Example sentences of "may [be] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The issue may be about an undesirable friendship , being out late at night , buying a motor bike , drinking alcohol , and so on . . |
| 2 | The access to a site or any part of the site may be over a private or unadopted road . |
| 3 | The introduction of new technology is only one aspect of problem solving in marginal areas and the desirable overall policy package may be to a substantial degree indivisible since changing one part may affect one or all of the other parts at a local , regional , national or European Economic Community ( EEC ) level . |
| 4 | For instance , the manager of an airline , however committed he may be to an efficient seat reservation system , may be obliged to withdraw seats already allocated in favour of a minister and his train of attendants . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , there are circumstances in which an employer may be under a contractual duty to provide work . |
| 6 | This may be under a piece of tree bark , along a ledge of some kind or hidden on the ground among the undergrowth . |
| 7 | It is , therefore , appropriate for the liquidator , when he thinks that he may be under a duty to try to recover something from some officer or employee of a company , or some other person who is , in some way , concerned with the company 's affairs , to be able to discover , with as little expense as possible and with as much ease as possible , the facts surrounding any such possible claim . |
| 8 | As has been seen , the assisted party is under no obligation to pay any costs to the solicitor whatever the result ; but may be under a liability to pay costs to a successful opponent . |
| 9 | Where the landlord retains a roadway he may be under a positive duty to the tenant to prevent obstruction of it ( Hilton v Smith ( James ) & Sons ( Norwood ) Ltd ( 1979 ) 257 EG 1063 ) . |
| 10 | I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back . |
| 11 | However , given that only social workers have a legal responsibility to investigate allegations , and other professionals ( e.g. priests ) may be under an obligation to protect confidentiality , social services face the dilemma of undertaking the ‘ lead agency ’ role , while having no authority to insist that other professionals pass on information to them . |
| 12 | The hearing may be under an arrangement under s.5(1) . |
| 13 | ‘ The rights deriving from the above-mentioned provisions of the Treaty include not only the rights of establishment and of participation in the capital of companies or firms but also the right to pursue an economic activity , as the case may be through a company , under the conditions laid down by the legislation of the country of establishment for its own nationals . |
| 14 | ‘ The idea I have in view whilst I make the demonstration ’ may be of a particular right-angled triangle with sides of a certain length , but I may , nevertheless , be sure that it holds of all right-angled triangles if , by not mentioning the ways in which it differs from them , I use this one to stand for them all . |
| 15 | But clearly some immoralities may be of a kind that no government has authority to commit . |
| 16 | Or they may be of a different kind . |
| 17 | The wire connecting the main unit to the solenoid valve may be of a light-duty twin type of any reasonable length . |
| 18 | This comment may be of a moral , biographical or prophetic nature . |
| 19 | In each case the containing font may be of a different size , but the title will adapt . |
| 20 | Compare now the vastly more plausible second way in which the new composite sentence token may be of a type that is to acquire constant significance . |
| 21 | In short , the complexity of thought may be less than is assumed by AI-workers — and , moreover , may be of a very different type . |
| 22 | First , the benefit may be of a kind bought in from outside the employer 's business , such as a car or medical insurance ( ‘ external benefits ’ ) . |
| 23 | The ability to generate formalized drawings may be of a low priority ( and in some cases an unnecessary step ) in the development of that product . |
| 24 | The subject-matter may be of a discretionary or regulatory nature and while these elements should not exclude proscriptions against bias they are likely to modify their application . |
| 25 | Whether we are talking of the families portrayed in reading schemes and modern languages material , the heroes of novels chosen in English literature , or the personages selected as worthy of interest in history , the picture may be of a male who is larger than life , dominant and personality-projecting . |
| 26 | Does it indeed apply to a local government in a different country , where the body itself may be of a completely different kind ? |
| 27 | So , for example , they would know the current orders and be able to compare these with similar periods in the previous years , they would also have a ‘ feel ’ of production levels , stock levels etc. even though this information may be of a more qualitative rather than quantitative nature . |
| 28 | Governments wish to try and deal with problems of regional imbalance , which in many instances may be of a long-standing and chronic nature . |
| 29 | For the depressed person , the loss may be of a more ideal kind and may relate to aspects of himself that destroy his security of self-esteem . |
| 30 | Intervention may be of a befriending nature , offering the person the opportunity to confide , and talk through his emotions , and gently guiding him towards a reassessment of his new position in life without the person he mourns . |