Example sentences of "[conj] they may be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Libel plaintiffs are virtually obliged to go into the witness box , where they may be cross-examined in detail about matters relevant to their reputations . |
| 2 | Individuals may perform either role by itself ; or they might be active in both roles , and successfully at that ; or they may be strong in one but not in the other . |
| 3 | For tax purposes , losses may be carried forward and , subject to certain restrictions , set against future profits or they may be relieved against profits elsewhere in a group of companies . |
| 4 | Of course , they may be due to the stochastic component of the process and therefore be unpredictable , or they may be due to the systematic or predictable component . |
| 5 | The visitors may be indifferent to the inmates , or they may be horrified at their plight and wish to help them ( p. 119 ) . |
| 6 | The people in the company who will have to run the system , the manager or director in whose department the system will be installed ought to be involved in the selection process , but such people are unlikely to have much knowledge of computers and computer software although they may be familiar with word processing and spreadsheet systems running on microcomputers . |
| 7 | And although they may be sure of their own importance within their small family group , they will be uncertain of how to assert that importance when it comes to people other than their parents . |
| 8 | Then we may say that ( 59 ) and ( 60 ) are L-tensed , but M-tenseless and non-deictic ( although they may be non-deictic in different ways ; see Lyons , 1977a : 680 ) . |
| 9 | Even those who are acutely aware of these constraints have to be content with doing their job to the best of their ability , although they may be aware of the probable shortfall in impact of the whole project . |
| 10 | This indicates that the events are caused by the low-energy particle precipitation and suggests that they may be involved in the production of polar cap density ‘ patches ’ . |
| 11 | We feel however that they may be useful in future . |
| 12 | We trust the author will hereafter reprint these expensive volumes in such a form as that they may be accessible to naturalists ; and thereby diffuse science , instead of restricting it to those only who are wealthy . ’ |
| 13 | It is beyond doubt , he argues , and most psychologists and ethologists would agree , ‘ that animals act for the sake of goals , and that they may be conscious of their goals , in the quite literal sense that they may see or smell what they are after ’ ( 1975 : 19 ) . |
| 14 | Local authorities now support elderly people in their own homes as far as possible , or in the local authority homes in the areas in which they live , so that they may be near to relatives and friends and their old associations . |
| 15 | Microtubules , of which tubulin is the major protein constituent , are located in a circumferential band in the equatorial plane just under the cell wall in discoid platelets , which suggests that they may be important in maintenance of the platelet cytoskeleton . |
| 16 | Many people never check that their tax code is correct , and never investigate the allowances , grants or benefits that they may be entitled to . |
| 17 | There is little doubt that the popular newspapers and the police embrace the copycat phenomenon with enthusiasm , so they may be misleading on many occasions with the supposed examples they sometimes put on display . |
| 18 | Quite often , olivine and pyroxene begin to crystallize out early on , so they may be present in the final rock as quite large crystals , up to a centimetre across , many times larger than the crystals surrounding them , and easily visible with the naked eye . |
| 19 | Dublin Docks companies operating in the International Financial Services Centre are similar to BCCs , but without the onerous turnover requirements , so they may be suitable for smaller multinationals . |
| 20 | In any event , firms will have to comply with the Bank of England 's Grey Paper relating to the wholesale money markets if they deal in them , even if they are not in fact listed institutions , and so they may be subject to two tiers of regulation . |
| 21 | Even as measures of arousal they have problems , they are difficult to record and analyse , and they may be dependent on things which are related only indirectly to either arousal or subjective risk ( e.g. preparations for action , expectancies , physical effort involved in driving ) . |
| 22 | But they may be unaware of the ravages of the Yugoslav Federal Army against our country 's natural heritage . |
| 23 | The source of these birds is not known , but they may be present from late August until April . |
| 24 | At present these courses are for UK based students , but they may be available in future for people in other countries . |
| 25 | Yes … high earners will get bigger fines … but they may be disproportionate to the offence . |
| 26 | However , because many personnel users are new to computing , and because they may be uncertain of their needs , two particular approaches are likely to be the most satisfactory . |
| 27 | Recrystallized organic-rich fossils , such as renalcid microorganisms in reefs , may show up very well under UV , whereas they may be invisible in transmitted light and CL . |
| 28 | Therefore , while they may be independent in their own homes , dependence on others may be necessary in other settings , for example when out of doors or when travelling by public transport . |
| 29 | Since they may be shaky in the first place , one is working against oneself in allowing the situation to come about ; yet at times it is difficult to avoid and extra work may be needed to counteract its effect . |
| 30 | Changes which , whilst they may be confusing to those of you seeking a place at university , poly or college , also offer advantages for all . |