Example sentences of "[adv] it may be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it may be said that the legislation was promoted by a pressure group whose perception of Co-operation was decried by the Consumers ' Movement ; and passed under a Tory rather that a Liberal Government because a trade union tried to make a tactical use of just that form of co-operative preferred by the promoters and decried by the Consumers ' Movement . |
| 2 | So it may be asking too much to expect a re-rating . |
| 3 | Literally it may be defined as ‘ the geography of living organisms ’ or since geography is traditionally the study of living things and particularly man in relation to the environment , the most accurate job description of the subject may be the ‘ geography of the biosphere ’ . ’ |
| 4 | Nevertheless it may be said that Elizabeth Taylor was more often at her best in each successive collection of stories , though I do not know that she ever surpassed the brilliant study of deception in the title story of A Dedicated Man . |
| 5 | Nevertheless it may be observed that in the earliest phases of the life of the Cowdery 's Down settlement when all the buildings were closely associated with fenced enclosures the majority of bone and cereal recovered came from buildings straddling the fence . |
| 6 | Nevertheless it may be resorted to in order to help resolve some uncertainty or ambiguity in municipal law : per Lord Ackner in Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Brind [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 696 , 761 . |
| 7 | Thus it may be seen that the only grains actually suspended in the air are the very fine ones . |
| 8 | Thus it may be argued that managers are more important than routine office staff since the latter are dependent on direction and organization from management . |
| 9 | Thus it may be said ( stage one ) that fundamental to the biblical outlook is that in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek , nor bond nor free , no more male and female . |
| 10 | Thus it may be committed by wrongfully taking possession of goods , by wrongfully disposing of them , by wrongfully destroying them or simply by wrongfully refusing to give them up when demanded , for in all these cases can be traced conduct by the defendant which amounts to a denial of the plaintiff 's rights or the assertion of inconsistent rights . |
| 11 | When it flies away it may be Pursued until it has left the vicinity — as is happening with this beleaguered golden eagle being chased by a group of aggressive ravens . |
| 12 | Finally it may be noted that the gentry of Babergh hundred were more sharply differentiated from the remainder of the community than their fellows in Rutland . |
| 13 | If the agency then acts differently it may be held to have acted unfairly and illegally , at least if it has not given the citizen a chance to make representations as to why he or she should be treated in the way expected . |
| 14 | Hence it may be said that ‘ health service inflation ’ has risen faster than inflation in the rest of the economy . |
| 15 | Hence it may be considered desirable for the subsidy not to be made available , and for marginal cost pricing to be replaced by average cost pricing . |
| 16 | Only in 1835 , after intermittent rioting , subsequently suppressed by the Coldstream Guards , did the magistrates cautiously suggest that unrest had ended , ‘ Otmoor , being now it may be hoped in a state of permanent tranquillity ’ . |
| 17 | Tomorrow it may be called something else . |
| 18 | This is true , and no one can say they know a score , however well it may be known in the mind , until it has been tried on the orchestra . |
| 19 | Alternatively it may be said bluntly that in all cases of intimidation , whatever the nature of the threatened act , C's cause of action is wholly independent of B's . |
| 20 | Alternatively it may be suggested that the metal alloys from which the bracteates and their loops were made need not always be from the same source . |
| 21 | sometimes it may be to do with dress , demeanour , mannerisms , you know , kind of again you know people go for oh I do n't know , I mean there 's a conversation er I remember overhearing erm with some friends in Leicester and they , they go to motorbike rallies a lot and erm er they were describing an incident where they pitched their tent at a rally and some blokes came up and pitched their tent next to them and they were erm two blokes had arrived together on the same enormous immaculate motorbike and they 'd got sort of matching leather outfits erm |
| 22 | If a proposed merger is likely to lead to the merged firms having a market share greater than one quarter or alternatively involves assets in excess of £30 million , then it may be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 23 | The chemical medium should be contained in a nylon mesh bag specially made for the purpose , but if this is not available , then it may be placed between two pieces of filter floss . |
| 24 | Embarrassment , it seems clear , is a major concern of the British psyche , and the dreams the British dream , if opinion-polls are to be believed , tend to be about social embarrassment , with amorous fantasy playing only a disappointingly minor role ; and if that is to be taken in evidence , then it may be said to represent a more powerful obsession than sex . |
| 25 | Once a practice has become well established in terms of the relationship within or between different organs of the state , finding recognition in works of authority and by those involved in its operation , then it may be said to have reached the status of a convention . |
| 26 | If , as the above evidence suggests and as Karlsson has argued , sufferers from psychosis — whether we call it schizophrenia or affective disorder — and the highly creative do in fact share the same genes , then it may be asked : what , in psychological terms , is inherited ? |
| 27 | If the point of inducing labour is to reduce risks to the neonate then it may be failing . |
| 28 | If a higher version of the module exists within LIFESPAN incorporating all the desired features of the file reported in the warning message , then it may be deleted . |
| 29 | If that is so , then it may be doubted whether the earlier decision of Bryan v. Robinsons was correctly decided . |
| 30 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |