Example sentences of "may be [verb] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A single dose may be needed to reduce a markedly elevated blood glucose and then glycaemic control may be maintained with twice-daily injections . |
| 2 | Seizures may be treated with intravenous benzodiazepines — for example , diazepam 2.5–5 mg — or short acting barbiturates — for example , sodium pentothal 25–50 mg — and very large amounts of anticonvulsants may be required . |
| 3 | In insulin-deficiency states ( as in Type I diabetes ) lipoprotein lipase activity , estimated by post-heparin lipolytic activity , may be impaired with resultant hypertriglyceridaemia . |
| 4 | A function may be defined with any number of parameters of any type , and may return ( using = ) a string or numeric result . |
| 5 | A procedure may be defined with any number of parameters of any type . |
| 6 | This area , which approximates to the traditional concept of a desert , may be compared with western Arabia adjacent to the Red Sea rift , where in Yemen rugged mountains rise to well above 2 000 m ( 7 000 ft ) and north of Medina extensive flows of lava are found . |
| 7 | Free quotes are also provided by our department on request and costings may be compared with external rates before work is undertaken . |
| 8 | The regular pattern of the sixth century may be compared with that found in seventh century cemeteries which reveal a reduction in the number of combinations and the proportion of graves with weapons . |
| 9 | The impact of this assignment on the history and development of headhunting may be compared with that of the ITT job of 1959 . |
| 10 | This value may be compared with that predicted by a very simple photochemical box model . |
| 11 | Or , the effect of a painting may be compared with those of other means of communication , such as photography , film or television . |
| 12 | These figures may be compared with those for India ; in 1881 male life-expectancy at birth was 23.6 years there , and in 1931 this figure had risen to 26.9 . |
| 13 | The dragons , lilies , magnolias and lotus as well as the traditional activities and scenery depicted on the wine cups may be compared with those employed by jade-carvers and painters and deployed in poetry . |
| 14 | These figures may be compared with both the average District Registry taxed bill at £3,083 where a solicitor was involved and £326 where there was a litigant in person and the average county court taxed bill at £1,261 where a solicitor was involved and £1,082 where there was a litigant in person . |
| 15 | In 1600 it flared up from obscurity to the third magnitude ; ever since 1715 it has fluctuated around 5 , and may be compared with 28 Cygni ( 4.8 ) and 29 Cygni ( 5.0 ) . |
| 16 | The first criteria are the number , positions and intensities of bands ; these may be compared with calculated parameters or semi-empirical predictions , and with the spectra of related species for which assignments are firmly established . |
| 17 | Where a fixed date summons has not been served on every defendant before the return day , successive summonses may be reissued with fresh return days ( Ord 7 , r 19(1) ) . |
| 18 | Tostada shells may be served with this soup ; they are flat fried tortilla pancakes which require heating in a moderate oven for a few minutes before serving . |
| 19 | This may be achieved with careful allocation of charge codes to users for reserving module names ( there is no harm in having many as opposed to few charge codes ) , and use of the LIFESPAN database management facilities like offline and module version deletion . |
| 20 | They may be detected with computed tonography and duplex sonography , but selective angiography is still the diagnostic examination of choice . |
| 21 | In addition to showing that the number of defective modern items issued is perhaps greater than might have been expected , the findings of the Survey also suggest that a number of items may be consulted with considerable frequency , for 94 requests remained unsatisfied because the desired item was already in use , and a further 59 items were supplied only after transfer from a previous reader 's reserve shelf . |
| 22 | These other offences do not cover all eventualities , and , moreover , it may be argued with some force that child sexual abuse at home ought to be labelled separately . |
| 23 | Rather they rely not only to some extent upon judgement and intuition about the future , but also upon personal negotiations and bargaining between the executives , who may be competing with each other for scarce resources and may each be supporting their case with OR and economic models . |
| 24 | After flushing out food residues they may be brushed with hot alkali degreaser solution in the same way a chest freezer is tackled . |
| 25 | The cut may be made with little or no apparent awareness , the patient suddenly discovering that she has cut herself and at the same time experiencing a sense of relief . |
| 26 | In fact a good analogy may be made with human relationships . |
| 27 | The arm spines are rugose with a serrated distal edge , often the whole arm spine may be covered with fine points . |
| 28 | Synthesis goes beyond mere assembly , for the parts may be integrated with each other to make a functioning whole . |
| 29 | There is , however , a somewhat earlier use of the terms and in another document in the Topkapi Sarayi archives which may be dated with some certainty to 929–30/1523 and which lists , and in most cases gives short biographies of , the ulema then holding or in line for the various offices of the learned profession in " the of eastern and western Anadolu as well as all the of Syria and Egypt " . |
| 30 | The situation may be contrasted with that in a university library where users are more highly motivated and the presentation of stock is not an important factor . |