Example sentences of "they may be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also suggested that , provided we plunge below the surface of these theories , certain important links between them may be revealed . |
| 2 | If two or more higher-level indexes exist , each of them may be handled using a different one of the techniques described below aimed at reducing index search time , depending on their size . |
| 3 | In future , these matters will not be decided here because responsibility for many of them may be transferred to Europe . ’ |
| 4 | Variants of ( Ε ) and ( o ) do not form a continuum along a single linear scale , but each of them may be said to be part of one or more subscales which can be constructed on , for example , the continua of roundness , or backness or length . |
| 5 | The sites now considered to illustrate undefended settlements have been chosen at random since it would have required much research and fieldwork to have presented a comprehensive list in time for this Conference ; attention is merely drawn to a number of sites with the hope that they , and others like them may be studied in more detail by local efforts . |
| 6 | The second involves the juxtaposition of two consonants not usually placed together in an attempt to reproduce a sound peculiar to the original language ( e.g. , the " kh " sound in Bakhtiari or Bakhshaish ) ; the two consonants used in this way may vary , or one of them may be left out altogether . |
| 7 | They may not exist or access to them may be refused . |
| 8 | But certain aggravated assaults are singled out by the law for higher maximum penalties , and three of them may be mentioned here . |
| 9 | Those who subscribe to them and are honoured by reference to them may be thought of with contempt by those for whom the underlife is the serious basis of social living . |
| 10 | These items are all connected , and any of them may be used as analogies or homologies for each other . |
| 11 | There are now serious environmental concerns about a whole range of chemicals that go into these cleaners , and the detrimental effect that some of them may be having on wildlife in rivers and shorelines . |
| 12 | Nine of them may be attributed to petitioners . |
| 13 | 3.10 Subject as provided in clause 5.5.3 all fixtures affixed to or installed in the Premises as part of the Tenant 's Works ( other than Tenant 's fixtures ) shall become and remain the property of the Landlord notwithstanding that any of them may be affixed or installed after completion of the Lease The difficulty here is ensuring that both parties know what are tenant 's fixtures and it may be as well to include in a schedule the fixtures to which the landlord is referring . |
| 14 | As these fish are mostly open spawners , it is pointless supplying numerous caves made of rockpiles as they may be moved during the fish 's excavations . |
| 15 | They may be moved from this pit to others during the wriggler stage , or once they are free-swimming , and the parents will go for a further 6–8 weeks before considering another family . |
| 16 | By exploring the world in terms of the actions and their effects , young children come to realise that objects can be acted upon in different ways and that actions often result in objects changing their location ; they may be moved to a new place , positioned with respect to other objects or located on surfaces and in containers . |
| 17 | They may be moved by a sense of party loyalty . |
| 18 | They may be detected with computed tonography and duplex sonography , but selective angiography is still the diagnostic examination of choice . |
| 19 | They may be hampered in the efficient winding up of your affairs by the limited powers Parliament gives to the next of kin in these circumstances . |
| 20 | Understandably , governments have difficulty reconciling their macro-policies towards foreigners with the need for discriminatory policies among sectors , and still more with the specific bargains they may be tempted to make with particular firms . |
| 21 | Even though the offer may be a fair one , they may be tempted to retain their shares in the hope that the target 's performance will improve and they will recover their position . |
| 22 | They may be stored in bins or sacks , loose on the floor , or in silos . |
| 23 | Therefore , in any year , they may be expensed ( when they have generated revenues ) or they may be stored in the balance sheet ( for example , as closing stock , when they have yet to generate revenues ) . |
| 24 | Now members of LA 's rock ‘ aristocracy ’ , they may be viewed in some quarters as an anachronism but no-one could deny that they can still draw the big crowds in a way that would make many a ‘ hip ’ band envious . |
| 25 | In the spring young shoots will be damaged by such frosts and , if the frosts are severe or prolonged , they may be killed . |
| 26 | Consumers may be poisoned in their beds by improperly tested medical drugs , they may be killed over their dinner tables by unhygienically prepared food , they may be blown up to God knows where by the neighbourhood chemical complex exploding , and they may become fatally diseased in their living rooms by industrial pollution . |
| 27 | That animals should be treated humanely , and with this proviso , that they may be killed , experimented upon , hunted , raced , or petted is both the legal , and a perfectly defensible , position to hold . |
| 28 | If they are caught in its blast , they may be killed or injured . ’ |
| 29 | Keep a good look out for them , give them plenty of clearance ( they may be moving faster than you think ) and let them make their moves in safety . |
| 30 | They may be aroused sexually by the naked bodies they wash and care for . |