Example sentences of "may be associated [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He further remarks how , even in cultures which do not regard sexual relations between men as unnatural or sinful , male sexual ‘ passivity ’ may be associated with inferiority , inadequacy , and even pathology . |
| 2 | They may be associated with some features of society more than with others . |
| 3 | Much of the land drainage quoted above for Cantal may be associated with remembrement . |
| 4 | The cry of a baby may be associated with hunger , cold , wetness , noise , loneliness , disease and so on . |
| 5 | Studies using alloxan-induced diabetes in rats ( Christlieb , 1974 ) and in poorly controlled human diabetics ( Christlieb et al , 1975 ) have suggested that hyperglycaemia per se may be associated with increased blood volume ( possibly secondary to an osmotic effect of chronic hyperglycaemia ) . |
| 6 | But the degree of diabetic control appears very important , as the best controlled diabetics may have lipid levels similar to non-diabetics ( Wolff & Salt , 1958 ; Nikkila & Hormila 1978 ) , whereas increasingly poor control may be associated with significant increases in serum lipids and lipoprotein levels ( Sosenko et al , 1980 ) . |
| 7 | Burrough ( 1986 ) identifies three main groups of factors that govern the errors which may be associated with spatial data processing . |
| 8 | Other small animals such as birds and amphibians may be associated with the small mammal assemblages , and these are considered briefly in their place . |
| 9 | There is virtually no evidence to associate UFOs ( whatever they are ) with leys , though there is now a basis of evidence to suggest that stone circles at least , may be associated with geological locations that have a high incidence of geophysically-produced luminous atmospheric phenomena . |
| 10 | In a similar way , ‘ mat ’ might be a neutral word for you — unless , perhaps , you are a member of the Islamic faith when it may be associated with your religious observances , or ( at a lower level ) you may have just lost a great deal of money in an investment in floor coverings ! |
| 11 | Differences in ethnic identity , race , religion , social stratification , age and sex may be associated with more or less familiar or comprehensible values , attitudes and expectations . |
| 12 | The Government has advised that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat liver , as very large doses of vitamin A taken over a long period may be associated with foetal abnormalities . |
| 13 | So with this close affinity it is not surprising that , when loss of balance is caused by some disturbance of that labyrinth-like mechanism , it also may be associated with hearing loss . |
| 14 | The ‘ shape-changing ’ qualities of the Queen of the Night may be associated with the moon , which waxes from dark to full and declines again . |
| 15 | This suffering may be associated with rapidly changing configurations of personality , being a new person one day , and sinking back into the old self on the next , only to find that some minor episode puts the new organisation of self again in a position of regnancy . |
| 16 | This may be associated with disturbed sleep and irritability and so the scratching may not be noticed . |
| 17 | As a result both abuse and early marriage may be associated with factors which are not readily observable . |
| 18 | Similarly , the fact that mothers may be associated with certain types of abuse may reflect the position of women within the family and the wider society more generally ( Parton , C. , 1989 ) . |
| 19 | If British born people of minority ethnic extraction are invisible in statistics on sudden infant deaths ( or any other areas ) we lose the chance to identify accurately both health trends and the health practices that may be associated with specific morbidity or mortality . |
| 20 | The data indicate that dimorphism in adult size may be associated with mortality bias differences brought about by dissimilar adult life styles . |
| 21 | Alternatively , LTP may be associated with an increase in the sensitivity to Ca 2+ to one or more components of the release mechanism . |
| 22 | Sgr A West contains 60 M and ; of ionized gas and may be associated with atomic gas having a mass perhaps five times greater . |
| 23 | The zone lies 50km below the present surface and may be associated with a low-velocity zone below 40km . |
| 24 | The most important pressure group which may be associated with the ‘ society-as-parent ’ school is the British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering ( BAAF ) , formerly the Association of British Adoption and Fostering Agencies ( ABAFA ) . |
| 25 | Neurological abnormalities may be subtle and difficult to establish in the presence of deforming arthritis , muscular atrophy , and the neuropathy that may be associated with rheumatoid arthritis . |
| 26 | Peter 's General Practitioner had discussed the possibility that he may have a peptic ulcer ( erosion of the lining of the stomach or duodenum ) which may be associated with irregular meals , high alcohol consumption and heavy smoking . |
| 27 | Others still may be associated with specific circumstances ; but we must remember that every problem is founded upon the impact of circumstance on the personality of the individual or persons concerned , so that earlier experience may again be involved . |
| 28 | The loss of protective parasympathetic mechanisms may be associated with an increased incidence of arrhythmic events and sudden deaths in post infarction patients . |
| 29 | Massey 's schematic representation of this form seems to imply that particular production units may be associated with head offices , but this does not imply a privileged status for any particular unit because head office functions may not be associated with any productive unit and are in any event highly mobile . |
| 30 | Such changes may be associated with equally structural changes in the wider economy and society . |