Example sentences of "may be from " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it should also be said that some elements of this description of mine could be taken to characterise the activity , sometimes ominous enough in its human implications , of all imaginative writers , however remote they may be from the dualistic confederacy . |
| 2 | Both of them are ‘ such knowledge of effects or appearances , as we acquire by true ratiocination from the knowledge we have first of their causes or generations : And again , of such causes or generations as may be from knowing first their effects . ’ |
| 3 | But it would be stretching the meaning of citizenship to regard these rights — however desirable they may be from other points of view — as forming part of an enlarged ‘ citizenship ’ . |
| 4 | However different they may be from those involved in habituation , the training procedures used in studies of acquired distinctiveness necessarily involve the subjects in receiving repeated exposure to the critical stimuli . |
| 5 | Violent headaches which may be from exposure to a dry cold wind that has stopped a nasal catarrh from flowing . |
| 6 | bring into active play all the possible forces , schools and clubs , etc. , to neutralise and overcome the pernicious influences of ‘ blind alley ’ employment , to insure that , however uneducative and useless a juvenile 's job may be from the point of view of the future , he shall not on that account emerge from it unfitted for any other kind of labour . |
| 7 | No. 7 on your list may be from Russia : ‘ The bat can not see the sun , and so it does n't believe the sun exists . ’ |
| 8 | If this involves going back to first principles , then however removed they may be from our present experience , we have a responsibility to go back . |
| 9 | I have noted that flicking is very common where such a substrate is used and I think it may be from mechanical irritation of the gills by tiny bits of coral suspended in the water . |
| 10 | Battle Wizards may be from any of the eight Colleges of Magic : Light , Gold , Jade , Celestial , Grey , Amethyst , Bright or Amber . |
| 11 | This may be from chronic stress , where our stress tap drips constantly a small amount at a time for months or years , or from sudden stress , when we encounter a specific fear , problem or major life event , which causes the stress tap to turn full on . |
| 12 | Initially this may be from a card containing the statements , but gradually the client will dispense with the cards as the statements come naturally . |
| 13 | The original juice may be from cider apples , but it is just as likely to be imported eating apple juice concentrate . |
| 14 | It describes a social-psychological process whereby heroin and its associated cultural knowledge ( for instance , how to use it ) are spread by means of communication and exchange between individuals who live in close proximity to one another , but who may be from different social groups . |
| 15 | The removal of persistent residues that give rise to foaming or smells could be an expensive process because they may be from materials that have not been amenable to treatment . |
| 16 | This is what ‘ democratic socialism ’ ought to mean , however remote it may be from the present practices of the Labour Party in or out of office . |
| 17 | First the competition may be from ‘ cheap imports ’ . |
| 18 | Such " success " as there may be from legal prohibition of alcohol or other addictive substances is gained at the expense of creating the suffering of " Dry Drunks " . |
| 19 | Although the Chronicle for Cnut 's reign is evidently something of a patchwork , much of it may be from an early date . |
| 20 | First , the market is globalised , i.e. issuers and investors may be from any country ( subject to regulation ) , while intermediaries may be from third countries . |
| 21 | First , the market is globalised , i.e. issuers and investors may be from any country ( subject to regulation ) , while intermediaries may be from third countries . |
| 22 | The point of issue is that estuary and coastal zone management is a reality and what seems to be happening is all sorts of different plans are popping up on various estuaries and Geoff knows them well now because he 's been involved with the one on the Stour and Orwell and what is happening is that these are starting at local level so the first contact with sailors may be from a local authority or someone at local level . |
| 23 | The canisters , which may be from an officially charted dump midway between the Isle of Man and the Kintyre peninsula , floated to shore after apparently being set loose by recent storms . |
| 24 | Other sources may be from books at home or interviews with older friends and relatives , and do n't forget the school library and video library as well as the history department information packs . |