Example sentences of "[Wh det] may [verb] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When that aim is kept in view , it will be found that English as a subject should occupy not any place which may happen to be vacant , but the first place ; and that English as a method must have entry everywhere .
2 A further luxury Excise Duty of 10% will be assessed on specific expensive cars , which may happen to be imported cars , but simply coincidence , boats , furs and electrical goods .
3 Less costly on the nose is a letter to the ticket office in which you enclose a cheque , which may have to be blank , and an sae .
4 Each level is accompanied by a Teacher 's Book which includes , for each chapter , a description of the teaching aims of the chapter , vocabulary which may need to be pre-taught , notes on the presentation , grammar and exercise sections , ideas for additional activities and answers to the exercises .
5 Part of the point of selling state businesses is to raise hard cash , and taking on more debt to fund worker buyouts in return for low or non-earning equity stakes ( which may prove to be worthless in the long run ) is not a real option for the government .
6 First , I want to comment on some features of the hereditary mechanism which may prove to be characteristic of all living things , whether on this planet or elsewhere in the universe .
7 Is collusion indeed ever really ‘ tacit ’ , or is it the case that what may appear to be tacit collusion is actually explicit collusion in which the process of agreement is simply concealed ?
8 ‘ To get anywhere in this game you 've got to be stubborn , bombastic , what may appear to be ignorant .
9 This scroll is a true record of your surname origins , even people with what may appear to be common names will find the research informative and interesting , and a talking point within family and friends .
10 Can they deal with what may appear to be sexual threats , and the reality of mixed marriage ?
11 Thus , beneath what may seem to be pure escapist entertainment , there lies a deep psychological truth .
12 It is a central tenet of the ethogenic approach that what seems to be one and only one institution may be embedded in more than one theory , and what may seem to be common and even co-ordinated practices may differ very widely indeed .
13 The design study notes : ‘ Unfortunately , with only limited geological information available and in the absence of normal site-investigation data , it is prudent to consider construction in what may prove to be adverse as well as favourable conditions , ’
14 What may prove to be important for future generations of elderly people in terms of care and living arrangements , is the numbers who will have experienced a divorce .
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