Example sentences of "may [adv] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be emphasised , however , that an experienced endoscopist is necessary , as Dieulafoy 's disease can easily be overlooked or concomitant lesions , such as ulcers or varices , may wrongly be considered responsible for the bleeding episode . |
| 2 | Many actions of governments and societies have effects that may broadly be called demographic : they affect the lengths of people 's lives , and they affect the future size of the world 's population . |
| 3 | They had initiated an experimental effort to pioneer a form of what may best be called developmental social care . |
| 4 | Hopper heads were often ornate affairs , with perhaps a crest or other decoration on them — this type may still be found second-hand . |
| 5 | There is an immediate paradox here though : attempted murder may not involve the infliction of any harm at all , since a person who shoots at another and misses may still be held guilty of attempted murder . |
| 6 | Judges may still be accorded charismatic qualities , however , partly because of their high social and economic standing , partly because of the mystique of the legal ritual and partly because they embody the law 's impartiality . |
| 7 | An alternative to both monism and dualism which is in some ways more enlightening than either is the approach which may fittingly be called stylistic PLURALISM . |
| 8 | It is usually served well chilled , but may also be eaten warm . |
| 9 | The Polish sausages Wieska and Tuchowska are generally sold in rings for slicing and heating , although they may also be eaten cold . |
| 10 | The programmer may also be given temporary access to other modules by way of special links . |
| 11 | The programmer may also be given temporary access to other modules by way of special links . |
| 12 | Preservation incentives , in the form of increased payments , may also be made available to the remaining four ESAs . |
| 13 | Most of the work is composed in six-line tail-rhyme stanzas , rhyming A A B C C B. There are usually two main stresses within the line of at least six syllables which may also be made coherent by the use of alliteration , internal rhyme and assonance , as , for instance , in the first stanza : ( As I travelled along a path I heard the tale of one , a spirited man , and proud ; he was wise in learning and splendid under his clothes , and clothed in fine array . ) |
| 14 | Such people may also be made ill by eating mushrooms . |
| 15 | Staying in hospital can be a traumatic experience for young children — as well as having to cope with strange hospital routines or unpleasant treatments , they may also be offered unfamiliar foods just at the time when their appetites are likely to be poor and they need encouragement to eat a healthy , balanced diet . |
| 16 | Some may now be given private rooms . |
| 17 | Once you have started the course , you may well be given specific routines to accomplish with your pet between these lessons . |
| 18 | He may well be proven right . |
| 19 | Banque Nationale de Paris ( BNP ) , may well be set free before long . |
| 20 | It follows from this that what is necessary hi sā for one may well be considered unnecessary hi sā by another . |
| 21 | The patient may indeed be made sick in another way by receiving other such unchanged doses , even sicker than he was , for now only those symptoms of the given remedy remain active which were not homœopathic to the original disease , hence no step towards cure can follow , only a true aggravation of the condition of the patient . ’ |
| 22 | Generally these four factors work together in combination , though syllables may sometimes be made prominent by means of only one or two of them . |
| 23 | These weightings may then be adjusted relative to the pattern recogniser . |
| 24 | The student may therefore be held responsible , but not accountable , for her actions , until she becomes sufficiently knowledgeable and experienced , and hence qualified . |
| 25 | The didactic contract is between teacher and pupil although it may never be made explicit . |