Example sentences of "may be [adv] in [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A computer program ( like a dictionary ) is a tool that may be repeatedly in use .
2 The plaintiff may be urgently in need of the money .
3 All this adds to the difficulty of bereavement service organizers in reaching out to those who may be most in need of the care that can be offered .
4 She may also be helped to understand that if she is willing to try to spread the love she once gave to one person around to others who may be badly in need of it , she will move into an entirely different dimension emotionally : one that will provide her with new satisfactions and in which she will discover that the lovers of this world are not only those who enjoy a close and exclusive relationship .
5 A talk to probation officers will indirectly reach a section of the community — prisoners — who are not able to come to a bureau and may be seriously in need of a bureau 's services , as was seen in Chapter 3 .
6 Although the incidence of dual pathology may be less in hospital outpatients populations ( 14% ) , it is recommended that the lower gastrointestinal tract should be examined in all patients presenting with anaemia , regardless of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy findings , except in those found to have malignancy of the upper gastrointestinal tract .
7 Pijnenborg et al point out that ‘ many doctors ’ participate in and accept the practice and they claim that the practice has been stable over the years and assume that it may be less in future .
8 Man-made environments can be extremely rich in species — partly because , like this chestnut coppice , they may be constantly in transition .
9 For sons , on the other hand , socialization may be more in terms of broader , more stereotypical notions of masculinity such as may be manifested in horseplay at weekends or evenings , rather than in terms of the more specific feature of the father 's role at work , which may often be hidden from the male child .
10 He goes on to assert that ‘ these two different sets of goals may be sometimes in conflict : a direct or ‘ honest ’ expression of the beliefs or the opinions from the speaker 's situation model may lead to negative social evaluation of the speaker by the hearer' ( 1983 : 384 ) .
11 You may be fully in control in your own home and yet be tormented by feelings of insecurity at work .
12 The cumulative value of transactions covered by a set of standard terms may be greatly in excess of the value of any individual conveyancing transaction and , although it may be possible to amend the terms for future transactions if problems emerge in use , once the terms have been incorporated into a particular contract , unlike a pleading , there is no chance to amend them for the purposes of that contract .
13 If you have an older keyboard , keys illustrated below with initial capitals may be all in capitals .
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