Example sentences of "may be [verb] [adv] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , an uncompetitive market structure may be maintained indefinitely because of barriers to entry and exit ; products are not , as in the model , homogeneous , but have differentiating characteristics which enable producers to raise prices without causing a total shift in demand to their rivals ; and finally , purchasers lack perfect information and hence may pay higher prices than they would if aware of alternative , cheaper , sources of supply . |
| 2 | Also , the increase in the number of liquid or soft stools , an important item of CDAI , may be caused either because of worsening of the intestinal disease or as a side effect of enteral nutrition . |
| 3 | The program may be run interactively or in batch from the process directory when the LIFESPAN process is not running . |
| 4 | They may be defended simply because in certain circumstances not helping is to be preferred to helping . |
| 5 | The client 's experience of anxiety for each of the five trials of each target may be represented graphically as in Figure 4.11 . |
| 6 | In the second instance , some posts may be advertised repeatedly but to no avail . |
| 7 | There is no doubt that the ventilator may be turned off when in fact , the patient is already dead . |
| 8 | In other words , why do some groups advancing certain interests enjoy access to centres of government policy where their case may be made peacefully and with apparently good chance of acceptance , while others advancing different interests find access to these forums extremely difficult , if not impossible ? |
| 9 | He may be contacted on or through Batsford . |
| 10 | She may be contacted on or at head office on . |
| 11 | The scope of this section is wide , since there are three reasons why a person may be dealing otherwise than as a consumer : first , because he is a businessman ( see s 12(1) ( a ) ) ; second , because the other party is not a businessman ( see s 12(1) ( b ) ) ; and third , because the goods are not of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption ( see s 12(1) ( c ) ) . |
| 12 | With care , about 12 harmonics may be obtained so that about an order of magnitude of frequency range is available . |
| 13 | Such undertaking may be given orally or in writing , though a solicitor can never be compelled to give an undertaking . |
| 14 | Alternatively it may be said bluntly that in all cases of intimidation , whatever the nature of the threatened act , C's cause of action is wholly independent of B's . |
| 15 | The star commands may be accessed directly or via the OSCLI statement . |
| 16 | The arm pivots on a sturdy squat tripod base and may be secured vertically or in an angled position to suit the preference of the painter . |
| 17 | The arm pivots on a sturdy squat tripod base and may be secured vertically or in an angled position to suit the preference of the painter . |
| 18 | These include treatable congenital abnormalities ( such as analatresia ) that may be diagnosed prenatally but for which termination of pregnancy is not indicated because effective treatment is available . |
| 19 | Bohannen ( 1971 ) describes six stations of divorce which may be happening simultaneously or in succession and which continue until some resolution is found . |
| 20 | The parking bays remains , but vouchers may be purchased individually or in books of 10 from various outlets in the town ( such as the Tourist Information Centre , Brighton Centre , selected newsagents , post offices , shops , garages , hotels , etc. ) which will clearly advertise themselves as a point of sale and the vouchers should then be displayed in the car windscreens . |
| 21 | The Research Councils , through the Advisory Board for the Research Councils ( ABRC ) have commissioned a number of studies of research policy , in order to determine the best measures for the objective assessment of research productivity , and those carried out by the Science Policy Research Unit ( SPRU ) at Sussex University have been fundamental in reviewing existing measures , and suggesting new indicators which may be used singly or in combination . |
| 22 | They may be found together or in isolation . |
| 23 | Taken from the " one hundred symbols " of the Book of Rites , they may be found together or in isolation . |
| 24 | Apart from looking after the home and having babies , she is still expected to do most of the manual work on the land as her husband may be working abroad or in Funchal or just resting . |
| 25 | Example 2:16 Exceptions and reservations Excepting and reserving to the landlord : ( 1 ) Easement rights and privileges over the demised property corresponding to those expressly granted to the tenant over the other parts of the building ( 2 ) The right to build on develop deal with use any adjoining or neighbouring property retained by the landlord in such manner as he thinks fit even though the amenity of the demised property or the access of light or air thereto may be lessened thereby and without making any compensation to the tenant ( 3 ) The right at reasonable times and on reasonable notice ( except in emergency ) to enter the demised property for the purposes of ( i ) inspecting the condition and state of repair thereof ; ( ii ) carrying out any works ( whether of repair or otherwise ) for which the landlord or the tenant is liable under this lease ( iii ) carrying out any works ( whether of repair or otherwise ) to any property adjoining the demised property or to any party structure sewer drain or other thing used by the tenant in common with others ( iv ) measuring testing or valuing the demised property ( including the right to take samples of materials and to open up parts of the demised property which would otherwise be inaccessible ) but making good any damage caused by such an entry ( 4 ) The right for the landlord and the other tenants of the building to pass through the demised property in case of fire or other emergency Example 2:17 Definition of service pipes ' " service pipe " means any pipe , drain , sewer , flue , duct , gutter , wire , cable , optic fibre , conduit , channel or other means of passage or transmission of water , soil , gas , air , smoke , electricity , light , information or other matter and all ancillary equipment or structures |
| 26 | Dr Hazel will take up his appointment on 6 August but may be see in and around the Department before then as he gets to grips with his job . |
| 27 | They may be concentrated naturally as in animal tissues like bone , blood , hoof and horn , or processed to contain a high proportion of one or more nutrients , or they may be bulky and contain very little as in plant tissues like peat , compost and leaf mould . |
| 28 | The following activities and exercises may be pursued individually or in groups , and may provide a framework for individual study leading to personal or group presentations in seminars or workshops , dependent on the resources available and the provisions made for personal study in the course curriculum or re-orientation programme . |