Example sentences of "may have [prep] be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many families have only one car which may have to be reserved for the use of the nurse 's spouse and others have no car at all . |
| 2 | Records may have to be kept for reference over a long period of time and therefore they must be adequately protected . |
| 3 | Slote concedes that in determining how much of a stock should be retained , separate percentages may have to be fixed for different sections of the stock , such as fiction and non-fiction . |
| 4 | A book may have to be examined for the author 's motives in writing it and for the librarian 's motives in buying it ; and though one copy purchased may be regarded as a reflection of user interest in the title the purchase of five may be regarded as instructional support . |
| 5 | It makes some sense to argue that an animal needs less computing power to find leaves , which are abundant all around , than to find fruit , which may have to be searched for , or to catch insects , which take active steps to get away . |
| 6 | It may therefore provide the incentive for the most thorough pre-purchase behaviour , and marketers hoping to supply such products may have to be prepared for extensive enquiry and investigation before they will manage to sell any of them . |
| 7 | Arrangements may have to be made for existing £6 membership who genuinely can not afford more but who would like to continue to receive the magazine . |
| 8 | The maiden voyage may have to be postponed for five months as a result of a fault in one of Challenger 's fuel tanks . |
| 9 | County Education Officer Brian Worthy agreed facilities such as a TV room and library may have to be sacrificed for eight or nine months , but disputed the claim the toilet system would not cope . |
| 10 | Furthermore , the Treasury bill may have to be sold for liquidity adjustment purposes . |