Example sentences of "may be [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , it acts as a source of capital and labour which can be indirectly utilised by other forms of capital that may be operating in different spheres of the economy . |
| 2 | WHILE the Ministry of Defence may be looking at major cut-backs in all three forces , the RAF Museum ( RAFM ) has announced its own form of Options for Change that will see a welcome major change in the aircraft exhibits at Hendon . |
| 3 | Bethpage , New York-based Grumman Corp may be looking for computer-related acquisitions , but in the meantime , it is to use up some of its cash pile by spending up to $100m buying in its own shares . |
| 4 | You may be looking for light domestic help one or two hours per week , or 24-hour a day care . |
| 5 | A dementia sufferer may be living in substandard accommodation . |
| 6 | But in our rushed , modern lifestyle we often rely on convenience foods and snacks which may be lacking in proper nutrition . |
| 7 | Conversely , the octogenarians of today , whose prime earning period coincided with the Depression , may be financing through indirect taxes the education of the eight-year-olds who will enjoy the fruits of the twenty-first century ! |
| 8 | Nevertheless , as I understand it , the individual may be striving towards mature object relations but finds himself in situations where those in authority to whom he may want to relate may cause him to regress towards infantile dependence . |
| 9 | But they may be hoping in vain . |
| 10 | In other words , little ozone holes , several hundreds of kilometres across , may be forming in middle latitudes during the winter rather than one large hole , several thousands of kilometres across , forming over the pole in springtime as happens in Antarctica . |
| 11 | There is growing concern among governments friendly to Israel at indications Israeli objectives may be shifting from original position seeking peace with no repeat no territorial gains toward one of territorial expansionism . |
| 12 | Evenings represent maximum temptation for most slimmers , although around four o'clock in the afternoon , when the children come home from school , can be the worst time for many mothers who may be waiting until mid evening to dine with their husbands . |
| 13 | The euphemistic linguistic representation of sexual foreplay as in L'Esquiriel may be titillating to different readers to various possible degrees , but in general such presentations in the fabliaux are either too absurd or too blatant , or both of these , for the fabliaux to stand any serious comparison with the verbal eroticism of modern pornographic narrative . |
| 14 | The series coincides with activities you may be planning for human rights day on 10 December . |
| 15 | The user probably has limited expertise and he may be working under various stress conditions . |
| 16 | At the present time teachers may be working with limited resources whilst seeking to meet the varying demands of children with special educational needs . |
| 17 | They may be working among old people , or schoolchildren , or even convicts . |
| 18 | You may be asking for inner guidance on a daily basis , not knowing that inspiration is already being given to you every time the need arises within your life . |
| 19 | If you are not , you may be heading for potential losses which could have been avoided and you are almost certainly not trading as effectively or profitably as you should ! |
| 20 | IRA terrorists from the North may be travelling on British passports . |
| 21 | This may be contributing to current depression of desire and loss of human potency . |