Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this pathetic condition it is completely immune to any pain that may be inflicted upon it . |
| 2 | The last two competitors may be called upon to save the day , so always ensure that you keep at least one good finisher in hand . |
| 3 | Feel that Mr Twill may be called upon to lay down his femur after all . |
| 4 | Without any application to the court , the mortgagee , if his mortgage is a conveyance of the legal estate or ownership , may take possession ; but this course is hazardous , since he may be called upon in a redemption action to account strictly not only for profits actually received by him , but also for those which he might but for his default have received , and all such profits , so far as they exceed the interest due for the time being , must be set off against the principal . |
| 5 | But since the scheme is a good one , and since it is only viable if some people sacrifice a lot , it is a justified scheme , even though one may be called upon , according to fair procedures , to contribute much more than the antecedently expected sacrifice . |
| 6 | This must be one of the greatest afflictions parents or a marriage partner may be called upon to endure . |
| 7 | So special attention should be given to any unusual contract terms you may be called upon to agree to in case these make the contract illegal . |
| 8 | These are generally used when speed is of the essence , but you may be called upon to give an oral report to accompany a written one . |
| 9 | You may be called upon to devise anything from a competition to a collection of recipes ( taking expert advice if you are wise ) . |
| 10 | However , if small companies wish to borrow extensively , the directors may be asked to provide personal guarantees for the company 's loan ; hence their own personal assets may be called upon to repay the loan in the event of the company 's financial collapse . |
| 11 | In the context of immediate decisions such as doctors may be called upon to make , the concept of doing what the judge called ‘ preserving the prospect of an informed decision ’ is wholly inapposite . |
| 12 | In this regard it should be pointed out that although article 5 makes provision in a number of cases for a special jurisdiction which the plaintiff may choose , this is because of the existence , in certain clearly-defined situations , of a particularly close connecting factor between a dispute and the court which may be called upon to hear it , with a view to the efficacious conduct of the proceedings . |
| 13 | This is not persuasive where directors do not pay their own premiums , however , and in any case the difficulties faced by insurers in distinguishing high risk from low risk directors ( i.e. performing the monitoring function ) are considerable , given the low visibility of the management decision-making process and the wide range of functions that a director may be called upon to perform . |
| 14 | Today is a good case in point as both myself ( 21 ) and coach Reg Pybus ( 48–66 ? ) may be called upon to play , along with a guest supporter should one step forward . |
| 15 | I think we may be called upon to wander . ’ |
| 16 | The 1850 statement of progress speaks of a curriculum designed to ‘ prepare pupils for any position in life which they may be called upon to occupy [ and which ] can be afforded at the moderate fee of two guineas a quarter ’ . |
| 17 | There may be no direct collaboration between SBUs , but what Porter calls the same generic skills may be called upon . |
| 18 | A central service called the Educational Methods Unit may be called upon by academic teams to provide independent evaluations of courses or to advise upon specified problems . |
| 19 | In fact , a multimedia database may be called upon to store anything you can store on a computer or use in an information application . |
| 20 | All monetary sector institutions with eligible liabilities of £10 million or more may be called upon to place special deposits with the Bank . |
| 21 | He may be called upon to represent a party to proceedings under Parts II , IV and V of the Act . |
| 22 | Duty rotas of guardians , who may be called upon at short notice , have been set up in many areas for this purpose . |
| 23 | They may be called upon to set up in-store displays and other promotions for wholesalers and retailers . |
| 24 | In industrial selling , the salesperson may be called upon to be an adviser or consultant who is required to provide solutions to problems . |
| 25 | However , social workers may be called upon to give evidence in a criminal court about matters emerging from their involvement with parents during an abuse investigation . |
| 26 | Delinquency , according to this view , is not an expression or contrivance of a particular kind of personality ; it may be imposed upon any kind of personality if circumstances favour intimate association with delinquent models . |
| 27 | No prohibition or ‘ clog or fetter ’ may be imposed upon the right for any partner determining his membership by giving not less than three months ' notice in writing . |
| 28 | 5.12.3 To pay and satisfy any charge that may be imposed upon any breach by the Tenant of planning control or otherwise under the Planning Acts |
| 29 | ‘ In the first place , there is the doctrine , which may now perhaps be regarded as a rule of evidence , that , if a voluntary disposition in favour of the husband is impeached , the burden of establishing that it was not improperly or unfairly procured may be placed upon him by proof of circumstances raising any doubt or suspicion . |
| 30 | Alternatively , where relevant , any of the indirect controls mentioned in Chapter 5 may be relied upon . |