Example sentences of "may be [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Firstly , legal aid is not available for libel , but it may be granted for malicious falsehood . |
| 32 | Leases may be granted for short periods of less than a year , up to 999 years . |
| 33 | A bald statement that the exercise of public functions may be challenged by judicial review does not , however , tell us all there is to know about the sort of decisions which are amenable to judicial review ; and so now we must consider a number of distinctions which can be drawn between types of public functions . |
| 34 | In these circumstances a decision not to adjourn may be challenged by judicial review . |
| 35 | In insulin-deficiency states ( as in Type I diabetes ) lipoprotein lipase activity , estimated by post-heparin lipolytic activity , may be impaired with resultant hypertriglyceridaemia . |
| 36 | Intravenous acetylcysteine remains the antidote of choice in Britain for patients presenting to medical care early enough ; oral methionine , another precursor of hepatic glutathione , is probably inferior to acetylcysteine as vomiting is common after overdose and metabolism to glutathione may be impaired by increasing liver dysfunction . |
| 37 | This may be renewed at regular intervals , or when the person responsible points out that it is getting low . |
| 38 | This information may be relevant as a reminder or it may be presented as new information . |
| 39 | Just as for two-terminal networks , the large-signal response of a four-terminal network may be determined by graphical analysis of the static characteristics . |
| 40 | Such subordinate staff , including enforcement officers , as may be determined by Senior Management . |
| 41 | Lists Terms often contain lists : for instance , of rights which may be exercised in certain situations , or of facilities to be provided . |
| 42 | Samples of the soil , and in some cases all the excavated soil , may be kept for dry sieving or wet sieving in order to retrieve environmental evidence and very small finds . |
| 43 | Price-off coupons , either in or on the pack , may be redeemed against future purchase of the product . |
| 44 | Results presented here suggest that the two α subunit variants in humans may be regulated by alternate splicing . |
| 45 | It is such considerations of equity and judgement that make the course-work component in examinations suspect , however much its assessment may be regulated by published sets of criteria . |
| 46 | The abundance and the functional effects of N-Oct 3 may be regulated by different mechanisms : ( i ) transcription of N-Oct 3 may be regulated in a temporal and tissue specific manner , ( ii ) the RNA half life might be controlled by sequences in the 3' untranslated region as suggested by our findings ( iii ) a bias in translation in favour of N-Oct 5 proteins may serve to neutralize the effects of the N-Oct 3 protein . |
| 47 | For example , a local authority 's education programme may be subdivided into pre-school education , primary education , secondary education and adult education . |
| 48 | The spinelets are crowded with 9 or more points which may be subdivided into secondary points giving the crown a very irregular appearance . |
| 49 | The doctors point out in the British Medical Journal that , though crack dependency is not a direct risk factor for Aids , prostitutes ‘ trying to maintain expensive crack habits may be tempted into unsafe sex practices … which in turn may lead to an increase in the spread of Aids ’ . |
| 50 | In residential environments where boundary enforcement is strong , adolescents may be tempted into boundary-transgressing behaviour which may well generalise later on to drug/alcohol seeking behaviour . |
| 51 | Nevertheless , property folk may be tempted by eastern promise if markets in western Germany start to cool . |
| 52 | As with a privatisation , small investors may be tempted by short term profits and , like Eurotunnel , the issue is a hostage to many variables . |
| 53 | Some may be tempted by old dogmas , but most are identifying deeper hungers within themselves . |
| 54 | Therefore , for equilibrium to subsist a part of the surplus-value must be accumulated as constant capital , and only a further portion may be accumulated as variable capital . |
| 55 | Each of these regions may be differentiated into separate sclerites . |
| 56 | As we get older , we may be abused by other authority figures — teachers , doctors , bosses . |
| 57 | Stepped wavecut platforms may be formed in horizontal rocks ( Plate 28 ) , but on these the steps are smaller than on those described by Jutson . |
| 58 | In such instances , after discussion with the patient when appropriate , these problems may be referred to other members of the health care team such as medical staff , dieticians , physiotherapists or social workers . |
| 59 | Each sub-population may be defined by dynamic considerations or by supply characteristics . |
| 60 | As a science the process of cleaning may be defined in scientific terms as follows : — |