Example sentences of "may be called [prep] " in BNC.

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1 So , a little artistic licence may be called for , and you will have to use your skills to create a bouquet picture that gives the feeling of the wedding flowers without reproducing them exactly .
2 In order to erode inflationary expectations , deflationary policies may be called for which temporarily raise the unemployment rate above U * ; , thereby leading by degrees to downward revisions of the expected , and hence the actual , rate of inflation .
3 If necessary , a speech therapist may be called on as well .
4 The Scots ' reputation for industry may be called into question if the results of a P-E International survey are to be believed
5 Although the matter of Thursday 's meeting is not on the official agenda , the council 's freedom of speech policy may be called into question .
6 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 .
7 Feel that Mr Twill may be called upon to lay down his femur after all .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 This must be one of the greatest afflictions parents or a marriage partner may be called upon to endure .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 You may be called upon to devise anything from a competition to a collection of recipes ( taking expert advice if you are wise ) .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 I think we may be called upon to wander . ’
20 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 ’ .
21 There may be no direct collaboration between SBUs , but what Porter calls the same generic skills may be called upon .
22 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 .
23 In fact , a multimedia database may be called upon to store anything you can store on a computer or use in an information application .
24 All monetary sector institutions with eligible liabilities of £10 million or more may be called upon to place special deposits with the Bank .
25 He may be called upon to represent a party to proceedings under Parts II , IV and V of the Act .
26 Duty rotas of guardians , who may be called upon at short notice , have been set up in many areas for this purpose .
27 They may be called upon to set up in-store displays and other promotions for wholesalers and retailers .
28 In industrial selling , the salesperson may be called upon to be an adviser or consultant who is required to provide solutions to problems .
29 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 .
30 They take for granted that they themselves have a name they may be called by , as well as nicknames and endearments , alongside such designations as the kid , the boy , and so on .
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