Example sentences of "may [adv] [be] [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Child rearing is more ‘ permissive ’ , and while children may not be granted the status of equal partners in the family decision-making process , they are no longer simply expected to be seen and not heard . |
| 2 | If the body is a small one , the younger hunters may not be given a share . |
| 3 | District nurses and health visitors who have been given the statutory power to prescribe treatments may not be given the authority to do so by their employers . |
| 4 | Draw attention , if necessary , to the fact that words may not be pronounced the way their spelling suggest they will sound . |
| 5 | LENNOX LEWIS may still be given the chance of a dream world title fight after all . |
| 6 | This is the earliest novel that may reasonably be termed a thriller — a strongly atmospheric work , replete with midnight encounters , the eponymous mysterious and rather worrying white-clad lady and a highly dislikeable villain in the form of the obese and oleaginous Count Fosco . |
| 7 | In business , an employee near retirement age may well be given a job with a grand title in a department which has little influence in the overall scheme of things . |
| 8 | ‘ Pneumonia may well be called the friend of the aged . |
| 9 | For example , they may frequently be given a role in maintaining employment and thus helping to preserve the political accommodations between classes upon which a successful response to the crisis depends ; this may conflict with their central role in the restructuring of industries in crisis . |
| 10 | The object name , its identification number , and its location are the very minimum categories of information that may usefully be called an inventory . |