Example sentences of "may be at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brightly-coloured males may be at greater risk than the dowdy females . |
| 2 | If tamoxifen exerts antioestrogenic effects on bone women receiving long term treatment may be at greater risk of osteoporotic fracture . |
| 3 | A possible conclusion to be drawn from this is that management can provide alternative more attractive forms of work organisation but these may be at higher cost . |
| 4 | It is thought that form of insulin may not always give vital warnings of low blood sugar , such as hunger or sweating , and that patients may be at increased risk of slipping unawares into a coma . |
| 5 | So well known was the latter that the Department of Health and Social Security lists the elderly among patients ‘ who may be at increased risk ’ . |
| 6 | Distressed ventilated babies are more likely to breathe asynchronously , increasing the risk of pneumothoraces , so their oxygen requirement will probably be higher and they may be at increased risk of intracranial haemorrhage . |
| 7 | These results suggest that the children of fathers who had been monitored for exposure to external penetrating ionising radiation in the nuclear industry may be at increased risk of developing leukaemia before their fifth birthday . |
| 8 | The ridden horse 's ears may be at half mast indicating that he is relaxed and listening to his rider . |
| 9 | Sandison finds that the probability of citation will be halved by the transfer of library material to the Reserve Stock shelves , which may be at some distance from the main library shelving , or which may have to be fetched from remote stores . |
| 10 | Although you may be at some bar or club with the community interest at heart , people do n't look at you like that . |