Example sentences of "may be [adv] of " in BNC.

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1 Marine molluscs , like the annelids , may be either of separate sexes or hermaphroditic .
2 This is achieved by constructing a rectangular framework , usually of wood , which may be either of fixed dimensions or adjustable in size .
3 Moreover , there is an increase in the release of glutamate ( but not GABA ) from glia cultured from epileptogenic tissue , suggesting that the increase in extracellular fluid glutamate may be partially of glial origin .
4 But the total number of human genes may be upward of 100,000 and many of these represent a number of different options . )
5 As all sand surfaces possess chance irregularities , even though they may be only of the magnitude of a few sand grains , there is a natural tendency for ripples to form .
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