Example sentences of "[pron] may be [vb pp] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Variants of ( Ε ) and ( o ) do not form a continuum along a single linear scale , but each of them may be said to be part of one or more subscales which can be constructed on , for example , the continua of roundness , or backness or length . |
| 2 | On the other hand , there is information which may be said to be external to the company , commonly referred to as market information . |
| 3 | It is such questions which one must ask of Christians , particularly Christians who would be feminist , who explain that the creation story ( or any other part of the Christian story which may be said to be sexist ) is to them a ‘ true myth ’ . |
| 4 | Your salary is £8,250 exclusive of live-in benefits , which may be assumed to be equivalent to a further 20 per cent . |
| 5 | Lord Denning explained that ‘ There are some things which may be required to be disclosed in the public interest , in which event no confidence can be prayed in aid to keep them secret . ’ |
| 6 | One of the changes introduced since the consultation period on the SAS 's exposure draft , published in May 1992 , is a distinction between an inherent uncertainty which may be expected to be resolved at a future date and one which exists because evidence does or did exist but is not available to the auditors and so arises because of a limitation in the auditors ' work . |
| 7 | These manifest themselves as the impulsive gravitational waves ( 15.10 ) which may be considered to be generated by the collision . |
| 8 | The decisions which may be appealed against are specified under headings ( a ) to ( e ) of the section . |
| 9 | The question which concerns the text is therefore not tracing , but valuing the property which may be held to be under trust . |
| 10 | Its task is the Defence of the Realm as a whole , from external and internal dangers arising from attempts of espionage and sabotage , or from actions of persons and organisations whether directed from within or without the country , which may be judged to be subversive of the State . |
| 11 | Its task is the Defence of the Realm as a whole , from external and internal dangers arising from attempts at espionage and sabotage , or from actions of persons and organizations whether directed from within or without the country , which may be judged to be subversive of the State . |
| 12 | assists the Security Service [ M15 , M16 ] in defending the realm against attempts at espionage and sabotage or from the actions of persons and organisations whether directed from within or without the country which may be judged to be subversive to the State . |
| 13 | Costs have to be looked at in two respects , first , the costs which may be ordered to be paid by one of the parties to the other in litigation , and , secondly , the costs which a client is obliged to pay the solicitor . |
| 14 | The costs which may be ordered to be paid are limited to ‘ fees , charges , disbursements , expenses and remuneration and , in relation to proceedings … , also … costs of or incidental to those proceedings . ’ |
| 15 | There are those today who may be said to be living as though Pentecost had never taken place . |
| 16 | Before turning to the competing interests and engaging in the balancing exercise , it is necessary to consider who is the public authority who may be seen to be exercising the interference referred to in article 10(1) . |
| 17 | Concern has been expressed that the ordinary principles of criminal liability will draw into the net other non-violent demonstrators who may be considered to be assisting or encouraging the conduct in question and that unless such people leave the scene quickly they might face the serious charge of riot . |
| 18 | She may be invited to be its Chancellor even though she 's only got one O-level . |
| 19 | Though we have not yet attained a full system of compulsory registration , we may be said to be moving , surely and at an increasing pace , in that direction . |
| 20 | To that extent there may be said to be a mental element required for this variety of manslaughter , but it is a manifestly low mental element compared with the death which results . |
| 21 | There may be said to be three different types of Christology : ‘ high ’ Christologies , ‘ low ’ Christologies , and ‘ message ’ Christologies . |
| 22 | There may be said to be two limbs to s740(5) . |
| 23 | Therefore , it is clear that there may be expected to be remains of comparable marine terraces at any level between that terrace and present sea level . |
| 24 | If adjustment to these constraints appears ( on the basis of psychological and/or physiological evidence ) to be innate rather than learned , they may be said to be ‘ built in ’ , or ‘ hard-wired ’ . |
| 25 | To the extent that these parts of the social structure are based on the same values , they may be said to be integrated . |
| 26 | They may be said to be exercising an administrative function . |
| 27 | They may be helped by being reminded of the long-term benefits of such observation . |
| 28 | Nuclear weapons can not escape from the kinds of restraints built up carefully in the laws-of-war tradition over the centuries , but there is a risk that they may be thought to be so escaping ( especially in view of the UK and US reservations to 1977 Geneva Protocol I ) unless positive action in this direction is taken , The comparative neglect of the whole subject of laws-of-war restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons has endured for forty years , for reasons which can be understood if not approved . |
| 29 | there would be a practical advantage in uniting some official knowledge of their wants as well as your artistic skill , on the one hand , with my own claims , whatever they may be considered to be , on the other ; and were they to honour us by proposing a joint appointment , I can only say that I should feel much satisfaction in undertaking this great work in conjunction with a brother Architect for whom I have so great a respect as yourself … |
| 30 | Indeed , they may be considered to be much more practical than the visions given to us by politicians and hence may be more likely to have support . |