Example sentences of "[noun] may be in " in BNC.

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1 The survey results , which are closely watched by Government and in the City , will raise hopes that the end of the recession may be in sight .
2 ‘ The whole of Stalinvast may be in chaos in the ordinary sense , but Chaos as such has nothing to do with it .
3 In other cases the plotter hardware is physically located some distance from the user ; for example , the user may be in a different building or even at a subsidiary office in another town .
4 Several such cases may be in hand at any one time .
5 Her day will probably be crammed with essential tasks ; an older child may well be feeling jealous and therefore be in need of more attention than usual ; money may be in short supply — and time certainly will be .
6 Money may be in the form of some physical item that is actually handed from one person to another : for example , gold , silver , other coin , banknotes , or even something like cigarettes .
7 Good health resides in areas under more direct personal control , and those with time to investigate such matters as exercise and nutrition may be in a better position than a doctor to arrive at an accurate understanding .
8 The Christian may be in a church which has been together for several hundred years , and so he knows there is a certain likelihood of it still being together next year !
9 ‘ I think some introductions may be in order , ’ his Welsh drawl intervened , cutting through the uneasy silence .
10 Since the trust charged on the curator has failed , their entitlement may be in jeopardy .
11 In a number of industries each firm 's product has some point of difference that differentiates it in some way from the products manufactured by other firms ; differentiation may be in terms of quality , design or even an intangible difference such as customers ' perceived image of the product .
12 The unity may be in data structures , power structures , or in environmental trends .
13 Diplomats close to the peace negotiations say Mr Najibullah may be in hiding in Kabul , but there is no indication that he has left the country .
14 The CP may be in paralysis , but we need its support if we are to salvage the potential for a broad-based , not half-baked , campaign that survives until this wretched tax is repealed .
15 ( 5 ) If a condition attached to an occasional licence is contravened as regards any club , every person whose name is , at the time of the contravention , contained in the list lodged under subsection ( 3 ) ( b ) of section 103 of this Act , or as the case may be in the new list last lodged under subsection ( 5 ) or ( 5A ) of that section , in respect of that club , shall be guilty of an offence :
16 And they believe Diane Wright may be in the Aberystwyth area .
17 Since his surplus stock may be in keen demand he may not be able to supply you — but he can at least point you in the right direction by suggesting alternative sources , ones that have proved themselves so far as he is concerned .
18 In both shallow and deep water examples the origin of the overgrowth cement calcite is generally thought to be from aragonite dissolution during early diagenesis , although modifications of sea water chemistry with ocean depth and with shallow burial may be in part responsible .
19 As in the latter case , the horse may be in eager anticipation of what is to come !
20 Young Thomas Cottingham may be in a wheelchair by the time he 's 10 .
21 The mouth may be in need of care if a person has suffered from one or more of the following :
22 The CRE 's findings and recommendations are expected to go to the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , for approval and action if its inquiry upholds complaints that the region 's methods may be in breach of race relations and education law for failing to test in a child 's first language .
23 However , there are 20 pieces ( eight corners and 12 edges ) to restore and a piece may be in many different positions with respect to its home position , so such a method will involve solving many subproblems ( 239 to be exact ) and this is not a very human strategy , though it is perhaps the easiest for a computer .
24 The pixel data may be in 8-bit binary words , but it is common for them to be 7-bit binary words , to preserve the capability of 7-bit transmission or coded as ascii hex characters , ie. , 0–9 and a-f , thus also preserving printability .
25 Some of the ideas which I discuss are currently rated ‘ improbable ’ , but should not be dismissed for that reason alone : their supporters may be in a minority , but that minority is often a very distinguished one .
26 In this chapter we look at how those goals may be in conflict , and how they are affected by age , culture and a person 's job ; 1 consider how organizations attempt to motivate people by rewarding performance , and thereby rewarding those goals ; finally we look at the outcomes of goal/organization mismatch which lead to dissatisfaction , disillusionment and stress .
27 The two goals may be in conflict .
28 The savings may be in their name or the name of their husband or wife .
29 Black kids may be in sport for all the wrong reasons , but that does not render the results wrong .
30 In October 1989 , the case was referred to the European Court on the Grounds that SPUC had insufficient evidence for an injunction , and that Irish law may be in breach of the Treaty of Rome .
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