Example sentences of "as [noun pl] may [be] " in BNC.

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1 Pluralists , for example , may now be more willing to examine in much greater detail the relationships between state institutions and the mass media , just as Marxists may be more prepared to consider empirical and detailed case studies .
2 Those admitted from the waiting list will usually be quite fit but patients who are admitted as emergencies may be severely ill .
3 At a later stage the emphasis was switched from administrative to programme measurement ( which — as costs may be spread amongst numerous departmental sections as well as outside agencies such as local authorities or quangos — is usually much more difficult ) .
4 A surprisingly large number of PWS and AS patients also exhibit clinical features characteristic of tyrosinase-positive ( type II ) OCA , including severe hypopigmentations , decreased visual acuity , nystagmus and strabismus ( J. Clayton-Smith , S. Saitoh , personal communications , and our unpublished data ) ; these atypical PWS and AS patients may be hemizygous for mutant alleles of a gene responsible for type II OCA .
5 In many cases , kin may be ‘ chosen ’ ( and other kin ignored ) just as friends may be chosen , and individuals may choose to go to non-kin instead for particular kinds of help or services .
6 If they do not the risks are considerable as decisions may be made without the benefit of comprehensive observations and specialist experience .
7 The range of drink-associated items buried as grave-goods may be symbolic of an individual 's role in society in the same way that pieces of weaving equipment in durable materials are found in richly accompanied women 's graves .
8 Therefore , the costs of each program as mentioned in the reviews is not entirely accurate as users may be able to add a few more files to the disk to fill it up .
9 It could be argued that such questions are of little value as respondents may be unwilling to label themselves as being in poor health .
10 I am not able , as others may be , to find an aesthetic pleasure in admiring the pattern as it unfolded ; for the spectacle is not to an Englishman a reassuring one .
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