Example sentences of "[noun] may [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In a number of industries each firm 's product has some point of difference that differentiates it in some way from the products manufactured by other firms ; differentiation may be in terms of quality , design or even an intangible difference such as customers ' perceived image of the product . |
| 32 | The unity may be in data structures , power structures , or in environmental trends . |
| 33 | The historic route may be under the accountant 's scrutiny shortly : the recession in the building industry has led to a falling demand for cement and traffic is down to two or three trains per week . |
| 34 | That 's tru that 's the only part may be of traditional sales that you |
| 35 | and computer may be via ribbon cable or individual wires drawn together into a neat harness secured with cable ties . |
| 36 | And I ca n't help thinking that we might end up with a sort of repeat of the sort of situation that 's occurred at Octavius Atkinson site which is erm mentioned in the erm the paper tabled this morning , whereby er a sort of market-led approach which puts a lot of pressure on the local authorities may be at the expense of the planning-led approach to erm deciding where development should most appropriately go . |
| 37 | Apart from the inpatient waiting list initiative no extra resources were released for meeting the Charter standards , but meeting the standard for outpatient clinics may be at the expense of seeing fewer patients and a lengthening list for a first appointment . |
| 38 | Anyway , defeat in the County Shield may be for the best because , let's not be hasty , but after just four games we look like having Division Three wrapped up . |
| 39 | A pleasant period is ahead of you , as opportunities for socialising with others of your kind may be at their peak . |
| 40 | ELSEWHERE : Sunderland may be without Agboola ( hamstring ) at Leeds , who hope to recall Hendrie in place of Williams … |
| 41 | In drawing this essential balance between flexibility and simplicity , the drive system checklist 4 in the appendix may be of value . |
| 42 | Enemas and suppositories may be of use but habitual use of these can create an unhappy and strained parent-child relationship . |
| 43 | Diplomats close to the peace negotiations say Mr Najibullah may be in hiding in Kabul , but there is no indication that he has left the country . |
| 44 | When acting for a buyer of vacant land who intends to build on it , or for a buyer of a recently erected house , a hidden danger has recently been highlighted — the possibility that the foundations may be at risk of subsidence or of sliding either through infilling of the site , or a dangerous geological stratum . |
| 45 | ( For a ‘ developed ’ country , this will probably concentrate on the questions asked in the census form ; for other parts of the world the method of conducting the census may be of more interest . ) |
| 46 | The endoscopic Doppler ultrasound may be of diagnostic value in the evaluation of Dieulafoy 's disease when bleeding has stopped spontaneously . |
| 47 | The CP may be in paralysis , but we need its support if we are to salvage the potential for a broad-based , not half-baked , campaign that survives until this wretched tax is repealed . |
| 48 | If so , the disqualification may be for a period of five years , universally in the case of a corrupt practice or within the particular constituency in which the offence took place in the case of an illegal practice . |
| 49 | Some groups may be for information giving . |
| 50 | Staff groups may be for one school only , or , as in the example above , meet across feeder schools ( whose staffs may otherwise still work in splendid isolation from each other ) to great mutual benefit . |
| 51 | MC Groups may be of assistance . |
| 52 | Political parties , for example , may not present such an ‘ open face ’ to women ; their agendas may be of less interest to women or women may face more difficulties in fitting in with their timetables and organisation . |
| 53 | And about eighty jobs in Swindon may be at risk . |
| 54 | The Everqueen 's policies may be at odds with those of the Phoenix King . |
| 55 | If diarrhoea is the dominant symptom and the threat of incontinence an embarrassing social handicap , provided that the rectum is not impacted on examination , loperamide may be of some use . |
| 56 | For example , collocations extracted from the domain of Banking may be of little use when processing a medical report , since words like ’ charge ’ behave differently when used to describe a type of payment rather than a type of nurse . |
| 57 | If , for example , a provision may be of doubtful import , such resort would be perfectly legitimate … ( p145 ) Because Chalmers saw codification as an improvement in the form of the law , resurrection of old authorities is easy . |
| 58 | Audit is an ex post event and improvements in this important function may be of little long-term value if they are not coupled with more general reforms of the accountability of government . |
| 59 | This includes the Installation , Process and Storage Directories ; the User accounts may be on any of the VAXs in the network . |
| 60 | This finding may be of clinical importance in the few patients who have severe hypergastrinaemia as a result of long acting profound acid inhibition . |