Example sentences of "he may be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important to allow that he may be right about one thing . |
| 2 | ‘ Then he may be useful to us , ’ Edward said thoughtfully . |
| 3 | If your child finds reading difficult , do n't provide books aimed at younger children because he may be bored by them even though he can understand them . |
| 4 | And it makes you realise that , though he may be famous for having an eye for the ladies , he also has an ear for a good song . |
| 5 | He may be shy at first , but after a while he will get over that : he is not half so shy as he was , of course not . |
| 6 | He may be great in the eyes of the world , with his property and wealth , but he has very few friends to attend his funeral and never achieves the only thing he cares about . |
| 7 | He may be dissatisfied with what he then learns , but that is a later stage . |
| 8 | He may be ill from the voyage , he may be homesick for the only home he has known , he may be … ’ |
| 9 | If the designer is working on a project where a food and beverage manager has been appointed , he should always be involved from the inception of the project , in order that he may be aware of the development of the facility . |
| 10 | When you apply for a job , your prospective employer will ask you to produce this card so that he may be satisfied of your eligibility to practise . |
| 11 | He may have come from Somerset : one tract was dedicated to his kinsman Thomas Churchey of Wincanton , and he may be identical with the John Brayne of Crewkerne , a gentleman 's son who entered New Inn Hall , Oxford , in 1636 , aged twenty-two . |
| 12 | First , he may be liable to conviction of an offence under the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 . |
| 13 | Secondly , he may be liable to his purchaser for breach of a term of his contract — a matter to be considered in the next chapter . |
| 14 | Suppliers The general approach is that a supplier is not liable under Pt I of the CPA 1987 for defective goods , but he may be liable in contract or negligence , or perhaps be criminally liable under Pt II ( discussed below ) . |
| 15 | Where the action is for unliquidated damages and the defendant delivers an admission of liability for the claim but disputes or does not admit the amount of the plaintiff 's dam ages , then : ( 1 ) if the defendant offers to pay in satisfaction of the claim a specific sum which the plaintiff accepts , the provisions of this rule shall apply as if the defendant had admitted part of the plaintiff 's claim ; and ( 2 ) in any other case , the plaintiff may apply to the court for such judgment as he may be entitled to upon the admission , and the court may give such judgment , including interlocutory judgment for damages to be assessed and costs , or make such other order on the application as it thinks just . |
| 16 | But we need to know a lot more about for example his housing costs , his rent and rate rebates that he may be entitled to and so on , before we can really say erm that we can make a proper comparison erm and different countries have different priorities . |
| 17 | He may be mute for some minutes and have difficulty in naming objects and carrying out commands for a little while thereafter . |
| 18 | he may be eligible to be on a training course , for what we do n't know , but er after you 've been unemployed six months you are either required to or you have the opportunity to , or you can go on a state training course but what they train you for or to do we , we have n't actually got defined yet . |
| 19 | The police believe he may be responsible for three robberies which took place in the Thames Valley region in one afternoon . |
| 20 | ‘ Duart is forbidden visitors today , my lady , so that in two days he may be fit for the ceremony . |
| 21 | A horse is the same in that he may be fit for one type of work but not another . |
| 22 | There may not be much room in the house you are sharing with your parents for a baby , perhaps , or he may be worried about money if you intend giving up work . |
| 23 | He may be jealous of the baby or of the pregnant state itself . |
| 24 | The buyer will be entitled to damages only and he will still have to pay the purchase price of the computer , although he may be able to set-off a sum representing the damages . |
| 25 | He may be concerned with the length , elevation and slope of the runway in use or even the materials the runway is made of . |
| 26 | He may be surprised at encountering an opponent in this weight division who stands 5ft 8in and has something special in body punches . |
| 27 | If he hopes to maintain the character and traditions of justice , he may be surprised at what his predecessors have left behind . |
| 28 | Hawking leaves the impression that he may be interested in God largely as a means of drawing an audience towards scientific ideas . |
| 29 | He may be frightened by crossing a road , by fast cars , by crowds or sudden noises , so that his spasticity increases ; he may panic and freeze in these situations , so that he can not move at all . |
| 30 | He may be ill from the voyage , he may be homesick for the only home he has known , he may be … ’ |