Example sentences of "and [noun pl] may be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , if much of local authority revenue comes from central government , the levels of spending and taxes may be insensitive to the wishes of local residents . |
| 2 | The successful reader is one who can transcend her social background to make a sympathetic adjustment to a writer whose norms and values may be those of a different age . |
| 3 | We have seen that decisions and acts may be subject to judicial review if they are made or done in the exercise of public functions , whether those functions are conferred by statute or common law or neither . |
| 4 | The proliferation of glossy reports , brochures and prospectuses may be good for the designers and a printing company or two , but our impression is that this is more about the marketing of the British government than about marketing West Belfast , and we wonder what it achieves in terms of breaking down outsiders ' negative stereotypes of the area and of the people who live here . |
| 5 | Within a climatological belt , the spread of bryophytes with spores smaller than 25 –m is probably by wind though birds and insects may be important over short distances . |
| 6 | Such discounts can mean the price is many times lower for the branded drug than for the generic drug and consultants may be unaware of the price in the community . |
| 7 | It should be noted that these instincts and qualities may be present in varying degrees of intensity and that they often merge into one another and are interrelated . |
| 8 | The notion of casually mixing fine art and housewares may be offensive to them . |
| 9 | Indeed , differences over time and differences among hospitals , regions , and populations may be due to the proportion of primiparous women in the study group rather than to other variables . |
| 10 | Some of the differences in aggressiveness between boys and girls may be due to the fact that parents tend to disapprove more of aggression in girls . |
| 11 | In some cases downstream users may have to close their intakes , and anglers may be appalled at the sight of dead fish . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Thus the approach in the report has been to state the differing philosophies as well as stating what is , at present , practically and commercially acceptable to all , to show what techniques and systems may be available in the future . |
| 14 | Television viewers and theatregoers may be familiar with this look , but it is not an ac tor 's trick . |
| 15 | A number of basic names , terms and expressions may be unfamiliar to people who are relatively new to the subject . |