Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ( 3 ) A sale by auction may be notified to be subject to a reserve or upset price , and a right to bid may also be reserved expressly by or on behalf of the seller . |
| 32 | Although a court will generally strive to resolve uncertainties and ambiguities so as to give effect to a commercial contract wherever possible ( especially where the agreement is already partly executed ) , uncertainty or ambiguity may lead a court to conclude that the term is too uncertain to be enforceable , and in extreme cases the whole contract may be held to be void . |
| 33 | While people may be held to be responsible for an action they may not always be asked to account for it . |
| 34 | The repercussions of this maleness of the concept of Christ may be thought to be incalculable . |
| 35 | Simon Brown J. cited no authority for this dictum , so far as it related to the possibility of supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court over the visitors to the Inns of Court , but it was cited to us as an example of a suggested parallel with the supervisory jurisdiction which the High Court undoubtedly exercises in other contexts which in some respects may be thought to be comparable . |
| 36 | Thus , in order to distance the law from the many preconceived cultural notions about rape , rapists and rape victims , a new terminology may be thought to be desirable . |
| 37 | Since neither House can by its own declaration create a new privilege , privilege may be considered to be capable of being ascertained and thus judicially known to the courts . |
| 38 | There is no cut-off point above which ‘ churning ’ may be considered to be unacceptable , so clients have to watch their portfolios carefully . |
| 39 | This account of the functioning of the family in modern industrial society may be considered to be defective in a variety of respects . |
| 40 | The gyroscopes associated with Artifical Horizons are subject to errors both in turns and during fore-and-aft acceleration , but for all practical purposes may be considered to be unaffected by the normal manoeuvres experienced in airline operations . |
| 41 | Time and resources spent on music , therefore , may be considered to be disproportionate to its importance in the life of the community . |
| 42 | Even drinking in a public bar may be considered to be solitary if the principal reason for doing so is the consumption of alcohol rather than for specific social contact . |
| 43 | In effect , since energy is the capacity for doing work , all energy may be considered to be stored energy . |