Example sentences of "is [adj] may " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , to offer much quicker delivery than is usual may cost a seller very little because of spare capacity , but if this is highly valued by the buyer the seller may be able to trade it in return for a prompt payment agreement . |
| 2 | People whose mood is high are frequently over-active ( although the activity may be purposeless ) , whereas a person whose mood is low may be apathetic and reluctant to move . |
| 3 | SALESPERSON : I can understand your concern that a newspaper which is free may not be read . |
| 4 | But what is unavoidable may still be undesirable , and one might as well say so . |
| 5 | Psychoanalysts have talked , for example , about the process of ‘ projection ’ , in which aspects of oneself of which one is fearful may be projected on to other people . |
| 6 | But if the lives of members of security forces or of those for whom they are responsible are in imminent danger , then the minimum degree of force that is appropriate may well be lethal force . |
| 7 | Students whose performance is exceptional may transfer to the second year of the BSc Honours Computing and Information Systems course at Jordanstown ( see page 159 ) . |
| 8 | A Research Dissertation which is late may result in your being unable to graduate for a further year . |
| 9 | The most popular politician among the 40% of the city that is black may well be Mr Savage . |
| 10 | But routes where the service is poor may get away with rises of 4.5 per cent . |
| 11 | ‘ But what is countable may not be what counts , ’ lamented one executive who had himself supervised a hundred engineers . |
| 12 | ‘ Our ideas of what is dreadful may differ . ’ |
| 13 | Since the language is only recently published and is not yet implemented on any commercially available computer system ( Apple 4 when it is available may support a subset of the SMALLTALK ) ( see reference 8 ) , we shall not try to describe its structural syntax but only some of its essential elements . |
| 14 | Those passing 10 or more modules but who fail one which is compulsory may , at the discretion of the MEC , ‘ trail ’ the module into Stage II . |
| 15 | A person who is illegitimate may very well resent being called a bastard , although it happens literally to be true . |
| 16 | I have little doubt , however , that we would live a great deal longer than we do , were it not the case that the same evolutionary changes that make an animal fit when it is young may condemn it to deteriorate when old . |
| 17 | Any information which is relevant may have to be disclosed to the parties in respect of any court case . |
| 18 | So before this motion is proposed may I ask Mr John of to read the auditors ' formal report . |
| 19 | There has to be one for you , even if your idea of what is plausible may be more , or less , cautious than mine ! |