acquisitions , but in the meantime , it is to use up some of its cash pile by spending up to $100m buying in its own shares . |
| 17 | You may be looking for light domestic help one or two hours per week , or 24-hour a day care . |
| 18 | It is wrong that people should be able to abuse the social security contribution system , and I hope that Ministers will keep a close eye on the matter because the smart people who offer advice may be looking for further ways of getting around the regulations . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Return of regular periods and fertility may be delayed for eight to ten months . |
| 21 | This is usually about 18 days after infection , but it may be delayed for several months when arrested larval development occurs . |
| 22 | As part of restructuring , the company may be asked for new security , charges on rental streams , new floating charges or inter-company guarantees . |
| 23 | Brave Oates , who was born and raised in Mellor 's Putney constituency , told Scott as he left : ‘ I may be gone for some time . ’ |
| 24 | Last night the feeling at Westminster was that Mellor resembled him in only one respect — he may be gone for some time , too . |
| 25 | Indeed , hospitals may be penalised for this efficiency if they succeed in treating more patients than they had budgeted for ’ . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | If this is not possible , a variant module may be created for inaccessible modules . |
| 28 | However , when the firm wants to move into a new area , a special project organization may be created for this purpose . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | A charge of 10p may be made for each ticket resold . |