Example sentences of "[verb] may [verb] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the concepts explained may appear to be self-evident but their thorough understanding will assist the reader in later chapters which concentrate on international banks , markets and financial flows . |
| 2 | The list of the sort of aggravations that could arise may appear to be daunting . |
| 3 | In a situation such as this much of what this Report contains may seem to be irrelevant . |
| 4 | Table 2 provides a possible scheme for staging living embryos , although the criteria used may have to be refined or modified according to the nature of the experiment . |
| 5 | Gardens which have been carefully designed and closely planted may appear to be unsuitable for additional plantings of herbs , but a herbaceous border , for instance , which needs to be re-dug every few years , with some of its incumbents divided or discarded , can well take some herbal plants , to supply flowers and/or architectural quality . |
| 6 | If the frequency of occurrence is very high , then the phenomenon described may appear to be categorial . |