Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A newly arrived unskilled Mediterranean worker living in a run-down neighbourhood in a Scandinavian city is more likely to feel , and appear , in some significant ways more socially incompetent that a middle-class , professional native living in the suburbs : even though the boundaries for each may be comparable in kind and number , for the skilled and socialised native the boundaries be relatively more open than for the unskilled and unsocialised gästarbetare . |
| 2 | Since aspects of each can be understood better in the light of their absence , each may be noticed more when it is not there than when it is . |
| 3 | The three other prints will then be available to you on the same basis and each may be paid for in the same way . |
| 4 | We have seen how the vibration frequencies may be observed and how each may be allocated to a particular symmetry species . |
| 5 | Wales ' two wins out of eight may be the relevant benchmark . |
| 6 | Moreover , comets may be less dense than the 1gcm -3 value chosen here ; values as low as m 0.3gcm -3 may be possible . |
| 7 | We will now consider how pivoting may be carried out in the framework we have outlined . |
| 8 | Some will want to monopolise each week with their own problems and again this can abuse the group : a word in private may be needed , or careful leadership in the group . |
| 9 | That would be particularly inappropriate having regard to the considerable number of instances which exist of Parliament having legislated in various fields to define the circumstances under which payments of tax not lawfully due may be recovered , and also in what situations and upon what terms interest on overpayments of tax may be paid . |
| 10 | ( 6 ) The licensing board , if in its opinion any objection to the renewal of a licence is frivolous or vexatious , may find the objector liable in the expenses caused by such objection to such extent as the board thinks fit , or , if in its Opinion any such objection is unauthorised , may find the agent of the objector liable in the expenses as aforesaid ; and the amount of any expenses so found due may be recovered in the sheriff court having jurisdiction , and a certified copy of the finding of the licensing board shall be sufficient evidence and authority for discerning for the said amount with expenses . |
| 11 | Neither may be prepared to give ground and the ferret , since it is unable to pass around the rabbit immediately in front of it , can do nothing . |
| 12 | Once both do , neither may be so willing to be bullied . |
| 13 | The woman may think she is no longer desired but neither may be able to discuss what is happening . |
| 14 | a literal may be either an atomic formula or a negated atomic formula * p ( t , t , … t ) . |
| 15 | The small firm needling the big multinational may be only a nuisance for the time being , but if it latches on to a new and successful technology and makes all the right first-mover investments it may be tomorrow 's market leader . |
| 16 | Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in a disposal |
| 17 | 0501.2 Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in a disposal |
| 18 | Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in an acquisition |
| 19 | 0601.1 Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in an acquisition |
| 20 | There are two distinct phases to an acquisition assignment and MAS may be involved in either phase or , ideally , in both phases ; these are : — |
| 21 | When acting on an acquisition , MAS may be asked by the prospective vendors to sign a confidentiality agreement . |
| 22 | MAS may be asked to contact potential acquisition candidates already identified by a client . |
| 23 | Whether or not the 19705 may be considered relatively uninhibited in its sexual atmosphere , there is no doubt that the earlier years of the twentieth century were a good deal more inhibited . |
| 24 | What do you think as I fear that putting it right may be a costly job ? |
| 25 | Where any actual bodily harm is occasioned section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 may be appropriate ( see offence 6 ante ) . |
| 26 | While the highest quality solution of Figure 15.4 may be higher than the highest achievable in Figure 15.3 , the demands on ability in the presence of constraint to achieve a position on the narrow success surface and the risk of emergence of new constraints in later phases of the project , greatly increase the risk of failure . |
| 27 | Rather , something more subtle may be at work . |
| 28 | Therefore , I ask for brief questions , please , to the Chancellor of the Exchequer so that as many hon. Members as possible may be called . |
| 29 | In some cultures , for example , the political may be largely determined by the economic , whereas in capitalist societies it is relatively autonomous . |
| 30 | It is sometimes quite hard for a person to do the unconventional , but that may be the only safe option . |