Example sentences of "[pron] may be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , of course , many schools other than those listed in the appendix , and also a great many private coaches , all of whom may be found in the publication Contacts , a trade book everyone interested in joining the profession should obtain from the office of The Spotlight , 42–43 Cranbourn St , London WC2H 7AP . |
| 2 | In future , these matters will not be decided here because responsibility for many of them may be transferred to Europe . ’ |
| 3 | Variants of ( Ε ) and ( o ) do not form a continuum along a single linear scale , but each of them may be said to be part of one or more subscales which can be constructed on , for example , the continua of roundness , or backness or length . |
| 4 | The sites now considered to illustrate undefended settlements have been chosen at random since it would have required much research and fieldwork to have presented a comprehensive list in time for this Conference ; attention is merely drawn to a number of sites with the hope that they , and others like them may be studied in more detail by local efforts . |
| 5 | Those who subscribe to them and are honoured by reference to them may be thought of with contempt by those for whom the underlife is the serious basis of social living . |
| 6 | These items are all connected , and any of them may be used as analogies or homologies for each other . |
| 7 | Nine of them may be attributed to petitioners . |
| 8 | They 'd been duped into believing the gag ( nothing may be published without sanction from Lord 's ) protected them . |
| 9 | Perhaps some indication of how this reacted on me may be gleaned from memory , One of the medical wing commanders at the hospital — H.E . |
| 10 | I may be subdivided into three elements . |
| 11 | if I strike a child in a manner likely to cause harm it is right that if the child dies I may be charged with manslaughter . |
| 12 | Brave Oates , who was born and raised in Mellor 's Putney constituency , told Scott as he left : ‘ I may be gone for some time . ’ |
| 13 | Did you say to her , I 'm going out to re I 'm going out and I may be gone for a long time . |
| 14 | It 's , you know , it 's like what 's his Captain Oates was it , going out into the tent in the Antarctic or something , you know it 's sort of I may be gone for a while , you know , in the in the , into the wilderness and never to return so that in , in the British structure er politicians are , their loyalty is central rather than local because their political futures are determined centrally rather than locally . |
| 15 | The person undertaking , if required to sign , states : " I understand the undertaking that I have given , and that if I break any of my promises to the court I may be sent to prison for contempt of court " . |
| 16 | Working as I do for a technically based industry , I hope I may be forgiven for believing that almost anything can be achieved through technology , if we are dear enough about what is needed . |
| 17 | It is as though the Prime Minister is trying to paint a canvas in the style of Georges Seurat , if I may be forgiven for referring to a continental artist . |
| 18 | Quite a large part of that excitement is due to you , to your designs , and , also , if I may be forgiven for mentioning something so personal , for the way you have helped and befriended Therese . |
| 19 | Then again , I may be struck by lightning before I reach the church . |
| 20 | I may be tempted towards didacticism , but this is n't an advice column . |
| 21 | Try and do the sums as it were and think it through , and if you do that , I think you 'll see that er , it does work out this way And of course , it gets er , even worse if you consider questions like relatedness through parents , because clearly I may be related to my mother 's sister 's children , my cousins , er no it 's actually nieces , because my mother and her sister share genes , but I 'm not er necessarily related erm in the same way , erm , through er , my father 's er relatives , for example , because although erm , because my er , my , my relationship between mother 's kin and my father 's kin is purely through marriage , so they have no joint genetic relatedness . |
| 22 | As as I see it er it 's and I I may be corrected on this , Professor Lock 's hypothesis is that we over-provide land and then limit release once an |
| 23 | If I read Shakespeare 's The Merchant of Venice and notice the anti-semitism which surrounds the character of Shylock , I may be bothered by it , even condemn Shakespeare for his anti-semitism . |
| 24 | Although I may be forced to . ’ |
| 25 | If you have information to sell , be so good as to state your price , that I may be left in privacy . |
| 26 | Someone may be referred to as mulish , a vixen , a shrew , dogged , cowed . |
| 27 | Below are listed the kinds of issues which may be examined during concession analysis . |
| 28 | The answers to these questions will give a range of data which may be examined in relation to the literary effect of each passage . |
| 29 | Present-day streamfloods from isolated uplands follow the upper parts of formerly much more integrated and lengthy drainage systems , but deposition as the volume of water is reduced by percolation and evaporation chokes the middle and lower parts of the valleys , which may be converted to dune fields . |
| 30 | Form 714 S The 5 certificate is a special certificate for sub-contractors whose history of continuous employment is too short to qualify for Form 714 I. The subcontractor is restricted to a maximum payment which may be received without deduction of tax . |