Example sentences of "[noun sg] may be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Working within this Hegelian framework Oakeshott also suggests that experience may be viewed from limited standpoints or ‘ modes ’ .
2 We have tended to speak as if it existed in some obvious and consistent way in higher education , but as some of the above quotations pointed out , the undergraduate curriculum may be influenced by other manifestations of organized knowledge , in particular research and professional practice .
3 A further division may be made between whole numbers and decimal numbers .
4 Equally , bargaining may be affected by internal political change .
5 One advantage is that if for any reason the storage system becomes unused the building may be used for other purposes .
6 There is a need for good quality equipment , and by varying the colour , shape and size of things provided , the opportunity may be extended for one-to-one correspondence , sorting and ordering .
7 In other words , there are differences of degree in immoral conduct ; some acts within this category may be classed as immoral liberties , since not specifically punishable by law .
8 Both institutional and personal racism may be experienced by elderly people and their families .
9 A particular complementary technique may be recognised by orthodox circles in one country but condemned in another ; an example is osteopathy .
10 It is such considerations of equity and judgement that make the course-work component in examinations suspect , however much its assessment may be regulated by published sets of criteria .
11 OPTIONS : Any chariot may be equipped with scythed wheels at a cost of +20 point .
12 The retailer may be cushioned from cut-throat competition from supermarkets but at the cost of their freedom to sell or price as they wish : like small subcontractors , being tied to a dominant parent company may be the cost of insuring against business failure .
13 The first Plan indicated that about 60% ( 800 casualties ) of the target reduction may be expected from local authority initiatives and 40% from changes in legislation , improved vehicle design and heightened public awareness .
14 The fiction may be spoken at different times by characters such as " Chaucer " , the Miller and the Reeve .
15 And , just as an effective fishing lure may be fabricated from cheap , shiny metal , it is generally possible to summarise a commercial movie 's hook in one sentence .
16 And , just as an effective fishing lure may be fabricated from cheap , shiny metal , it is generally possible to summarise a commercial movie 's hook in one sentence .
17 In patients without evidence of nephropathy a similar diet and drug regimen can be used and , if there are features of nephropathy , the inexorable decline of renal function may be slowed by good control of hypertension ( Mogensen , 1982 ; Parving et al , 1983 ) .
18 There is also evidence that bureaucratic advancement may be obtained by successful efforts to cut back on departmental expenditure .
19 The section allows a licensing board to grant an occasional permission to a representative of a voluntary organisation whereby liquor may be sold during specified hours in the course of catering for a function outwith licensed premises , which function arises from the activities of the organisation ( subs .
20 liquor may be ordered outwith permitted hours for consumption off the premises .
21 This may be used at a variety of levels of sophistication and economic generality , thus : 5.3 i ) Models at company level may be based on econometric equations for instance to analyse the relationship between price and demand , perhaps using the model .
22 Some weeds and herbs rich in nitrogen — notably nettles , fat hen , and comfrey — heat and break down very rapidly without the presence of animal waste , and an effective catalyst may be prepared from herbal extracts or bought ready made .
23 After a few years a department may be left with serious gaps in its library and a load of superannuated computing equipment .
24 A cough may be represented in phonetic transcription .
25 With this in mind , many companies give the customer the benefit of the doubt when this does not involve high cost , even though they suspect that the fault may be caused by inappropriate use of the product on the part of the customer ; for example , garden fork manufacturers may replace prematurely broken forks , even though the break may have been caused by work for which the fork was not designed .
26 Sensitive guidance may be needed for young musicians .
27 These penetrate the foot of the molluscan intermediate host and develop to the infective L3 , and during this phase the mollusc may be eaten by paratenic hosts such as birds and rodents .
28 Conversely , if the model 's sensitivity is reduced mechanically to make it easy to fly , the gyro may be left with insufficient control to have any effect .
29 For example , a local authority 's education programme may be subdivided into pre-school education , primary education , secondary education and adult education .
30 In fact a good analogy may be made with human relationships .
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