Example sentences of "what may be [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been some dramatic prosecutions of commercial fraud , or what may be seen as criminal negligence . |
| 2 | I agree that this scheme is significant not only because of what may be achieved for good in the north-west , but because it can act as a model for planning for other areas and for other denominations . |
| 3 | Because of the exemptions provided by the DTI and the SIB respectively , these restrictions in practice normally do not apply to what may be called in general terms business investors , typically persons who are ordinary business investors on the size test ( see page 36 above ) . |
| 4 | So much then for what may be regarded as general principles , applicable to all . |
| 5 | Thus , for example , left-wing authorities go out of their way to ban what seems to be racist matter , and right-wing authorities tend to be careful to exclude what may be regarded as homosexual literature . |
| 6 | All these examples provide clear evidence of very rapid sedimentation of a " catastrophic " kind in what may be regarded as exceptional deposits in areas of tectonic instability . |