Example sentences of "may be [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is also true that warrants to the security services may be renewed for six months at a time . |
| 2 | POLITICIANS MAY BE squabbling over who owns the bombs and ordinary Russians and Ukrainians may be queuing for three hours for a sausage , then three more for a potato , but some good news is coming out of what was once the Soviet Union . |
| 3 | Return of regular periods and fertility may be delayed for eight to ten months . |
| 4 | Government grants to local authorities may be justified for two reasons . |
| 5 | We hear they may be trying for 2.5 volts to reduce heat on the part . |
| 6 | The finest material may be carried for tens of kilometres down-wind , and some of it may even stay suspended for many months , eventually falling back to earth on the other side of the globe . |
| 7 | Moreover , not all the bones from a single carcase may be regurgitated in the same pellet , for in a study on tawny owl digestion using marked carcases , Lowe ( 1980 ) showed that some bones may be retained for 24 to 48 hours while others from the same animal were regurgitated earlier . |
| 8 | It is often ‘ security considerations ’ — fears about security and control — which exacerbate the physical conditions of prisoners ; for example , they may be left for 23 hours a day in their cells because they are not trusted to be let out without a high degree of staff-intensive supervision . |
| 9 | German may be taken for one year , as part of an MA(General) curriculum or as an outside subject for a degree in another honours group ( perhaps English , or History , or Philosophy ) , or as a progressive course lasting for two , three or four years within the MA(Honours) or the MA(General) . |