Example sentences of "a [noun sg] may [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | If , for example , a provision may be of doubtful import , such resort would be perfectly legitimate … ( p145 ) Because Chalmers saw codification as an improvement in the form of the law , resurrection of old authorities is easy . |
2 | However , there are 20 pieces ( eight corners and 12 edges ) to restore and a piece may be in many different positions with respect to its home position , so such a method will involve solving many subproblems ( 239 to be exact ) and this is not a very human strategy , though it is perhaps the easiest for a computer . |
3 | However , the hidden messages in such a question may be of some importance in terms of conditioning the consciousness of the — largely working class — students for whom CSE mathematics courses are intended . |
4 | Therefore in flat keys write for the B ♭ clarinet , and in sharp keys for the A. Sometimes of course a section of a work may be in a key remote from that of the main body of the piece . |
5 | A BREAKTHROUGH may be at hand in combating one of the most perplexing diseases of adolescence , juvenile diabetes . |
6 | The distinction is an important one : books on a shelf may be in poor condition , and may indeed deteriorate in their locations ( particularly when they are made up of self-destructive acidic paper ) , but their deterioration will be very much slower than if they are transported to a reading room for consultation by a reader . |
7 | A picture may be worth a thousand words but you 'll still need some text to explain what the pictures are about ! |
8 | Although a picture may be worth a thousand words the reader still needs to know what the picture relates to . |
9 | An arguably more compelling situation where a Commissioner may be of great use is in the area of unfair dismissal actions before an Industrial Tribunal . |
10 | A speechreader may be on top form and have no problems in understanding unimportant asides or trivial chatter , but at the vital interview panic sets in . |
11 | In several ways , then , a catalogue may be in advance of any other publications . |
12 | A song may be at number one , but if it does n't ‘ feel ’ right for Radio 1 , it wo n't be playlisted . |
13 | Obviously sometimes not all ten of the possible subclasses are necessary , so that subdivision of a subject may be into less than ten subclasses . |
14 | The main exclusions of the policy still operate and such a clause may be of limited use , but its existence is worth investigating . |
15 | For the wider economic and political interests of a country may be in complete conflict with the wishes and needs of a constituent community which an anthropologist happens to have studied . |
16 | A release may be under seal or by accord and satisfaction . |