Example sentences of "may [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such comparisons may involve other individuals or may be between one group and another . |
| 2 | For the good student , therefore , there is nothing more important in examination technique than dividing up his time as equally as may be between all the questions . |
| 3 | ICAM-1 expression is only seen , however , in cells that have already undergone some degree of activation and therefore the actual initial adhesion event supporting antigen presentation to the antigen receptor may be between LFA-1 and ICAM-3 . |
| 4 | Equally , during the summer months ( when the Euro Disneyland Theme Park is open until late at night ) the return to your hotel may be between 9 and 10pm . |
| 5 | Meanwhile a similar experiment in Belgium suggests that the contribution of petrol exhaust to body-lead may be between 50 and 60 per cent . |
| 6 | Sometimes these disputes may be between large private organizations when companies argue about the terms of a commercial contract . |
| 7 | Consensus theorists allocated a very important role to values ; whatever differences in expected behaviour there may be between different groups within a society they consider that a general consensus on the most significant values — central values — must exist for any society to operate satisfactorily . |
| 8 | Whatever reservations there may be about individual decisions from time to time , the basic premise that most planning decisions should be taken locally has never been seriously challenged . |
| 9 | It may be about that . |
| 10 | There is then not only a relative gap to be filled , in these new terms , but also , from the quality of some of the work on the arts carried out from other positions , a sense of challenge : indeed a sense that it may be above all in this still major area that the qualities of the kinds of thinking represented by the contemporary convergence stand most to be tested . |
| 11 | These may be into existing degree schemes in the same college or another , into specially planned third-year academic or professional courses , or into employment ’ . |
| 12 | And her advise to others like her is to seek help , rather than become victims of law which in this case may be over protective . |
| 13 | Very diffuse boundaries between its members indicate an enmeshed family who may be over involved ; very rigid boundaries , with minimal involvement are a sign of the disengaged family . |
| 14 | However con descending contemporary apologists may be to archaic conceptions of divine intervention , it is almost impossible to exaggerate the extent to which belief in such intervention once permeated European societies , creating popular images of the disruption of nature that could hardly have been congenial to a critical science of nature . |
| 15 | This rule can not effectively be pursued if strict mens rea principles are applied , however appropriate these may be to other areas of the criminal law . |
| 16 | This effect may be to due a different RNA secondary structure affecting the accessibility of the internal AUG codons . |
| 17 | An undated letter from John Howard to the duke of Norfolk , which can probably be assigned to 1469 , assured Norfolk of Gloucester 's good will : ‘ I did remember your lordship to my lord , promising you I found my lord as well disposed toward you as any lord may be to another … whereof I was right glad to hear it . ’ |
| 18 | An undated letter from John Howard to the duke of Norfolk , which can probably be assigned to 1469 , assured Norfolk of Gloucester 's good will : ‘ I did remember your lordship to my lord , promising you I found my lord as well disposed toward you as any lord may be to another … whereof I was right glad to hear it . ’ |
| 19 | However distasteful it may be to some people , this does at least provide a rational explanation for the behaviour of those bystanders , even if it does not excuse them . |
| 20 | A widower can become something of a ‘ cause ’ to those living in the same street or block of flats , whereas a widow , although not shunned , may be to some extent avoided by all but the most caring individuals in the early days of her bereavement . |
| 21 | There is no good reason why that traditional understanding should now be abandoned , however inconvenient it may be to some of those who would otherwise like to shelter under the umbrella of the term " democracy " . |
| 22 | There is some evidence ( by no means conclusive ) to indicate that the " hyper-male " situation ( XYY ) may be to some extent associated with aggressive tendencies and the XXY or XXXX situation with ultra.femininity . |
| 23 | There is certainly a case for insisting on the democratic control of the EMS , but that means getting more , not less involved in European politics , messy , complex and frustrating as they may be to those who long for simple black-and-white , left-and-right simplicities . |
| 24 | Anathema as it may be to Welsh Rugby Union ears , this was something they realised at Twickenham at least five years ago and we have all seen the felicitous results . |
| 25 | This is that , no matter how good any one predator 's vision may be under some conditions , it can be exceedingly poor under other conditions . |
| 26 | One avenue for provision of such resources may be through collective bargaining . |
| 27 | This may be through private study , distance learning or attendance at formal courses . |
| 28 | This may be through formal meetings and newsletters but it is likely to be done most effectively by talking to your son or daughter about his or her progress and following up these discussions with the school . |
| 29 | This may be through universal services which reduce social and economic risks in the community , or specific services aiming to improve the circumstances of vulnerable individuals and families . |
| 30 | With printed material the font may be unknown to the system or the copy may be of poor printed quality . |