Example sentences of "may be [verb] [prep] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The London market may be seen to be increasingly dominated by eight firms , five of whom are true international firms — owning and controlling a wide network of offices worldwide — and three local firms . |
| 2 | The difficulty lies in the fact that the edges are blurred and no one is sure just when youth may be said to be past and the second stage of adult life begun . |
| 3 | With a little effort , the transfer function between its input and load resistance R may be shown to be Thus it performs as a third-order Butterworth filter when |
| 4 | The subjectivity of the whole procedure and particularly of this last section was alleviated to some extent by each teacher being observed by more than one member of the Senior Management Team and this aspect of the review may be deemed to be reasonably reliable . |
| 5 | This ‘ may be known to be so by any man 's experience , that will but examine his own mind ’ . |
| 6 | It will not have to be either critical or challenging , although elsewhere in the world , among less fortunate nations , it may be found to be so . |
| 7 | Even the would-be socially superior , the boastful , and the priggish may be found to be quite agreeable people once they have relaxed . |
| 8 | Even for those items that are designated relevant , some may be judged to be highly relevant , whilst others may be regarded as partially or only marginally relevant . |
| 9 | The relations between the labour organisation and the government or the party of independence , and hence the status of these actors … may be expected to be quite different in these two types of situations . |
| 10 | Indeed , the theodicy question as to how one could ever use such texts as a medium through which to worship God may be thought to be even more insoluble than is Schüssler Fiorenza 's finding inspiration in the early Christian community . |
| 11 | Change to the concretion may be thought to be extraordinarily difficult , for the imagery is built into the literature and thought structure which form the basis of the religion . |
| 12 | Nuclear weapons can not escape from the kinds of restraints built up carefully in the laws-of-war tradition over the centuries , but there is a risk that they may be thought to be so escaping ( especially in view of the UK and US reservations to 1977 Geneva Protocol I ) unless positive action in this direction is taken , The comparative neglect of the whole subject of laws-of-war restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons has endured for forty years , for reasons which can be understood if not approved . |
| 13 | 7.7.4 not to store or bring onto the Premises any article substance or liquid of a specifically combustible inflammable or explosive nature and to comply with the requirements and recommendations of the fire authority [ and the [ reasonable ] requirements of the Landlord ] as to fire precautions relating to the Premises Some tenants sell inflammable or what may be considered to be otherwise dangerous substances in the normal course of their business . |
| 14 | For example , both radio and television may be perceived first and foremost as entertainment ; or a particular national newspaper may be considered to be primarily the voice of the government rather than a general organ of information . |
| 15 | So do cases where the trauma may be considered to be too much for the children . |
| 16 | Indeed , they may be considered to be much more practical than the visions given to us by politicians and hence may be more likely to have support . |
| 17 | Here one problem of panels becomes clear : with all the best intentions , panel members may be considered to be specially interested in volunteering for , or accepting an invitation to join , a certain panel , and after a time the panel member can become rather too self-conscious and sophisticated . |
| 18 | Whilst in the case of certain types of racked goods in which continuous fuel surfaces do not exist , automatic roof venting may be considered to be less essential , in the extreme case it is of great importance . |
| 19 | This means that because of the high initial sensitivity of most organisms to ciprofloxacin , the risk of mutation may be considered to be relatively low . |