Example sentences of "they may be [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | They may be detected with computed tonography and duplex sonography , but selective angiography is still the diagnostic examination of choice . |
2 | They may be advertised in local newspapers or on local radio . |
3 | But they may be hoping in vain . |
4 | In addition , dense infiltration of the lung by eosinophils occurs , and where these accumulate in the small bronchi in large numbers , they may be seen as greenish plugs at necropsy . |
5 | Although they may be regarded as suitable accommodation by some people , especially retired couples able to afford good-quality mobile homes , relatively poor facilities and frequently isolated locations make them less than ideal for the majority of inhabitants . |
6 | It is initially intended to launch these schemes in Germany and Switzerland but they may be extended to other countries later . |
7 | RSI , by the use of an infrared ( IR ) line scanner , microwave radiometer , radar scatterometer and two sophisticated versions of the familiar optical camera offered a complete range of airborne remote sensing techniques , particularly as they may be applied to natural resources management . |
8 | Statuses are culturally defined , despite the fact that they may be based on biological factors such as sex or race . |
9 | After flushing out food residues they may be brushed with hot alkali degreaser solution in the same way a chest freezer is tackled . |
10 | These defects , which are bubbles , cracks and delaminations , are not necessarily visible even under the highest magnifications of optical or electron microscopes as they may be hidden by other elements of the circuit in layers above the flaw . |
11 | They may be calculated by various empirical , semi-empirical or non-empirical methods [ 10 ] — [ 12 ] . |
12 | Surface materials should be identified in terms of how they may be affected by chemical attack and the situation should identify any special problems , locations , and preferred methods of cleaning . |
13 | This is not to say that they may be uttered with absolute impunity for the House itself , in regulating its own procedures , may treat as objectionable whatever it chooses . |
14 | Or they may be isolated from supportive social or family networks and have problem-related health problems such as HIV , hepatitis , TB , and mental health problems . |
15 | The Dutch cheeses Edam , Gouda and Leiden all belong to this group , although they may be sold at varying stages of maturity and the older examples will be harder in texture . |
16 | They may be working among old people , or schoolchildren , or even convicts . |
17 | In this respect , they may be linked with other " local " words like coppice and spinney . |
18 | In the larger clinics the two may run concurrently , in the smaller they may be held at different times during the week . |
19 | Conductors receive packages at any of the recognized stopping places , or they may be left with certain agents and they are dealt with by special messengers in uniform . |
20 | All the computers we consider are general-purpose , at least in theory , although they may be oriented towards particular application areas . |
21 | Hence additional measurements have often had to be made and not only should these be related to an a priori hypothesis but also they may be derived from small experimental areas . |
22 | It is vital that our site work and written reports are of the highest standards because if there were a transgression they may be used as legal evidence . ’ |
23 | And it may be argued that centralist solutions are dangerous , not only because in any particular administration they may be used to bad effect , but because in principle they inhibit freedom . |
24 | They may be used for simple emphasis , as in ( 5 ) ( c ) , or to highlight some property , implied by the noun but still in some way surprising as in ( 5 ) ( a ) , or for the sake of a contrast , as in ( 5 ) ( b ) . |
25 | Likewise , children with ‘ acquired childhood language disorder ’ may be recognised as having similar kinds of communication difficulties ( irrespective of specific causes ) and , on the basis of this diagnosis , they may be recommended for certain kinds of therapy ( Cantwell and Baker 1987 ) . |
26 | Not all poems are sufficiently lyrical , and they may be overburdened with wordy information : This kind poetry is far too prolix to be successfully set to music . |
27 | These reality principles may be alluded to , or they may be disavowed in various ways , but in either event they set limits and conditions to what is articulated about racism . |
28 | They may be conditioned by behavioural and emotional experiences from our early life and learning . |
29 | As with any other evil-intentioned fairy , they may be repelled with cold iron or an opened Bible . |
30 | Please send details of omissions or corrections to the list as soon as possible to Whitaker 's Bibliographic Services so that they may be added to subsequent listings . |