Example sentences of "may be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The liberal democratic state simply mirrors the patterns of the relations between the dominant and dominated groups , and hence in different countries or time periods it may be capitalist , meritocratic , racist or sexist . |
| 2 | Each press , which may be round or square , takes a marc of 4,000 kilograms . |
| 3 | Ophiactis abyssicola ( M. Sars 1861 ) The disk may be round or indented ; covered by large plates amongst which the centrodorsal plate and usually the primary plates are distinct ; disk diameter up to 9 mm . |
| 4 | It suggests too why the other of sexual fantasy may be stereotypical or two-dimensional in a way somehow at odds with the intensity and density of the desire which constructs it . |
| 5 | While some may be mostly straightforward logs , hedges , rails etc. , others may include ditches , water , steps , drops etc. , which may be off-putting for the beginner . |
| 6 | There may be persistent and unmeritorious applications . |
| 7 | Pound here is very close to Yeats who is , for instance in his great sonnet ‘ Leda and the Swan ’ , fascinated similarly by the moments when the inhuman — it may be bestial , it may be divine , subhuman or superhuman hardly matters — invades the human . |
| 8 | First , it may be spatial in that prices are set to reflect demand conditions in different geographical markets , those prices not reflecting different costs of supply . |
| 9 | These may be auditory or of bodily gesture , but neither the response nor the signal will lie completely outside the creature 's normal behavioural repertoire . |
| 10 | It may be seductive , but it is also deceptive . |
| 11 | It 's thought both deaths may be drug-related . |
| 12 | So too he asks that he himself may be obedient to the powers which are ordained and be delivered from ‘ private interpretation , unhealthy enquiries , and innovation in things sacred ’ . |
| 13 | Although the long-term outlook for car manufacture at Dagenham may be uncertain , engine production there is more secure . |
| 14 | If you are unfamiliar with these , you may be uncertain as to how to select a suitable microphone from the many different kinds which are available , as a glance at the windows of your local electronics store will show you . |
| 15 | What is important , however , is that if the question of whether there was one is raised , we may be uncertain about the answer . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | However , since some clauses are wholly unaffected by the Act , whilst others are subjected to a test of reasonableness , which may be uncertain in its application , the common law rules remain important . |
| 18 | The latter , however , may be thematic or rhematic . |
| 19 | Think carefully about the meaning of the question(s) Questions may be straightforward or they may be deliberately provocative . |
| 20 | While it may be straightforward to assess whether a lease is renewed properly or a contract accurately drafted — it will soon be clear if they have been or not — these transactions do n't carry much potential for building long-term relationships or adding value through additional services . |
| 21 | While it may be straightforward to think of school development planning , teacher appraisal , the identifying of remediable faults and the training or retraining of teachers as one set of loosely connected but manageable disciplines , it is less straightforward but equally urgent to expect that other connections should be more systematically organized in order to give assurances of quality . |
| 22 | Some of the following may be repetitive to some extent , and the reader is asked to excuse this as the writer finds it difficult to avoid repeating some of his thoughts in a subject so fraught with difficulties of explanation , and covering such a wide field . |
| 23 | Contrary to first impressions , it may be disadvantageous in these circumstances for firms to have ‘ home country ’ control of conduct of business rules , if the firm is authorised by a member state with a higher standard of regulation than that of the member state where the branch is established . |
| 24 | Failing to reveal cystic fibrosis may be disadvantageous or even illegal . |
| 25 | The tax treatment of unconditional deferred cash consideration may be disadvantageous to the vendors as capital gains tax may become payable before a deferred consideration is received . |
| 26 | The relevant constitutive treaty may be bilateral and may not even satisfy the criteria for a dispositive treaty . |
| 27 | Changes which , whilst they may be confusing to those of you seeking a place at university , poly or college , also offer advantages for all . |
| 28 | It should not be introduced at too early a stage ; teaching pupils a new dialect may be confusing when they are learning many other aspects of language use . |
| 29 | Such human behaviour may be confusing , and it would be easier if people would say what they meant . |
| 30 | Germany is the country with the largest number of digital subscribers ( around 400,000 ) , and there are signs that the spill-over from their conversations may be confusing other electrical equipment , from CD players to computers . |