Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] to be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donaldson may be assumed to be referring to the Duke of Hamilton 's mausoleum at Hamilton Palace which Bryce executed after Burn had departed for London . |
| 2 | Before turning to the competing interests and engaging in the balancing exercise , it is necessary to consider who is the public authority who may be seen to be exercising the interference referred to in article 10(1) . |
| 3 | They may be said to be exercising an administrative function . |
| 4 | There are those today who may be said to be living as though Pentecost had never taken place . |
| 5 | Though we have not yet attained a full system of compulsory registration , we may be said to be moving , surely and at an increasing pace , in that direction . |
| 6 | The dealer who supplies an expert system may be deemed to be supplying a service ( that is , providing the advice available from the system ) even though others , such as the experts who provided the knowledge used in the system and the makers of the system , are responsible ( in a non-legal sense ) for how the system operates . |
| 7 | However , if he is a currency speculator he may be found to be trading in currencies and as he resides in the United Kingdom it would be very difficult to show that the trade was carried on outside the United Kingdom . |
| 8 | Now the police authorities a and the local authorities and the magistrates may be thought to be indulging in special preening , but I do assure Your Lordships that they really are not alone in expressing their anxieties er about the er er er this bill and what it proposes , for example , if I may , I would like to refer to a letter which I received from Justice , chaired by my Noble Friend Lord Alexander of and with his Vice-chairman er er Lord and er they say as an all-party human rights organisation , Justice considers that the composition of police authorities is an important constitutional issue effecting the independence of policing . |
| 9 | A salesman whose last two months ' returns fall below the required norm may be thought to be failing , until one knows that this is the first time that it has happened in five years . |
| 10 | Concern has been expressed that the ordinary principles of criminal liability will draw into the net other non-violent demonstrators who may be considered to be assisting or encouraging the conduct in question and that unless such people leave the scene quickly they might face the serious charge of riot . |
| 11 | Thus the numerical solutions themselves may be considered to be approaching an equilibrium or periodic solution . |