Example sentences of "may [be] [adj] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each press , which may be round or square , takes a marc of 4,000 kilograms . |
| 2 | Ophiactis abyssicola ( M. Sars 1861 ) The disk may be round or indented ; covered by large plates amongst which the centrodorsal plate and usually the primary plates are distinct ; disk diameter up to 9 mm . |
| 3 | It suggests too why the other of sexual fantasy may be stereotypical or two-dimensional in a way somehow at odds with the intensity and density of the desire which constructs it . |
| 4 | These may be auditory or of bodily gesture , but neither the response nor the signal will lie completely outside the creature 's normal behavioural repertoire . |
| 5 | The latter , however , may be thematic or rhematic . |
| 6 | Think carefully about the meaning of the question(s) Questions may be straightforward or they may be deliberately provocative . |
| 7 | Failing to reveal cystic fibrosis may be disadvantageous or even illegal . |
| 8 | The quality of the decisions thus made may be good or bad . |
| 9 | The contract may be good or the cheque generous , but it lacks the binding authorization of a signature . |
| 10 | Vision may be good or there may be total blindness or one of any gradations in between . |
| 11 | So do n't hesitate to ask them about anything that may be worrying or puzzling you . |
| 12 | Each of us speaks with his own voice , and though the tone may be rich or poor the voice is unique . |
| 13 | They may be lethargic or irritable and lose interest in their usual hobbies , school work or sport . |
| 14 | This family is characterised by a large well defined disk usually covered with thick skin or indistinct scales ; the radial shields long and bar shaped ; the papillae on the jaw may be spine-like or block-like ; the genital slits on the proximal part of the ventral interradial areas ; the arms long and covered with skin . |
| 15 | ( 3 ) A contract of sale may be absolute or conditional . |
| 16 | The effects may be visual or verbal , in sound or music ; they may be obtained by trick photography , by the use of Quantel computer trickery , or by clever selection of elements of sound or picture : Ariston 's use of a Nintendo-style soundtrack to achieve an ( allegedly ) hypnotic effect , a rash of commercials using operatic arias , the use of music by Hamlet cigars , Rutger Hauer in the Guinness campaign , the talking animals in the Electricity commercials . |
| 17 | There may be little or no hope of finding those particular items , but there are many others to be collected , some as yet unrecorded . |
| 18 | Hence , there may be little or no incentive for a low paid worker to strive for a higher income , whether by gaining promotion or by working overtime , if the welfare benefits previously received disappear rapidly as income rises . |
| 19 | It was also assumed that if people had more of their gross income to spend as they chose then they would purchase goods and services that they wanted rather than the state spending money on goods and services for which there may be little or no demand . |
| 20 | Added to this , the Government 's expressed aim to reduce public expenditure suggests there may be little or no overall boost to the Regional Council 's capital budget . |
| 21 | These may be analogue or digital in nature . |
| 22 | Similarly , our melodies are our own , but they may be striking or mediocre according to some hidden talent or the lack of it . |
| 23 | Mental illness , unlike most mental handicap which usually dates from birth or early years , may occur at any stage of life and may be chronic or acute , mild in form or severe . |
| 24 | They may be eagle-eyed or watch like a lynx . |
| 25 | A. abyssorum differs from A. otteri in the arm spine number , the lack of any terminal hook to these spines and a lack of tentacle scales on the tentacle pore , although in some specimens of A. otteri tentacle scales may be insignificant or absent from many pores . |
| 26 | Banded shells may be ridged or smooth ( in both N. lapillus and N. emarginata ) but when ridges are present they are usually paler than the grooves . |
| 27 | The increased healing rate in wine drinkers is consistent with other reports that moderate alcohol intake may be harmless or beneficial . |
| 28 | If there is anything else you think may be relevant or of interest , please let me know that , too . |
| 29 | Although these feelings may originally be focused , whether appropriately or not , on colleagues or superiors within education , the targets may be inaccessible or it may be , or seem to be , too dangerous to tackle them directly . |
| 30 | I hope to visit relevant training programmes in the Philippines and Southern Africa , where possible participating as a trainee , in order to learn from the experience of those who have been undertaking this work for some years ; and to identify elements in the training processes which may be transferrable or adaptable to a UK situation . |