Example sentences of "[adj] may be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 We have seen how the vibration frequencies may be observed and how each may be allocated to a particular symmetry species .
2 The three other prints will then be available to you on the same basis and each may be paid for in the same way .
3 ( 6 ) The licensing board , if in its opinion any objection to the renewal of a licence is frivolous or vexatious , may find the objector liable in the expenses caused by such objection to such extent as the board thinks fit , or , if in its Opinion any such objection is unauthorised , may find the agent of the objector liable in the expenses as aforesaid ; and the amount of any expenses so found due may be recovered in the sheriff court having jurisdiction , and a certified copy of the finding of the licensing board shall be sufficient evidence and authority for discerning for the said amount with expenses .
4 When acting on an acquisition , MAS may be asked by the prospective vendors to sign a confidentiality agreement .
5 Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in a disposal
6 0501.2 Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in a disposal
7 Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in an acquisition
8 0601.1 Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in an acquisition
9 Your are responsible for any charges , fines etc. that may be levied by authorities in the U.K. or overseas for noncompliance of regulations in this area and any such amounts will be recharged to you .
10 Grappling with this problem has led us to reject a sharp either/or dichotomy in terms of innate versus cultural , and instead to posit the existence in human beings of innate potentialities and capacities — as well as innate constraints — that may be turned to peaceful as much as to warlike ends , potentialities and capacities that are necessarily set within the particularity of a moral and semantic universe .
11 Or w w shall we say that may be said with a bit of a tongue in cheek ?
12 In part , that may be explained by his own view of women formed from those days in Neptune : they should be independent , take their strengths from their inner self and not rely on men , except for moral support .
13 That may be challenged by the nation states in the European Court , but , as my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary conceded this afternoon , that court has usually reflected integrationist tendencies .
14 That may be expressed in simple terms , but it is the reality .
15 All that may be stated with any certainty is that his knowledge of the craft must have been more than merely adequate and that he was a good businessman .
16 That may be followed by a health and fitness check on new employees .
17 That may be affected by the prevailing wind and we 'll have to find a suitable launching site .
18 While it is true that we have until now been concerned with consciousness , and used the term " mental events " in the ordinary way so as not to include all that may be included in the mental , the rest of the subject-matter of that domain is not thereby excluded from our coming reflections .
19 It helped us to derive Biot-Savart 's law , it will come handy later in solving certain radiation problems , and it often leads to nice formulae , e.g. for the magnetic flux crossing a surface , defined as unc that may be rewritten in terms of the vector potential as follows : unc where C is the curve enclosing the surface .
20 Using offshore trusts like this is entirely legal , it also frees up extra money , and that may be needed in future .
21 The presence or absence of public transport that can get people to work , that may be thought of as a service available between 8 and 9 am and 5 and 6 pm from Mondays to Fridays , is a much more realistic indicator of accessibility .
22 Guilty secrets begin to pile up that may be disclosed to no one else at all , not even friends or family .
23 Okun ( 1975 ) notes that high taxation of the rich may be interpreted as an adverse ethical judgement on economic success , altering attitudes ( preferences ) to it and its attractiveness as a goal .
24 That an appropriation was dishonest may be proved in a number of ways .
25 ‘ Sometimes a decision has to be made to offer no evidence during the course of the trial ; and similarly pleas of guilty may be tendered to lesser counts .
26 Even the would-be socially superior , the boastful , and the priggish may be found to be quite agreeable people once they have relaxed .
27 Some may be tempted by old dogmas , but most are identifying deeper hungers within themselves .
28 Humboldt Penguin chicks are reared regularly at the park , and in the breeding season some may be seen in the specially designed rearing unit alongside their enclosure .
29 People who are ‘ at risk ’ of having mentally handicapped children can be advised of this , and it is safe to assume that some may be deterred from proceeding to have a child .
30 Some may be combined with a back roller or circulator unit to produce hot water and limited central heating .
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