Example sentences of "may be [verb] [prep] be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simple pre-exposure may be assumed to be an effective method for reducing associability because it allows the rapid formation either of a strong stimulus — no event association or of associations among stimulus elements , just as consistent reinforcement allows the rapid formation of a strong CS-US association . |
| 2 | This may be felt to be a relatively radical conclusion — namely , that emotions , or affect on the normal human adult level , should be regarded as a symbolically generalized system , that is never ‘ id-impulse ’ as such . |
| 3 | Its existence may be conceded to be a matter of political fact , but its normative content is a matter of law : the courts are required to enforce the terms of the most recent statement of Parliament 's will , expressed in the usual form … |
| 4 | The person who comes to an interview smelling unfavourably may be seen to be a ‘ bad ’ applicant . |
| 5 | Even without evidence of a causal role in schizophrenia , the reduction of overprotective parenting may be seen to be a valuable preventive strategy for other psychiatric problems . |
| 6 | To that extent there may be said to be a mental element required for this variety of manslaughter , but it is a manifestly low mental element compared with the death which results . |
| 7 | ‘ The case may be said to be a good example of the stringency with which the courts scrutinise transactions of guarantee entered into at the instance of a debtor who is likely to be in a position to exert influence on the surety and in circumstances in which the surety can derive no conceivable benefit from the transaction . |
| 8 | This may be said to be the effect of his thought that probably there are no decent seats left . |
| 9 | Belief … may be said to be the state of mind of a person who says to himself : " I can not say I know for certain that these goods are stolen , but there can be no other reasonable conclusion in the light of circumstances … |
| 10 | The courts have developed some complex tests based on control whereby the subsidiary may be deemed to be an agent of the parent company . |
| 11 | The RVE for an amorphous polymer may be expected to be no more than 10 nanometres or so . |
| 12 | An extension through this surface may be taken to be the familiar two parts of the exterior Schwarzschild space-time . |
| 13 | The starting point for investigation may be taken to be the eighteenth-century revolutionary movements which gave impetus to beliefs that social progress was possible and that social organization could be reconstructed in accordance with rational principles . |
| 14 | As for the infrequency with which it is celebrated , this may be thought to be a reaction against the daily sacrifice of the Mass and the emphasis that grace comes dear and difficult not cheap and daily . |
| 15 | The most obvious reason why there is a greater concern with visual images than with the printed word may be thought to be the emergence of the new media — film , television and even the computer . |
| 16 | This may be thought to be the legal way to control force . |
| 17 | Sickness may be considered to be a punishment inflicted for neglect of certain taboos . |
| 18 | It may be considered to be a vital British interest that we are not on the outside of the single currency in five years ' time . |
| 19 | If the database comprises data representing three-dimensional articles , for example a database of co-ordinates describing sculptures or industrial designs , that database may be considered to be a collection of artistic works so represented or to be a literary work as a compilation . |
| 20 | In many countries there is no legal recourse to defaults on gambling debts , and a futures contract may be considered to be a kind of gamble . |
| 21 | Muscular tension is often a factor , and may be considered to be the prostatic version of a tension headache . |
| 22 | A great many professionals are actively moving into microcomputer use as specialised software is written for what may be considered to be the more esoteric applications . |
| 23 | This may be considered to be the more appropriate standard in contracts between patients and doctors where artificial products , such as manufactured heart valves , are used for implantation . |
| 24 | For an ideal solution consisting of two components A and B , Raoult 's law may be expressed mathematically as The vapour of an ideal solution may be considered to be an ideal gas , and Dalton 's law ( see section 3.1 ) therefore applies . |