Example sentences of "[noun pl] may be [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Any difference between the current year 's translation of opening balances and the amounts dealt with in the previous year 's consolidation may be taken to or from general reserve ; income and expenditure accounts may be translated at average rates for the financial year .
2 At the start of a new production process , these plans may be altered at frequent intervals .
3 International Relocation Company , which specialises in home finding for expatriates , recommends giving at least two weeks ' notice for an appointment with a British day school although it says international schools may be viewed at short notice .
4 Matters may be raised at large .
5 Sampling therefore needs to be related to a single condition such as baseflow or highflow ; different suites of elements may be mobilised at different pH conditions and carefully designed sampling programmes can take advantage of these differences .
6 As with so much in Leonard 's writing , the passages may be read at different levels .
7 That is to say , that differing modelling techniques may be required at differing stages of the design .
8 Occasionally tours may be cancelled at short notice owing to circumstances beyond our control .
9 Housing requirements may alter as families move through life , and different types of financial commitments may be undertaken at different points in the life-cycle .
10 There are times when mistakes are made in school and things go wrong : children blamed for things they did n't do , events may be cancelled at short notice , cardigans and coats lost or , even worse , end up in the toilet bowl .
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