Example sentences of "[conj] may be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Unlike an industrial accident involving a single emission source , the pollutants contributing to an urban smog are emitted from numerous diverse sources and may be of many types . |
| 32 | However , your suggestion will be kept on file and may be of use should circumstances change in the future . |
| 33 | This will further our knowledge of how people recognise everyday stimuli , and may be of importance to the rehabilitation of stroke patients . |
| 34 | This method is more specific for PSC than those described in recent reports and may be of diagnostic importance . |
| 35 | Tickling in the pit of the throat or down the centre of the chest to the stomach , causes coughing and may be with a congested head and wrenching pains in the right of the chest . |
| 36 | In addition , the curved lines of the dome shape offers little wind resistance and may be worth considering if you are planning to erect a greenhouse on a windy site . |
| 37 | It does have most of the standard features and may be worth ordering . |
| 38 | Parsnips , leeks , broccoli and Brussels sprouts are all slow growers , and may be in the ground for ten months to a year . |
| 39 | Yet many small and medium companies can not give very much in the way of resources and may be in need of a great deal for themselves . |
| 40 | If , on the other hand , your elderly parent shows a quite uncharacteristic withdrawal from her normal concern for you and for others and is totally obsessed in an agitated fashion with herself and her own troubles , over a long period , you should begin to wonder if , in fact , she is suffering from a true depressive illness and may be in need of medical help . |
| 41 | Most finds that were simply lost ( small and easily mislaid , such as coins and brooches ) or objects that fell into places from which they could not be retrieved , such as wells , are often complete and may be in very good condition , depending on the materials from which they are made and the conditions in which they have been buried . |
| 42 | That is to say that a word in bold in your word processor file should still be bold when it gets onto the page , even though it has changed from being monospaced typescript to a real typeface and may be in a different size altogether . |
| 43 | The statement of the relevant facts and evidence are commonly set out at the beginning of the judgment , but in appellate courts they may be incorporated by reference to the judgments of lower courts and may be in the middle of the report of the case if that is where the principal judgment appears . |
| 44 | As I am anxious to progress discussions on the two projects as soon as possible , and may be in a position to report to the Economic Development Committee before then , I would appreciate the opportunity to discuss the above at your earliest opportunity . |
| 45 | When writing to a building society , never omit the mortgage reference number , or there may be some delay in receiving a reply , and if you act for your client 's bank , building society , etc , you will of course normally ask them to send the deeds direct to you ; in such a case include in your letter , if there is an existing mortgage to be discharged on completion ( as there will be in the case of a building society and may be in the case of a bank ) , an undertaking to hold the deeds on behalf of the bank or society , to return them on demand , not to part with the same except on completion of the sale , and to discharge the society 's mortgage . |
| 46 | The itching is very troublesome and may be around the vagina with burning soreness and redness . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | The conditioning of muscles is , therefore , of importance to everyone but may be of additional importance to those who are interested in modifying their body shape through exercise . |
| 49 | But no matter — this has no real bearing on the development , but may be of some interest to those in the community who see this as just another get-rich-quick venture by the men from the city . |
| 50 | Indurain looked the master of his former captain , Pedro Delgado , who won the Tour in 1988 , faltered since that victory but may be on the way back to the top . |
| 51 | Schedules are generally constructed over a year , which is usually the client 's short-term planning cycle , but may be for a single seasonal burst . |
| 52 | Equally well , rather than disappoint you , the assistant may say ( hat the item is not in stock at present but may be in next week — after several weeks of returning to ask about it , you may suddenly realize that the item never is coming in . |
| 53 | The equipment already purchased for estates work is at present unlinked to the LAN but may be in the future for more efficient financial management . |
| 54 | By the Land Registration Act 1925 ( s70(1) ) : All registered land shall … be deemed to be subject to such of the following overriding interests as may be for the time being subsisting in reference thereto . |
| 55 | In 1771 , Miller 's successor , William Forsyth , reported to the Garden Committee that Mr Miller , an engraver , desired to view and take plants ‘ as may be of use in the work he is now engaged on ’ . |
| 56 | 2.3 If the Landlord is unable to obtain at a reasonable cost any of the materials referred to in the Building Documents the Landlord may [ ( subject to notifying promptly the Surveyors of its intention to do so ) ] in carrying out the Works substitute for them alternative materials as nearly as may be of the same quality |
| 57 | otherwise than with the left or nearside of the vehicle as close as may be to the edge of the carriageway . |
| 58 | ‘ otherwise than with the left or nearside of the vehicle as close as may be to the edge of the carriageway ’ . |
| 59 | ‘ otherwise than with the left or nearside of the vehicle as close as may be to the edge of the carriageway ’ . |
| 60 | This point was proved by showing in evidence that the vehicle was the wrong way round , i.e. the offside or right of the vehicle was next to the kerb or that the nearside was not as close as may be to the kerb . |