Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] may be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | N.B. Whilst our itineraries are presented for our main departures on Mondays and Fridays , travel by air , rail or car may be on any day of the week . |
| 2 | A pilot study at St George 's Hospital in London has suggested that quadruple treatment with rifampicin , ethambutol , isoniazid , and pyrazinamide or clofazamine may be of value , with 10 of 20 patients remaining in remission after nine months ' treatment . |
| 3 | Depending on the context one set or other may be of more physical importance . |
| 4 | Thus an inadequately-clothed walker or climber may be at risk if exposed to winds to 2–3 m per second , and only marginally more at risk in winds three or four times as strong . |
| 5 | Evidence of the proportion of alcohol in a specimen of breath , blood or urine may be by a document which is : |
| 6 | Services to help people live as independently as possible in their own home are a priority — especially for those who live alone and whose physical safety or health may be at risk . |
| 7 | These findings suggest that cyclosporin may be of benefit to the colon in patients with ulcerative colitis who are being treated with cyclosporin for primary sclerosing cholangitis . |
| 8 | These results are the first controlled data to syggest that cyclosporin may be of clinical benefit in patients with ulcerative colitis . |
| 9 | We suggest that anti-lactoferrin may be of pathogenetic significance by counteracting the antiphlogistic properties of lactoferrin at mucosal surfaces , thereby aggravating and/or sustaining mucosal inflammation initiated by other factors . |
| 10 | Although accountants may be on hand , the surveyor at partner level in a growing practice , or one of a substantial size , may find himself in the anomalous situation of spending the major part of his time on management for which he received no training rather than on technical matters , in which he is expert . |
| 11 | Viscerally , political leaders in all parties recognise that Germany is moving towards reunification , however uncomfortable that prospect may be for one of Germany 's wartime adversaries . |
| 12 | It is thought that form of insulin may not always give vital warnings of low blood sugar , such as hunger or sweating , and that patients may be at increased risk of slipping unawares into a coma . |
| 13 | He knows he wo n't live to see his Martian polar dreams fulfilled , although man may be on Mars early next century . |
| 14 | Hacker 's point was that women may be in a numerical majority , but they are in a cultural minority . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Enemas and suppositories may be of use but habitual use of these can create an unhappy and strained parent-child relationship . |
| 17 | and computer may be via ribbon cable or individual wires drawn together into a neat harness secured with cable ties . |
| 18 | These hospitals and units may be of two kinds . |
| 19 | Lines may be curved , zig-zag or straight , for example , and blobs may be of different sizes . |
| 20 | The Hare mosaic is late ; the Tockington Park example is probably of the mid-fourth century ; while the two pavements from Gloucester and Halstock may be of the early " or mid-fourth century . |
| 21 | First , the market is globalised , i.e. issuers and investors may be from any country ( subject to regulation ) , while intermediaries may be from third countries . |
| 22 | Diction , rhythm , rhyme and syntax may be of special interest . |
| 23 | Firstly , clients suffering from senile dementia , and their carers , are deliberately excluded from investigation , the argument being that ‘ Issues of choice and participation may be of limited relevance to elderly people with mental impairment ’ . |
| 24 | There may be more room for choice in the new system and users may be in a stronger position to influence the planning of those choices , but the range of services is unlikely to widen . |
| 25 | The crowned heads and aristocrats may be in short supply today , but Baden is busier than ever . |
| 26 | Such staff are spread throughout UK departments , and hence their borrowings and consultations may be in proportion to their own numbers , rather than to the numbers of successful Scottish geology Ph D students they supervise . |
| 27 | Further ( 2 ) it is reasonable for a fire-engine to proceed quickly to a fire , for life and property may be in danger . |
| 28 | It is thought that Brent Walker 's Pubmaster and Devenish may be among the buyers . |
| 29 | The Liberal Democrats have claimed that over half a million bottle-fed babies in England and Wales may be at risk from mental retardation due to lead pollution of tap water . |
| 30 | DEC needs someone to produce the chips , and most of the semiconductor manufacturers are already tied , but Cypress may be in a position to straddle camps and/or dump Sparc . |