Example sentences of "may be [verb] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part 1 deals with the fundamentals , and begins by explaining how polymer molecules may be treated as spring-bead chains in which the molecules are treated as a sequence of spring-like beads . |
| 2 | This information may be relevant as a reminder or it may be presented as new information . |
| 3 | Therefore , for equilibrium to subsist a part of the surplus-value must be accumulated as constant capital , and only a further portion may be accumulated as variable capital . |
| 4 | We may write this equation as unc Equation ( 5 ) is known as a parametric solution : since we have only n — s independent relations we can determine only n — s unknowns ( y ) in terms of the remaining s quantities ( z ) , which may be regarded as arbitrary parameters in the problem . |
| 5 | These chain structures may be regarded as one-dimensional macromolecules . |
| 6 | So much then for what may be regarded as general principles , applicable to all . |
| 7 | A book may have to be examined for the author 's motives in writing it and for the librarian 's motives in buying it ; and though one copy purchased may be regarded as a reflection of user interest in the title the purchase of five may be regarded as instructional support . |
| 8 | All the parts of such an ecosystem — organic and inorganic , biome and habitat — may be regarded as interacting factors which , in a mature ecosystem , are in approximate equilibrium : it is through their interactions that the whole system is maintained . |
| 9 | Although they may be regarded as suitable accommodation by some people , especially retired couples able to afford good-quality mobile homes , relatively poor facilities and frequently isolated locations make them less than ideal for the majority of inhabitants . |
| 10 | These may be regarded as two-dimensional macromolecules . |
| 11 | Thus , for example , left-wing authorities go out of their way to ban what seems to be racist matter , and right-wing authorities tend to be careful to exclude what may be regarded as homosexual literature . |
| 12 | All these examples provide clear evidence of very rapid sedimentation of a " catastrophic " kind in what may be regarded as exceptional deposits in areas of tectonic instability . |
| 13 | It is most unlikely for an odour per se to cause actual physical damage , but where it causes a diminution in the selling value of the property or injures the plaintiff 's business by , for example , causing potential customers to be lost , this may be regarded as sufficient invasion of the plaintiff 's interest to be tortious . |
| 14 | In short , we should call the offence reckless driving , but the occurrence of death , even though it may be regarded as bad luck , should aggravate the sentence . |
| 15 | To some extent these differing viewpoints may be regarded as ideological positions advanced in the defence of the interests of particular groups , notably the natural parents and the ‘ substitute carers ’ ( foster- and adoptive parents ) . |
| 16 | Consequently such apparently irrational attribution of responsibility exhibited by criminal law strengthens rather than weakens the claim that criminal law may be understood as positive morality . |
| 17 | In this way , the stylized clay objects may be seen as early forerunners of the more recognizable goddess-idols of the Late Minoan period . |
| 18 | There have been some dramatic prosecutions of commercial fraud , or what may be seen as criminal negligence . |
| 19 | On a third view , parties may be seen as alternative ‘ managerial teams ’ for running the economy and providing public services . |
| 20 | Such services may be seen as diminishing personal control and choice . |
| 21 | At first sight this may be seen as careless farming with so much seed being wasted . |
| 22 | In addition , dense infiltration of the lung by eosinophils occurs , and where these accumulate in the small bronchi in large numbers , they may be seen as greenish plugs at necropsy . |
| 23 | Cruising chutes may be booked as optional extras for the Moody and Oceanis yachts . |
| 24 | Finally , and perhaps most significantly of all , test cases may be used as political catalysts ‘ to spark off a process in the political arena , ( Prosser , 1983 , p. 5 ) in the hope of extending the rights of those concerned . |
| 25 | It is vital that our site work and written reports are of the highest standards because if there were a transgression they may be used as legal evidence . ’ |
| 26 | Personal and corporate names may be used as headings , and geographic names may be used as main headings and also as subdivisions . |
| 27 | They shape orthodox views on such matters as sovereignty and liberty , the authority of the judiciary , and the relationship between common law and statute , particularly when the statute in question may be classified as social legislation . |
| 28 | In other words , there are differences of degree in immoral conduct ; some acts within this category may be classed as immoral liberties , since not specifically punishable by law . |
| 29 | It is therefore possible to organise knowledge into sets of propositions which , because they have distinctive foci or fields of application , may be identified as separate subjects or disciplines . |
| 30 | These animated plates may take theoretical risks : crocodiles may turn out to dislike the taste of tiger ; territorial displays may be misinterpreted as mating ritual ; a fight may really be a kind of dance . |