Example sentences of "may be [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the method is viable because the sample may be matched to objective criteria or proportions in a manner that is appropriate to the particular research exercise . |
| 2 | This may be caused to some extent by the general abstractness of the language ; but it is also a matter of the kinds of syntactic presentation and complexity that James favours : ( i ) Just as he seems to avoid calling a spade a spade , so James seems to avoid putting first things first . |
| 3 | It is proposed , therefore , to establish a separate scheme under which options may be granted to overseas employees in excess of the £100 000 limit up to four times annual remuneration . |
| 4 | Now that sheep-stealing , forming trade unions and various other minor offences do not merit transportation to the colonies , a similar pardon may be granted to those who had been deemed worthy of such punishment in a different age . |
| 5 | No more than four special permissions may be granted to any one organisation or branch of any organisation in the same year ( subs . |
| 6 | Unemployment benefit may be cut to six months |
| 7 | THE women 's European golf tour , which in the mid-1980s comprised more than 20 tournaments , may be cut to 11 this year . |
| 8 | The patient may be referred to such agencies either during or at the end of treatment . |
| 9 | In such instances , after discussion with the patient when appropriate , these problems may be referred to other members of the health care team such as medical staff , dieticians , physiotherapists or social workers . |
| 10 | These cases may be referred to another agency without the NSPCC investigating . |
| 11 | The same message may be sent to many people in the same system . |
| 12 | Whenever an enabling bill is submitted , it is passed to the relevant committee or committees for detailed scrutiny and recommendations ; in turn it may be sent to one or more subcommittees . |
| 13 | one letter introducing the firm and its services may be sent to other professional advisers . |
| 14 | Faxes may be sent to 221–25 71 311 . |
| 15 | Material may be sent to either editor : Dr Geoffrey Beard , Earlsmere , Weston Lane , Bath , Avon BA1 4AA , or Mr Christopher Gilbert , Temple Newsam House , Leeds LS15 OAE . |
| 16 | The OAU stated publicly what has been the worry among many developing countries : it welcomed rapprochement between East and West but warned that funds which might have helped alleviate poverty in Africa may be diverted to central Europe . |
| 17 | Visits from the prisoner 's family may be limited to one half-hour twice a month , but since that may involve a 400 mile round journey even such infrequent visits may not be possible . |
| 18 | Your personal recollection of evaluation may be limited to semi-formal evaluation ‘ sessions ’ tacked onto the end of a study block or course , when you were invited to give your personal views and answer preset questions on the strengths and weaknesses of the work or study methods , quality of lectures , usefulness of discussions and so on . |
| 19 | Thus even in a situation where Creole is permitted , none may in fact be spoken — or if it is , it may be limited to ritualised tokens such as the tags man , guy and star , which , though they lie within the boundaries of the folk concept " Patois " are best seen as part of the language of black-influenced youth culture . |
| 20 | Certain categories of staff have more chance of being offered accommodation , but this may be limited to single applicants living a reasonable distance from the parental home . |
| 21 | Heavy-metal cations , such as cadmium , nickel , lead , manganese and mercury , may be bound to colloidal particles in the soil . |
| 22 | two ice axe loops with top straps which may be adjusted to varying heights ; two compression straps at each side ; d-ring positioned on each shoulder harness strap . |
| 23 | The decision about which other teachers to select for appointment also rests with the governing body , but this function may be delegated to one or more governors , the headteacher , or one or more governors and the headteacher acting together . |
| 24 | All or part of the investigation may be delegated to another agency such as the NSPCC . |
| 25 | The extent to which authorities can achieve gains depends , of course , on their bargaining power , which in turn may be related to current ( and local ) economic conditions . |
| 26 | Epidemiological studies have implicated dietary fat of animal origin as an important aetiological factor in the development of colorectal cancer which may be related to altered faecal bile acids . |
| 27 | The work of Douglas and Isherwood may be related to that Durkheimian pre-structuralist tradition which sees objects as aiding in the creation of a cognitive order based upon social divisions . |
| 28 | In general , the actual psychological causation of an utterance may be related to all sorts of different degrees of endorsement in one 's actual beliefs and attitudes of what one is meaning to say . |
| 29 | Many of the variables which may be related to subjective risk may also be related to subsequent recall of situations . |
| 30 | The first manner in which objects may be related to each other is as type-tokens . |