Example sentences of "[noun pl] may [adv] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adorno 's criteria force him to see , for example , blue notes as ‘ distortions ’ , pseudo-individual embellishments of ‘ correct ’ pitches ; but blue notes may conceivably be part of a different pitch system with its own correctness . |
| 2 | We know that X-rays can be extremely hazardous , and it is possible that the frequencies associated with laser printers and microwave ovens may also be suspect . |
| 3 | These tactics may only be threats , but in the Philippines ’ disappearances ’ are becoming all too common . |
| 4 | Exotoxins may also be cell associated , they 've , they may not be a sa , they 're not a structural component , but , particularly in grand negatives exotoxins er , are released first into the peraplasmic space , the space between the two membranes , and the the actual release into the medium er , may require cell . |
| 5 | If the proposed Directive is adopted , this additional information can no longer be required ; this removes potential competitive disadvantages to which UK companies may otherwise be subject and which may constitute barriers to the right of establishment . |
| 6 | Clearly , the category of social services is obviously too wide on which to base investigation since some of its elements may well be things which only rich societies can afford . |
| 7 | Both possibilities may simply be evidence that the market process has not yet run its course . [ … ] |
| 8 | OLD people who need treatment for heart conditions may just be computer statistics to hospital bosses — but think how important they are to their families and of the contribution they have made to this country . |
| 9 | The establishment of local contacts or a local office is a useful step in developing an exploration programme in an area as tracing , and negotiating with , land and mineral rights owners may sometimes be time consuming . |
| 10 | The terraces may still be 100pc Protestant but they 're also 100pc behind their newly-cosmopolitan side . |
| 11 | Particular attributes or qualities may indeed be part of the very definition of something , and therefore inseparable from it . |
| 12 | The Loch Lang pollen record and its clear indications of mixed birch-hazel-oak-alder woodlands in the early and mid-post-glacial suggest that these southern-atlantic cryptogams may indeed be relicts from the period of more extensive woodland cover in the mid-post-glacial and these shade-demanding species have survived locally in ravines , gullies , and sheltered block litters on the Uists . |
| 13 | Specific situations may also be role played prior to homework being conducted . |
| 14 | True , we have seen the evil of fur coats ( those in Lynne Truss 's story bite back rather than coset the wearer ) , but we have yet to heed Helen Simpson 's caution that even New Men may well be beasts in gourmet cook 's clothing . |
| 15 | Fear of the idea 's theft , lack of time , or lack of incentives may also be deterrents to the idea originator . |
| 16 | In determining the outcome of coups d'état the decisive factors may well be preparation , timing , audacity and luck . |
| 17 | Electronic records may only be proto-records because they require numerous mechanisms to make them accessible . |