Example sentences of "may be defined [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A function may be defined with any number of parameters of any type , and may return ( using = ) a string or numeric result . |
| 2 | A procedure may be defined with any number of parameters of any type . |
| 3 | There is no limit on the number of volume sets which may be defined for a particular installation , as the number produced depends on the number of charge codes for which modules are to be hard copied and the number of modules to be hard copied for those charge codes . |
| 4 | An object 's class therefore defines the inherent LIFESPAN process model which an object will follow , whereas the user defined process model ( which it is to follow in parallel ) may be defined for its type and subtype . |
| 5 | User defined characters may be printed using the following Escape sequence : On an unexpanded Z88 ( one without 128k or more in slot 1 ) , only 16 characters may be defined without encroaching on the PipeDream map . |
| 6 | A court school , such as Alcuin led , may be defined as an institution for harnessing learning to political purposes , all kinds of learning including biblical learning . |
| 7 | In Torrington and Weightman 's ( 1989 ) terms the work of managers may be defined as ‘ agendas , lists of things to be done ’ which are achieved through networks — ‘ cooperative relationships with people who can help to get things done ’ ( p. 112 ) . |
| 8 | Special Service may be defined as an action ranging between but not including the work of the single agent on the one hand , and on the other , the full-scale combined operation . |
| 9 | One presumes the concept ‘ patient ’ may be defined as : ‘ a sick person in receipt of medical or nursing treatment ’ . |
| 10 | A gentleman may be defined as someone who never inflicts pain unintentionally , and where women are concerned I 've always prided myself on being a perfect gent . |
| 11 | Aromatherapy may be defined as the use of the natural scents and essential oils from a variety of trees , shrubs and flowers for assistance in the healing of dis-ease in the individual . |
| 12 | An ideal programme to help those in poverty ( which is probably impossible to attain in reality ) may be defined as one which meets the needs of the people concerned , without adversely affecting their incentive to self-help , by which means the individuals might reduce or eliminate reliance ( or dependency ) on the state . |
| 13 | Ideology in this context may be defined as ‘ a set of closely related beliefs or ideas , or even attitudes characteristic of a group or community ’ . |
| 14 | Dementia may be defined as the global impairment of higher mental functioning including the loss of memory , problem solving ability , the use of learned skills , the loss of social skills and emotional control . |
| 15 | This may be defined as care provided by family , friends and neighbours which is not organized via a statutory or voluntary agency and is not undertaken for financial reward . |
| 16 | In the words of Dirac a state of motion of a system may be defined as an undisturbed motion that is restricted by as many conditions or data as are theoretically possible without mutual interference or contradiction . |
| 17 | It may be defined as a constitutive process for the development of some subject in and through the medium of culture , which is the form taken by all social productions . |
| 18 | Such a field is commonly organized according to the principle of style , which may be defined as the use of certain limited dimensions upon which the variability of a domain is expressed . |
| 19 | Hence , the ratio decidendi of a case may be defined as the statement of law applied to the legal problems raised by the facts as found , upon which the decision is based . |
| 20 | ‘ Capital ’ may be defined as money used to finance the production of commodities for private gain . |
| 21 | Prerogative may be defined as the exceptional position of the king at common law . |
| 22 | This point is exemplified with reference to tense and mood variation in Spanish si clauses ( see 50–52 above ) ; Lavandera points out that although the alternants may be defined as variants of an underlying variable in the sense that they are truth-conditional semantic equivalents , and pattern according to external social factors , they differ in modal meaning ( see Huddleston 1984 : 165 for a discussion of these semantic issues ) . |
| 23 | The thematic stage may be defined as the conceptual framework within which the story is told , presented and performed . |
| 24 | We were taxed by ethical issues when we set up the elective ventilation protocol : ethics may be defined as what is right , and in turn that can be regarded as behaviour that causes no distress , offence , or indignity in the context of current societal values . |
| 25 | For our purposes , facts may be defined as statements which are accepted to be true and may be supported by evidence . |
| 26 | An efficient organisation may be defined as : |
| 27 | It may be defined as the complex body of shared values and beliefs of an organisation . |
| 28 | a budget may be defined as a quantitative and financial plan of the activity to be pursued during the financial year to achieve that year 's objectives . |
| 29 | * the budgetary planning and control process may be defined as the establishment of budgets which relate the responsibilities of departments and employees to the requirements of plans and policies ; and the continuous comparison of actual results with the budgeted targets , so that the latter may be achieved , or amendments made to the objectives upon which they were based . |
| 30 | A social class may be defined as a psychological-social grouping , within which social , economic , educational and political interests tend to coincide . |