Example sentences of "may be [verb] [prep] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that prices and wages may be assumed to be fixed in the short-run . |
| 2 | it may be flattering to be taken for the head of the firm if you are not , but it is not good business , and sound progress can not be made with anyone on a false footing , in fact , it must be obvious that the greater the respect you hold and encourage towards any of your seniors , the better the position they will be in to assist you in any difficulties which may arise . |
| 3 | Such central government responsibility as exists may be sought to be discharged in a variety of ways . |
| 4 | There is a readily identified ‘ central government interest ’ within the state of destination where considerations of sovereignty may be seen to be involved and where some knowledge of the nature of the documents is necessary if the state of destination is to be sure that its public policy ( e.g. as to bank secrecy ) is not offended . |
| 5 | Then justice may be seen to be done . |
| 6 | Whether or not in our time parents may be said to be justified by the sad statistics of the permissive society , it is certain that in the nineteenth century , parents had little option because of the sad statistics of mortality among children . |
| 7 | To the extent that these parts of the social structure are based on the same values , they may be said to be integrated . |
| 8 | Even the solicitor and the author may be said to be employed — in the ‘ simple language … used and understood by ordinary literate men and women ’ — and if they are employed , their remuneration is surely earned ‘ in employment . ’ |
| 9 | We have already seen that depressive or manic responses may be shown to be related to the problem of the son 's relation to the mother and his contradictory desire to be devoted to her as the ideal mother of hunter-gatherer prehistory and yet to be free of her as the phallic , dominant mother of primal agriculture . |
| 10 | Who knows a modern equivalent of the Oxford three-quarter line may be waiting to be found . |
| 11 | An extension of time for compliance with the order may be required to be given at the time of endorsing the penal notice . |
| 12 | Factories may be required to be sited at some distance from residential areas in specially designated industrial zones . |
| 13 | Lord Denning explained that ‘ There are some things which may be required to be disclosed in the public interest , in which event no confidence can be prayed in aid to keep them secret . ’ |
| 14 | In addition to these penalties the amount of any gift , loan , fee or reward may be directed to be paid to the public body . |
| 15 | In other cases , a partner 's contribution may be agreed to be collected in over a period of years out of his profit share . |
| 16 | Work in progress may be agreed to be brought in at less than its face value to reflect expenses incurred during the period between bill delivery and payment . |
| 17 | In time , after strictly avoiding sugar and white flour , the number of other " binge " foods may be found to be reduced to zero . |
| 18 | House , furniture , people Doll 's house furniture may be sorted to be placed in particular rooms . |
| 19 | The infringing articles may be ordered to be destroyed if the offending marks can not be removed . |
| 20 | Section 4 of the Torts ( Interference with Goods ) Act 1977 adds a new and more important form of interlocutory relief , available in the county court and High Court , whereby goods the subject of present or future proceedings for wrongful interference may be ordered to be delivered up to the claimant , or a person appointed by the court , on such terms and conditions as may be specified . |
| 21 | Costs have to be looked at in two respects , first , the costs which may be ordered to be paid by one of the parties to the other in litigation , and , secondly , the costs which a client is obliged to pay the solicitor . |
| 22 | The costs which may be ordered to be paid are limited to ‘ fees , charges , disbursements , expenses and remuneration and , in relation to proceedings … , also … costs of or incidental to those proceedings . ’ |
| 23 | Conversely , where existing competition is light and the traditional catchment area of the firm large , a wide restraint may be expected to be upheld ; and ( 4 ) a prohibition against accepting instructions from any person who has at any time , or over a long period , been a client of the outgoing partner 's former firm . |
| 24 | Can he give some sort of time scale , given good will on both sides , and when the order may be expected to be placed ? |
| 25 | If this model of democracy prevails , social policies may be expected to be determined by the commitments of the political parties , and proposals for policy changes will be set out in election manifestos . |
| 26 | One of the changes introduced since the consultation period on the SAS 's exposure draft , published in May 1992 , is a distinction between an inherent uncertainty which may be expected to be resolved at a future date and one which exists because evidence does or did exist but is not available to the auditors and so arises because of a limitation in the auditors ' work . |
| 27 | ( a ) Grounds ( Clause 19.01 ) All or any of the following may be expected to be encountered , though in any given agreement the grounds may be more or less specific as the requirements of particular firms differ . |
| 28 | Since the function of such a court is solely judicial and in no way administrative , the rule which precludes interest or bias on the part of the judge may be expected to be enforced more , rather than less , strictly than in the case of a licensing board , which is primarily an administrative body . |
| 29 | Smaller objects such as shells , buttons or bobbins may be provided to be used on any models produced , or as ‘ print ’ makers to make impressions in the dough , providing experience of space and shape . |
| 30 | The price in a contract of sale may be fixed by the contract , or may be left to be fixed in a manner agreed by the contract , or may be determined by the course of dealing between the parties . |