Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] may be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , as the advanced further education pool is virtually certain to be reduced , in relative terms , in the next few years and consequently the survival of some institutions may be at stake , NAB 's most difficult job is likely to be to steer public sector higher education through the stormy seas ahead with as little long-term damage as possible . |
| 2 | Some groups may be for information giving . |
| 3 | ‘ I think some introductions may be in order , ’ his Welsh drawl intervened , cutting through the uneasy silence . |
| 4 | The discovery of this conodont-bearing animal suggests that at least some conodonts may be among the most primitive of vertebrates . |
| 5 | Family property owning patterns are affected by widespread home ownership , so it is not impossible that in addition to ordinary feelings of affection , concern and duty , some carers may be under pressure to care , to save family wealth seeping out in expensive residential care fees . |
| 6 | Eye pigments occurring in the ommatidial cells of some insects may be of special interest since studies of their metabolism reveal something of the mode of action of genes controlling eye colour . |
| 7 | But clearly some immoralities may be of a kind that no government has authority to commit . |
| 8 | These outer and inner zones yield the taille , a juice which becomes increasingly weaker in acidity and sugar , although some minerals may be in greater abundance . |
| 9 | For geological purposes , we are usually only interested in emission in the visible spectrum , although it should be noted that a proportion of emission in some minerals may be in the infra-red or ultra-violet ( e.g. in feldspars ) . |
| 10 | Some measures may be in train before the white paper is published . |
| 11 | Some residents may be in bed when you come on duty , but you will probably need to help some people to bed . |
| 12 | Several such cases may be in hand at any one time . |
| 13 | Antibodies of IgA class directed against Saccharomyces cerviciae are common in Crohn 's disease but not in ulcerative colitis , and determination of such antibodies may be of diagnostic help . |
| 14 | One avenue for provision of such resources may be through collective bargaining . |
| 15 | In addition to being a gathering of worshippers , such congregations may be at the centre of the life of a community in ‘ alien ’ surroundings . |
| 16 | Such cats may be at a disadvantage when hunting , because their sense of directional sound will be poor , but in other respects they can lead normal lives and make good mothers . |
| 17 | Such programs may be for application of load , extension or strain or a combination of these . |
| 18 | Such courses may be of interest to you as a returner but they are not the same as re-entry programmes , and would not be recognised for the same purpose if you ever had to provide evidence of an updating course to your National Board . |
| 19 | In other words , a large proportion of the elderly receiving supplementary benefit are elderly women living alone and apart from those belonging to the very top socio-economic group , such women may be in receipt of supplementary benefit irrespective of the socio economic background of themselves or their deceased husbands . |
| 20 | Such tasks may be in operation or maintenance . |
| 21 | Sometimes these disputes may be between large private organizations when companies argue about the terms of a commercial contract . |
| 22 | These models may be of use to marketers in dealing with particular problems , such as the relative importance of advertising or price in influencing consumer purchase behaviour . |
| 23 | These observations may be of relevance in the pathogenesis of the disease as polyunsaturated fatty acids are involved in tissue eicosanoid synthesis and cellular membrane function , including that of immunocompetent cells . |
| 24 | It is true that in some cases these publications may be of extreme radical tendency , attacking the established practices of academic English teaching , but that is no objection , since it is the fact of publication that counts , not its content . |
| 25 | These arrangements may be by one of three methods : |
| 26 | These advertisements may be in your local newspapers and in the periodicals mentioned in ii . |
| 27 | These inconsistencies may be in part due to the heterogenous nature of patients who are diagnosed as suggering from irritable bowel syndrome . |
| 28 | These patients may be at or below their ideal bodyweight so it is important they do not lose more weight . |
| 29 | These patients may be on diet alone or diet and oral agents with records of urine results which they have continually mislaid . |
| 30 | But however effective these arguments may be in political debate , that does not make them necessarily adequate as theoretical explanations of racism . |