Example sentences of "may [be] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 31 | Whatever criticisms may be made of the STV there is no denying that it has proved viable in its own fashion in twenty-two general elections in the Republic of Ireland . |
| 32 | Mention , if no more than mention , may be made of the following . |
| 33 | The use that may be made of the occurrence or non-occurrence of a reinvestigation by the defence is bound to be problematic . |
| 34 | Among the honours courses special mention may be made of Drama , which offers coverage beyond the purely English field as well as the opportunity for practical theatre work in ‘ drama workshops ’ . |
| 35 | By the early 1990s little may be heard of taking even British Telecom and British Gas back into public or social ownership . |
| 36 | This can be applied to the case of marriage , where there will of course be usually sanctions of varying degrees against behaviours that threaten marriage , and sexual activity outside marriage may be disapproved of , but this does not imply that merely not engaging in marriage is disapproved of , nor that an unmarried condition is sanctioned . |
| 37 | For instance , someone who expresses her opinion of a friend 's appearance very vaguely may be suspected of doing so in order to be polite ( saving others ' face is a common motive for vagueness , untruthfulness and withholding information ) . |
| 38 | If too many expectations are flouted , the writer may be suspected of being mentally unbalanced , of being incapable of seeing the world in a normal way . |
| 39 | Within this framework , language may be conceived of as a process which arises from the social interaction of individuals ; it is neither a skill possessed by individuals nor simply a reflection of environmental influences . |
| 40 | While the powers of the Commission to initiate policy may be conceived of as those normally possessed de facto by an unelected civil service , the powers of interpretation and of law-making are in a true democracy the preserve of the judiciary and elected legislature . |
| 41 | To sum up , in positing an item as an ontological existent we are at the same time by implication positing this item as a potential subject of a non-arbitrary subset of predicates from among an indefinite number of meaningful predicates , and hence as completely determinate with regard to possible descriptions that may be given of it at any given time . |
| 42 | ‘ A man is honoured in that country , ’ he continues , ‘ according to what may be seen of his actions , conduct and zeal , since no one in India knows anything of family or lineage . ’ |
| 43 | These fundamental values should not be jettisoned simply because marriage is a factor in the case , as indeed the Court of Appeal affirmed when holding that a husband may be convicted of kidnapping his wife . |
| 44 | The existing difficulties in this respect are considerably reduced by the provision in [ the Larceny Act 1916 , ] section 44(3) that a person charged with larceny may be convicted of obtaining by false pretences and the provision in section 44(4) that a person charged with obtaining by false pretences may be convicted of this offence even if the evidence proves larceny . |
| 45 | The existing difficulties in this respect are considerably reduced by the provision in [ the Larceny Act 1916 , ] section 44(3) that a person charged with larceny may be convicted of obtaining by false pretences and the provision in section 44(4) that a person charged with obtaining by false pretences may be convicted of this offence even if the evidence proves larceny . |
| 46 | Even though the problem shows that the full crime was consummated , the culprits may be convicted of attempt or incitement , so that it may be relevant to mention these crimes — though normally , of course , the indictment would be for the completed crime , not for a mere attempt or incitement . |
| 47 | The effect of the section is now plainly that neighbours in the garden or yard who threaten , abuse or insult one another may be convicted of the offence under this section . |
| 48 | Unlike the previous law , companies may be convicted of offences under this Part of the Act , so that the perpetrators of racial hatred are unable to hide behind their organisation 's corporate nature to avoid personal liability . |
| 49 | If , however , " appropriation " in the definition of theft is a continuing act , the accused may be convicted of robbery if thee is a force during a struggle to escape : Hale , approved in Gregory ( 1983 ) 77 Cr App R 41 ( CA ) . |
| 50 | A person charged with theft may be convicted of s.12 , but not of s.11 . |
| 51 | The quality of materials used in walls is governed by the Building Regulations , but the walls themselves may be built of bricks , blocks , stone , concrete or timber . |
| 52 | In understanding the effects which may be observed of subjective risk in everyday driving the most important studies are likely to be those using moderate levels of arousal . |
| 53 | They may be deprived of skills and they may receive less stimulation than , say , middle-class English children , but inside the Asian family they get plenty of security and love . |
| 54 | Others who would normally have that capacity may be deprived of it or have it reduced by reason of temporary factors , such as unconsciousness or confusion or other effects of shock , severe fatigue , pain or drugs being used in their treatment . |
| 55 | An adult patient may be deprived of his capacity to decide either by long term mental incapacity or retarded development or by temporary factors such as unconsciousness or confusion or the effects of fatigue , shock , pain or drugs . |
| 56 | They aim to increase the use of fluoridation schemes which benefit most those who live in socially deprived areas and may be deprived of preventative dentistry . |
| 57 | The feelings may be imagined of the pupil who rashly let fall a slighting reference to Sohrab and Rustum , to be answered by Lewis 's brandishing an old regimental sword of his brother 's which stood in the corner of his room and shouting , ‘ The sword must settle this ! ’ |
| 58 | ( d ) The gang may be constituted of two or three core members with other tradesmen or labourers employed either on daywork or discounted rates . |
| 59 | The same may be said of the BMC engine but parts ( service items or for disasters ) are much more readily available for the LR unit . |
| 60 | However it ought to be possible to bring the reasons for it out into the light , and by doing so to show that whatever may be said of Tolkien 's view of reality , it was neither escapist nor thoughtless . |