Example sentences of "may be [verb] [adv] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 2 | ‘ I am fully conscious of the fact that in so concluding I may be said not to be applying Reg. v. Morris . |
| 3 | They may be designed primarily to be cut for hay or silage , for grazing , or for a combination of cutting and grazing . |
| 4 | Similarly , the stamp may obscure other provisions ; if this is the case , they may be held not to be incorporated ( Richardson , Spence & Co v Rowntree [ 1894 ] AC 217 ; Sugar v London Midland and Scottish Railway [ 1941 ] 1 All ER 172 ) . |
| 5 | That this is the case may be thought not to be chance . |