Example sentences of "may [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For grass roots workers , the findings are important as may are worried about how to intervene in cases of physical abuse , the stress involved and the fact that it may be too complex . |
| 2 | While some may be mostly straightforward logs , hedges , rails etc. , others may include ditches , water , steps , drops etc. , which may be off-putting for the beginner . |
| 3 | First , it may be spatial in that prices are set to reflect demand conditions in different geographical markets , those prices not reflecting different costs of supply . |
| 4 | So too he asks that he himself may be obedient to the powers which are ordained and be delivered from ‘ private interpretation , unhealthy enquiries , and innovation in things sacred ’ . |
| 5 | What is important , however , is that if the question of whether there was one is raised , we may be uncertain about the answer . |
| 6 | However , because many personnel users are new to computing , and because they may be uncertain of their needs , two particular approaches are likely to be the most satisfactory . |
| 7 | However , since some clauses are wholly unaffected by the Act , whilst others are subjected to a test of reasonableness , which may be uncertain in its application , the common law rules remain important . |
| 8 | Some of the following may be repetitive to some extent , and the reader is asked to excuse this as the writer finds it difficult to avoid repeating some of his thoughts in a subject so fraught with difficulties of explanation , and covering such a wide field . |
| 9 | The tax treatment of unconditional deferred cash consideration may be disadvantageous to the vendors as capital gains tax may become payable before a deferred consideration is received . |
| 10 | Contrary to first impressions , it may be disadvantageous in these circumstances for firms to have ‘ home country ’ control of conduct of business rules , if the firm is authorised by a member state with a higher standard of regulation than that of the member state where the branch is established . |
| 11 | Changes which , whilst they may be confusing to those of you seeking a place at university , poly or college , also offer advantages for all . |
| 12 | But very short time limits may be vulnerable under the principle . |
| 13 | Yet if the customer is adamant that you must go and you can not be fitted into another niche where you would have no contact with him , you may be vulnerable to dismissal . |
| 14 | Although companies are not expected to go to unreasonable lengths to accommodate someone who is not able to carry out his job to the full extent , an employer who disregards altogether the possibility of finding you some other position and is unwilling to consider any other form of compromise may be vulnerable to an unfair dismissal claim . |
| 15 | If you know , or think you may be vulnerable to getting Thrush when using antibiotics for Cystitis , do mention this to your doctor , who may well prescribe treatment ‘ just in case ’ . |
| 16 | Disadvantages are a flimsy tool shelf below the table , and a sliding fence that may be vulnerable to breakage . |
| 17 | If these channels are not pursued , adoptees may be vulnerable to commercial offers of tracing at inflated charges . |
| 18 | However , thirdly , a natural monopolist may be vulnerable to entry even when charging average cost and being perfectly efficient . |
| 19 | Nonetheless , it may be sobering for the European governments considering stockpiles that the private sector has already beaten them to it — and that the stores of the materials themselves are tantalisingly close to the industries that , some day , may be desperate for supplies . |
| 20 | WP True , it may be cheap by European standards but not by those of the Far East . |
| 21 | It may be Africa , and life may be cheap by comparison with that in the Western world , but just try to imagine this happening at Twickenham or Cardiff Arms Park : as the car park revelry goes on late into the night a youth slips into an official marquee and steals some equipment from it . |
| 22 | Carbon dioxide emissions per head of population may be low in the developing countries , but they are high when measured against units of GDP . |
| 23 | When you retire , you may be due for a tax rebate . |
| 24 | You should report any vaginal discharge , pain after intercourse or abdominal pain , especially if accompanied by fever , as these symptoms may be due to pelvic infection which requires prompt treatment . |
| 25 | The lack of popularity with the Cuk topology may be due to its problems relating to the energy-coupling capacitor . |
| 26 | Hungarians understand perfectly well that this may be due to internal Romanian reasons — the Romanian army had played some part in the initial repression in Timisoara , but since it joined the rebellion this fact has been conveniently forgotten . |
| 27 | This may be due to demographic distortion , low educational levels or to the impact of income subsidisation measures adopted by governments . |
| 28 | Banging sounds emanating from the boiler may be due to a build-up of scale or to air being drawn into the system . |
| 29 | Indeed , the evolution of the communal behaviour of individual males may be due to strategies whereby co-operative action increases the chances of individuals mating with females . |
| 30 | Although the itching may be due to the movement of the louse over the skin , it only moves a maximum of six inches per day , and it is more likely that an allergic reaction is set up to the lice themselves or to their faeces . |