Example sentences of "[noun sg] may [verb] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , such findings may have therapeutic implications , as optimal therapy for paritns with oesophageal alkaline exposure as well as acid exposure may need to be different from that from those with acid exposure alone . |
| 2 | Since nominal GDP growth is probably decelerating fast , the budget may need to be loose — which risks being misinterpreted by the headline-writers and the markets as the Tories going soft . |
| 3 | The church is full of concrete symbolism : the priest may have to be male , the words of the prayer book or liturgy are used , the hymns of former generations sung . |
| 4 | A regulatory body will have to be empowered by law to administer the new rules ; however , since the proposed Directive allows the regulatory authority to delegate its powers to a private body , there is no reason why the Panel in its present form should not be given the necessary authority with the result that changes in day-to-day practice may prove to be minimal . |
| 5 | ‘ The agency were unable to estimate what proportion may prove to be untraceable or otherwise impracticable to pursue and would therefore have to be written off . |
| 6 | The application of the rule in the case of financial loss presents no conceptual difficulty , although in practice the exercise may prove to be complicated . |
| 7 | You 're more likely to have problems with cleaning — if it 's hand washable , the pleats will drip-dry and stay in , but dry-cleaning could be expensive as each pleat may have to be hand-pressed . |
| 8 | Although there are no perceptible weak links in this collection , the band may need to be wary of overburdening every track with intricate musical twists and turns . |
| 9 | For a career mother , the three roles of mother , career woman and spouse may prove to be impossible without considerable domestic help . |
| 10 | While the Carrion 's behaviour may appear to be significant — and the players will try hard to convince themselves that this is the case — this is only a spoiling attack to draw the adventurers ' attention to the Castle . |
| 11 | The organisation may prove to be inflexible and unable to respond to changing circumstances . |
| 12 | ( d ) Post-dissolution profits Section 42 of the Partnership Act is concerned with the rights of outgoing partners in certain cases to share profits made after dissolution : ( 1 ) Where any member of a firm has died or otherwise ceased to be a partner , and the surviving or continuing partners carry on the business of the firm with its capital or assets without any final settlement of accounts as between the firm and the outgoing partner or his estate , then , in the absence of any agreement to the contrary , the outgoing partner or his estate is entitled at the option of himself or his representatives to such share of the profits made since the dissolution as the Court may find to be attributable to the use of his share of the partnership assets , or to interest at the rate of five per cent per annum on the amount of his share of the partnership assets . |
| 13 | In some cases , if the person performing the marriage is n't authorised to register the marriage , the registrar may have to be present . |
| 14 | An outside registrar may have to be present at the ceremony . |
| 15 | Now to counteract that the only positive one I could find was , while accepting that some development in the open countryside may prove to be necessary . |
| 16 | The object may prove to be genuine , but this is little consolation to the owner if it has been largely destroyed during the authentication process . |
| 17 | For although many aspects of structuralist theory may seem to be familiar from other literary theories , structuralist theory is developed to a point where issues previously unconsidered by linguistic approaches to literature have to be confronted . |
| 18 | As we shall see later in this essay , however , there is a definite , and what at first sight may appear to be surprising , degree of isomorphism between the two perspectives . |
| 19 | The disaster may prove to be cyclical , since the shrimp population , already at risk from heavy fishing , is believed to need the mangroves to reproduce . |
| 20 | For example , the proprietor of a patent may wish to be selective about markets and grant licences to work the patent to different organizations in different Member States under different conditions . |
| 21 | So that the searcher can go directly to whatever shelf or filing case is appropriate , the number may have to be complex . |
| 22 | For example , writing a letter or reading a book may appear to be solitary activities in which individuals exercise personal skills . |
| 23 | In the larger weedy pools , the longhandled net may prove to be useful , with captures of prawns , young Corkwing Wrasse , Bullheads , and Sea Sticklebacks Spinachia spinachia the most common in the south . |
| 24 | This temperature increase may appear to be small , but in reality the earth would then be warmer than it has been for the past 125,000 years ( the peak of the last interglacial ) and possibly even warmer than it has been for the past two million years ( the duration of the Quaternary period of fluctuation glacials and interglacials ) . |
| 25 | If its speed of planning is uniform with that of others , the school may prefer to be cautious . |
| 26 | The map may prove to be inadequate . |
| 27 | While the immediate solution to a dementia problem may seem to be increasing staffing , eg another warden part- or full-time , the effect on other tenants has to be taken into account . |
| 28 | A social worker may need to be aware of those aspects , and of the need to assess the client before forming a social care plan . |