Example sentences of "and may be [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The professional officer relies upon professional expertise when tendering advice and may be bound by formal or informal codes of ethics or professional practice .
2 The employee/employer relationship is a special case and may be governed by express terms , as incorporated in the contract of employment , or implied terms or both .
3 Although there have been some investigations of a functional kind relating soil erosion amount to controlling variables in areas like Zimbabwe ( Stocking , 1977 ) , studies of soil loss are potentially very useful ( Stocking , 1980 ) and may be undertaken by detailed process investigations which are usually concerned with parts of the erosion process or with laboratory measurements ( e.g. De Ploey , 1983 ) , by empirical investigations which monitor output in relation to input and use a relation similar to the Universal Soil Loss equation ; and factorial survey methods which Stocking ( 1980 ) visualizes as analysis and collation of the spatial pattern of all factors which relate to soil loss erosion .
4 Such purchases are often made under long term Contracts , and may be enacted by computerised stock control programs when current stock levels reach a minimum " safety level " .
5 Lower attainers are known to have difficulties with reading and may be deterred by printed tests .
6 Symptoms often come on in cold damp weather and may be improved by cold dry weather .
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