Example sentences of "may [pron] be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fantasy may itself be a kind of transgressive reinscription , one presupposing a radical impurity in all identity , not excluding the transgressor 's . |
| 2 | The Lower Permian Sandstone beneath the Magnesian Limestone ( which may itself be a viable reservoir rock ) constitutes a deeper prospect . |
| 3 | Choosing a sampling unit may itself be a problem . |
| 4 | In fact the nature and direction of child abuse research may itself be a not insignificant part of the problem of deciding what to do . |
| 5 | Nisbet ( 1979 ) has pointed out the irony that this new distrust may itself be a product of modern education , since a number of new approaches to teaching and learning encourage children to ‘ think for themselves ’ . |
| 6 | The contrast may itself be a significant feature of the overall pattern . |
| 7 | the gay male parody of a certain femininity , which , as others have argued , may itself be an elaborate social construct , is both a way of giving vent to the hostility toward women that probably afflicts every male ( and which male heterosexuals have of course expressed in infinitely nastier and more effective ways ) and could paradoxically be thought of as helping to deconstruct that image for women themselves … |
| 8 | I would say with you to the good Lord ‘ spare me from Mr Kinnock 's gaze , hold on tight to the tablets of stone less they should fall upon this hapless servant 's head , may there be no rock so small that I can not shelter behind it out of Mr Kinnock 's sight ’ . |
| 9 | I would say with you to the good Lord ‘ spare me from Mr Kinnock 's gaze , hold on tight to the tablets of stone lest they should fall on this hapless servant 's head , may there be no rock so small that I can not shelter behind it out of Mr Kinnock 's sight , keep the rod and staff of Socialism firmly in your hands lest it be upon my back that it should be broken . |
| 10 | And may he be the healing of the things I wrought with his father ! ’ |
| 11 | It is also important to examine the throat for the presence of gonococci ( by cultural methods ) , since , not only may it be the only site involved , but it is rather more difficult to eradicate the infection from this place . |
| 12 | In a similar way , the argument goes , God reveals Himself in particular events ( that may themselves be the actions of His agents , like Jesus of Nazareth or Mohammed ) but can never be reduced to them . |
| 13 | Landlords are usually the freehold owners of the property ( or they may themselves be the tenants of the freehold owners ) . |
| 14 | Some of the contents and recommendations of this Report may themselves be the cause of controversy in places . |