Example sentences of "may be [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expensive gestures may be good for political show ; they will also mean more waste dumped in the wrong places . |
| 2 | Electrical household goods may be unsuitable for many countries , for example , but the application of a creative marketing process may lead to alternative inexpensive , manually operated machinery being developed which can be both produced easily and suit the needs of the population . |
| 3 | This life style may be unsuitable for some women and boredom can lead to a couple 's failure to complete an assignment , even to breakdown of their marriage . |
| 4 | Many psychiatric units now have no lockable wards at all and while this may be admirable for most in-patients , it has inevitably led to the rejection of mentally disordered offenders who require a modest degree of security and who could benefit from assessment and treatment in an ordinary hospital . |
| 5 | As to where a company resides which may be relevant for some purposes , a company or corporation resides where it carries on business and it can reside in more places than one ( Davies v British Geon Ltd [ 1956 ] 3 All ER 389 ) . |
| 6 | It is often associated with obesity and may be latent for some years before diagnosis . |
| 7 | Although centres generally have more control over what learning and assessment opportunities are offered , it may be preferable for some learning outcomes to be assessed in the workplace , if this opportunity exists ; eg. if a YT trainee carries out reception duties in the workplace it would be more realistic if the centre could arrange for the relevant module ( or learning outcomes ) to be assessed in the work environment . |
| 8 | Those I mention here are the most often talked about and may be helpful for some readers . |
| 9 | In practice , this means that mortgage loans may be available for small-scale workshops , derelict but sound houses which would otherwise be abandoned , houses with energy-saving features and organic smallholdings . |
| 10 | It may be impractical for all clubs to ‘ invest ’ in another replay in this manner earlier in the competition . |
| 11 | Thus gene therapy may be feasible for these patients . |
| 12 | Similarly , a photograph of the congressman with the president at his side may be invaluable for electoral purposes . |
| 13 | While this may be suitable for certain types of business customer and private individuals transferring money into other bank accounts or investments , it is clearly unsuited to small purchases . |
| 14 | Therefore , OMT specimens may be suitable for future field studies of HIV vaccines in developing countries . |
| 15 | Dublin Docks companies operating in the International Financial Services Centre are similar to BCCs , but without the onerous turnover requirements , so they may be suitable for smaller multinationals . |
| 16 | Coelocentesis may be suitable for prenatal diagnosis in the first trimester . |
| 17 | — there are a number of local/community newspapers , e.g. Tollcross , Times , Old Town & South Side News , which may be suitable for particular publicity exercise . |
| 18 | Since it may not be possible for both sets of belief to be realised in action , if the courses of action are incompatible , it may be rational for one person to give up his/her autonomy . |
| 19 | It may be boring for nuclear experts to have to worry about plumbing , albeit sophisticated plumbing , but they must prove that they can get the simple bits right before Mr Lawson gives them a new reactor to play with . |
| 20 | Whilst it may be possible for certain hoists and lifts to be provided with dual controls and to be relied upon to assist in the initial stages of smouldering fire or even the last stages of salvage and reinstatement , and whilst the provision of a portable extinguisher could be regarded as standard , the dangers involved in aligning the confines of a lift or cage to a developing fire in the only manner by which it could be used effectively are sufficiently great to warrant special mention when consideration is being given to emergency planning . |
| 21 | They have suggested that the carcasses of animals which have died of either disease should not be buried in farm fields , as it is now thought that it may be possible for other livestock to become infected . |
| 22 | Though the rich legacy of an extensive black presence on this continent suggests that it may be possible for many commentators , the terms ‘ black ’ and ‘ European ’ remain categories which mutually exclude each other . |
| 23 | The authority conferred by the resolution may be general for that purpose or limited to the purchase of shares of any particular class or description , and may be unconditional or subject to conditions ( s166(2) ) . |
| 24 | It is frustrating that so little pottery from settlements has been examined in this manner , although Brisbane ( 1981 ) has proposed a model for various modes of production that may be appropriate for such pottery . |
| 25 | It may be appropriate for these matters to be dealt with in a covering letter as they do not necessarily have to be disclosed to our opponents . |
| 26 | The indexed sequential method of file organisation which is common in conventional files may be appropriate for some database uses . |
| 27 | Given that different users may have different perspectives on the same subject , it is clear that different indexing languages and systems may be appropriate for different subjects and environments , and even for the same subject in a different environment . |
| 28 | A job description may be necessary for administrative reasons but its relevance to R&D work is questionable . |
| 29 | In order to learn from dangers which have been previously encountered it may be necessary for such events to be stored in memory even if more mundane ones are not , this would provide an adaptive reason for situations in which subjective risk was present to be specially treated in memory . |
| 30 | Although there is no requirement to notify the Society of the name and address of a newly formed MNP , it may be necessary for separate reasons , such as the need to keep the Law Society informed of a solicitor 's practising address . |