Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] may be " in BNC.

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1 It thus seems likely that the junctions which are recalled may be simply the large congested ones , ones which also happen to be risky .
2 In our opinion , the duty is not simply one to take reasonable care in the abstract , but to take reasonable care not to injure a person whom it should reasonably have been foreseen may be injured by the act or neglect if such care is not taken .
3 The basic characteristic feature is still the lamellar-like crystallite with amorphous surfaces or interfaces , but the way these are formed may be different based on the careful investigation of melt crystallized polymers using neutron scattering techniques .
4 Candidates of both sexes that are interviewed may be asked whether they can comply with the requirement to be mobile in order to progress , however , women are to be treated equally with men and not less favourably .
5 For example , patients waiting in an out-patient department knowing that it will be 30 minutes before they are seen may be happier than those who wait half as long , not knowing how long the wait will be .
6 The changes that have been made may be small but they are significant .
7 The number of links needed to complete referral may be few or many ; the speed at which connections are made may be swift or protracted ; and the order may be sequential to concurrent .
8 yes , discounting merchandise is something we do all the time it 's just that the discounts are different in January and the merchandise to which they 're applied may be different .
9 Practitioners should bear in mind the obligations under the rules to serve a statement of special damages with the statement or particulars of claim , as the case may be , and the Practice Note ( QBD ) ( Personal Injury Actions : Special Damage ) ( 1984 ) 1 August ( [ 1984 ] 1 WLR 1127 ) which requires the service of particulars of special damage , in the form of a schedule if appropriate , so that the extent to which special damages are agreed may be indicated by the other parties to an action in advance of the trial .
10 Work on which cumulative and other forms of assessment have been based may be returned to candidates on a written undertaking that it shall be given back , if required , at any time within one year from the examination .
11 At the very least , these models suggest what might have existed and how the few sites that have been detected may be interpreted .
12 The ridicule to which the dupes are condemned may be explicitly orchestrated by the author , by providing characters within the text to laugh at the victim .
13 James Sutherland 's description of eighteenth century poetry as a dinner-party to which only men are invited may be justified in relation to the traditional canon of polite verse .
14 However , we would ask that you complete the form as far as possible so that realistic estimates of the total number of tests to be undertaken may be made .
15 Even if the witness is willing , the law of the place in which he is to be examined may be such as to render the examination inadequate .
16 On behalf of the solicitors Mr. Sumption argued that the power to make orders under section 6(2) was extended to persons concerned in the contravention because money ordered to be repaid , or contracts or securities ordered to be delivered up , or guarantees ordered to be cancelled may be in the hands of third parties , such as agents , assignees or chargees .
17 The constant to be applied may be obtained from : ( a ) The breakdown of the rate used by the estimator in producing the tender .
18 Bayes 's tentative solution to the problem involves assuming that the lack of knowledge of the probability about which an inference is to be made may be represented by a uniform probability distribution , for which he gives an ingenious argument .
19 The functions to be performed may be divided into four categories :
20 The maximum number of blocks which can be used may be found by first mounting the media and then issuing the DCL command : —
21 In actual fact , all that may be offered may be a few strands of tobacco which , in many contexts , are assumed to suffice .
22 A lack-lustre school five minutes ' walk from home with no major roads to be crossed may be preferred to a showpiece two miles away .
23 If a requirement is made , pursuant to section 7(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 , for a specimen of blood or urine , is the constable making that requirement under a duty , by virtue of section 7(4) of the Act , to : ( a ) convey to the suspect that the specimen to be provided may be of blood or of urine ; and/or ( b ) give to that suspect an opportunity to consider which type of specimen he would prefer to supply , if the choice was his ; and/or ( c ) give , expressly or otherwise , to that suspect an opportunity to give any reasons ( including non-medical reasons ) in support of any expression of choice ?
24 During the design of a pressure vessel , for example , the constraints to be observed may be : 1 ) minimum internal volume , 2 ) maximum size , 3 ) minimum number and size of flange bolts , 4 ) minimum wall thicknesses , 5 ) maximum stress concentrations .
25 — The conversion of bank notes and coin denominated in Mark of the GDR shall only be possible for persons or agencies domiciled in the GDR via accounts with financial institutions in the GDR into which the cash amounts to be converted may be paid .
26 The contract will therefore seek : 1 to define the client 's obligations and , so far as possible , to minimise them ; 2 to define the scope of the contract by defining which statements form part of it ; 3 to minimise the scope for variation of the contract duties , by defining the authority of the client 's representatives to make statements binding on it , or to vary the contract ; 4 to minimise the likelihood of the client being in breach of contract , by defining the client 's obligations in flexible terms : for instance , the quantity of goods to be delivered may be subject to tolerances ; or the contract may provide for the time for delivery to be extended in certain situations ; 5 to minimise the extent of the client 's liability for any breach it commits : for instance , by excluding liability for certain kinds of loss , or by placing a financial ceiling on liability ; 6 to define the obligations of the client 's trading partners ; 7 to define the consequences of non-performance by the client 's trading partners ; 8 to provide machinery to encourage prompt performance by the client 's trading partners : for instance , a seller may require interest on late payments , or offer discounts for early payment ; a buyer may contract for the right to withhold payment until satisfactory performance ; 9 to allow the client to use procedurally simple enforcement methods : for instance , terms of sale should be drafted so as to allow the seller to bring a liquidated claim for the price of the goods ; 10 to provide the client with security against non-performance by its trading partners : thus terms of sale are likely to seek to provide the seller with security against non-payment , for instance by means of a retention of title clause ; terms of purchase will seek to minimise the buyer 's exposure by allowing some or all of the price to be retained against satisfactory performance .
27 Smooth rings which can not be removed may be taped over .
28 In other areas Parliament has specifically provided that tax paid which was not lawfully due to be paid may be recovered and it has laid down the machinery and the conditions for repayment , including the payment of interest .
29 The threat of resistance being offered if some change were to be initiated may be enough to maintain the status quo .
30 ‘ It is clear that when the section 8(6) procedure comes into operation it is for the police officer to make the decision whether the sample to be provided shall be a sample of blood or urine , but the police officer must convey to the defendant that the sample to be required may be of either blood or urine and must give the defendant an opportunity to consider which sample he would prefer to give if the choice were his and any reasons he has for that preference .
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