Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] may be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Previously surrounded by school mates and push-bikes , he is now surrounded by the clinical smell of the hospital and the sight of other sick children , some of whom may be minus their hair . |
| 2 | Many acts of trespass , breaches of contract , violations of copyright , and so on , regrettable as some of them may be on other grounds , have no implications one way or another for the stability of the government and the law . |
| 3 | The first proper historical evaluation of the subject to have been made in the United States , the exhibition has been organised by curator Elizabeth Armstrong and her associate , Joan Rothfuss , and will be seen at the Whitney Museum of American Art ( 16 July-3 October ) , Chicago 's Museum of Contemporary Art ( 13 November-16 January 1994 ) , the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts , Columbus OH ( 18 February-17 April 1994 ) , the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ( 12 May-24 July 1994 ) and the Fundacio Antoni Tapies , Barcelona ( 17 November1994–12 January 1995 ) , the only European venue confirmed for this important exhibition of predominantly European material , although Armstrong told The Art Newspaper that she expects to add at least two further venues in Europe , one of which may be in London . |
| 4 | Perhaps a real top class defender , ca n't think of who may be on the market tho . |
| 5 | Perhaps the most important point is that , regardless of who may be at the launch point , the pilot alone bears the responsibility for accepting or rejecting the launch in the light of the situation as he sees it from the cockpit . |
| 6 | Care must be taken not to read more than is said into reports from others , particularly since the Regulations exclude access to the original report but a teacher 's use of it may be on the record . |
| 7 | Although the Chronicle for Cnut 's reign is evidently something of a patchwork , much of it may be from an early date . |
| 8 | In Moments of Reprieve he remarks : ‘ What the ‘ true ’ image of each of us may be in the end is a meaningless question . ’ |
| 9 | But the shattered gabbro of the Troodos ophiolite may well hold water , and information gained by drilling into it may be of great practical value on this semi-arid island . |
| 10 | Thus all land , however tied up it may be by complex entails and other interests , has since 1882 been alienable by the tenant for life under his statutory powers . |
| 11 | The essential problem of enquiring into what may be in other people 's minds has been captured by John Berger , who has made one of the most imaginative reconstructions of the European guest-workers ' social world . |
| 12 | Divided élite leading the assault upon itself may be in no position to withstand the pressures of a restless population . |
| 13 | Orange or red nut feeders are especially attractive to siskins , but if there are squirrels around it may be worth the extra expense of a tough model such as the Gilbert squirrel-proof feeder , which has a nut basket surrounded by a mesh which will only allow the birds through . |
| 14 | Traditional Christian teaching has been removed from many schools and replaced by what may be in the minds of teachers clear and accurate material , but which is not infrequently received as a mish-mash of other religions and vague talk of spiritual development . |