Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A child can not be required to attend a hospital or mental nursing home as an in-patient for the purposes of examination unless the court is satisfied on the evidence of a registered medical practitioner , that : ( i ) the child may be suffering from a physical or mental condition that requires , or may be susceptible to treatment ; and ( ii ) a period as a resident patient is necessary if the examination is to be carried out properly ( para 4(3) ) . |
| 2 | A supervision order may include a requirement that the child submit to medical treatment if : ( i ) it is satisfied on the evidence of a registered medical practitioner , that the child 's physical condition requires , or may be susceptible to treatment ; and ( ii ) that satisfactory arrangements have been , or can be made , for the treatment ; and ( iii ) that the child consents to the order , where he has sufficient understanding to make an informed decision ( para 5 ) . |
| 3 | In order to protect the privacy of those whose lives are recorded , the material may be kept confidential for some years , or may be available only in a form where individuals can not be identified . |
| 4 | A copy of the application may be inspected in my Department between the hours of 9.00 am and 5.00 pm from Monday to Thursday and from 9.00 am and 4.00 pm on Friday , or may be available on request from the Clerk to the Parish Council or Parish Meeting . |
| 5 | Counselling is concerned with coping mechanisms which may be related to physical health problems , or may be personal and linked to relationships , or sociocultural issues including spiritual beliefs , or may be linked to economic difficulties . |
| 6 | Quasars are starlike objects that must be many times brighter than entire galaxies if they are as distant as the reddening of their spectra indicates ; pulsars are the rapidly blinking remnants of supernova explosions , believed to be ultradense neutron stars ; compact X-ray sources , revealed by instruments aboard space vehicles , may also be neutron stars or may be hypothetical objects of still higher density , namely black holes . |
| 7 | However , it was considered that this would make it too expensive for the ‘ generality of purchasers ’ and it was confined to ‘ those plants only which are either curious in themselves or may be useful in trades , medicines , etc. including the figures of such new plants as have not been noticed by any former botanists . ’ |
| 8 | The low level of phosphorylation observed in the absence of DNA in lane 3 could either be due to the presence of trace DNA in the extract or Jun protein preparation , or may be due to non DNA-dependent kinases in the extract . |
| 9 | Failure to clear up a problem which is or may be legal will usually be fatal , unless the facts admit of only one answer , because it will mean that the jury may not have understood their legal duty . |
| 10 | Great dryness of mucous membranes with copious thirst or may be thirstless ; often craves lemons or lemonade in fevers . |
| 11 | The National Association of Probation Officers believe there may be some 350–700 sentenced prisoners who either are innocent or may be innocent and whose cases warrant attention . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , although the law may be the final arbiter and may rule on what is or may be obscene and indecent , in general terms it does not judge on every item published or made available for sale , since there is normally no censorship of obscene or indecent matter prior to publication in the UK . |
| 13 | ( b ) There is no fact or matter concerning the proposed business or affairs of the Company nor any fact or matter relating to the financial forecasts which is or may be material for disclosure to any intending subscriber for shares in the Company which has not been disclosed to the Investors and any such fact or matter arising prior to Completion of this agreement will forthwith be disclosed to the Investors . |
| 14 | You are or may be pregnant |
| 15 | Some clients , however , will not be conscious of the sexual element of their difficulties or may be diffident about mentioning it . |
| 16 | The division of the psychical into what is conscious and what is unconscious is the fundamental premise of psychoanalysis ; … psychoanalysis can not situate the essence of the psychical in consciousness , but is obliged to regard consciousness as a quality of the psychical , which may be present in addition to other qualities or may be absent . |
| 17 | If we use brackets to indicate optional components ( that is , components which may be present or may be absent ) , we can summarise tone-unit structure as follows : ( pre-head ) ( head ) tonic syllable ( tail ) or , more briefly , as : ( PH ) ( H ) TS ( T ) |
| 18 | Tea and coffee may be drunk freely if drunk black , or may be drunk white so long as skimmed milk allowance is not exceeded . |
| 19 | 4 Entry The right for the Tenant and all persons expressly or by implication authorised by the Tenant to enter upon other parts of the Centre and ( if any ) the Adjoining Property to carry out works to the Premises where such works would otherwise not be possible , or may be possible but rendered more expensive than they would otherwise be if this right was available The problem of access over a neighbour 's land has been greatly alleviated by the passage of the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 which sets out a procedure whereby a person may obtain a court order permitting access to a neighbour 's property in order to carry out works to protect , repair or maintain their property in circumstances where the neighbour refuses consent to such access . |
| 20 | Those wishing to move into the ‘ South ’ may be unable to afford to buy a house or may be able to buy only a much smaller house with the money raised from their existing dwelling . |
| 21 | In secondary schools the cooperation of the music department might be enlisted , and the music department there may well have a wider range of recordings to offer , or may be able to advise on suitable pieces . |
| 22 | Children , in growing up and being socialized , are made to give up much that is pleasurable — not least , some of their individuality — for the sake of principles which are not always made clear to them , or may be obscure even to the person demanding obedience . |
| 23 | Sadly , some dogs pass through several homes in quite rapid succession , possibly because they have not been house-trained or may be highly-strung and bark continually . |
| 24 | Those entered as registered midwives may be first level trained nurses who have gone on to take additional postbasic training as a midwife , or may be direct entrants to midwifery , in which case their qualification is at first level . |
| 25 | Or a pregnant girl may wait too long to be able to have one legally , or may be afraid of what her family will say . |
| 26 | Sometimes , dubious studies achieve publicity or may be attractive for other , perhaps political or novelty , reasons . |
| 27 | Information concerning or identifying another pupil should not be disclosed , and information , the disclosure of which might cause serious harm to the mental or physical health or emotional condition of the pupil or anyone else , or which indicates that the pupil has or may be likely to suffer child abuse , should not be disclosed . |
| 28 | This allocation poses empirical problems in that the necessary data may not be available in the original source or may be unreliable . |
| 29 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that even if one ignores what is happening in the former USSR , there are other countries in the world that are potential aggressors and which either have nuclear capacity or may be near to acquiring it ? |
| 30 | The remaining p columns of unc may themselves be columns of the minor , or may be linear combinations of some or all of the columns of the minor , or may be linear combinations of the n — ( p + q ) common columns , or may be null . |