Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , an uncompetitive market structure may be maintained indefinitely because of barriers to entry and exit ; products are not , as in the model , homogeneous , but have differentiating characteristics which enable producers to raise prices without causing a total shift in demand to their rivals ; and finally , purchasers lack perfect information and hence may pay higher prices than they would if aware of alternative , cheaper , sources of supply . |
| 2 | So two questions need to be resolved on my analysis : first , is prevention ordinary treatment ? and , second , if preventive care depends on data drawn from special treatment , does this mean that special care may be undertaken only under conditions of limited , controlled research , which is what I suspect is what care of the VLBW baby really is , rather than by adopting the current haphazard approach which may wrongly dissipate resources ? |
| 3 | A first attack of herpes in the adult , sexually active woman can often go undiagnosed because the primary lesions may be hidden away in the folds of the labia and close examination is needed to identify the ulceration . |
| 4 | Indexing may be conducted manually or may rely to varying extents upon the facilities for the manipulation and ordering of data offered by the computer . |
| 5 | The Animals ( Scientific Procedures ) Act requires only that a ‘ protected animal ’ must be killed if , at the conclusion of a series of ‘ regulated procedures ’ it ‘ is suffering or likely to suffer adverse effects ’ ( section 15 ) , although it may be killed nonetheless . ) |
| 6 | For example , the word ball may be either a noun , a transitive verb or an intransitive verb but for 99% of cases may be treated simply as a noun . |
| 7 | Another possibility is that you may be treated inconsistently . |
| 8 | Now , the fact of a past service raises an implication that at the time it was rendered it was to be paid for , and , if it was a service which was to be paid for , when you get in the subsequent document a promise to pay , that promise may be treated either as an admission which evidences or as a positive bargain which fixes the amount of that reasonable remuneration on the faith of which the service was originally rendered . |
| 9 | The first is whether it is possible to agree upon a generic curriculum , based on a set of headings or topics , which may be treated quite differently by those in different disciplines ( e.g. typographers , computer scientists ) . |
| 10 | One strategy for understanding the cultural divide between women ar.d men in the Arab Middle East is to focus , first or those people — such as women and men of urban elites or upper middle classes for whom changing domestic roles is an explicit issue ; and , second , on a topic — such as marriage and marriage ceremonial where women and men are equally involved and their beliefs and activities may be treated together , not separately . |
| 11 | When such a person breaches his fiduciary relationship , he may be treated more properly as a tipper than a tippee . |
| 12 | With the Type I ‘ internal market ’ it is implied , although not always made explicit , that residents of the home health authority may be treated only by ‘ approved ’ or ‘ contracted ’ providers . |
| 13 | With the Type I ‘ Internal Market ’ it is implied , although not always made explicit , that residents of the home health authority may be treated only by ‘ approved ’ or ‘ contracted ’ providers . |
| 14 | Also , the increase in the number of liquid or soft stools , an important item of CDAI , may be caused either because of worsening of the intestinal disease or as a side effect of enteral nutrition . |
| 15 | Though variation in male success may be caused principally by differences in mate or territory quality ( whereas , in polygynous species , differences in mate number are the main cause of differences in success : Bateman , 1948 ; Wade , 1979 ; Clutton-Brock et al . , |
| 16 | In order to derive the general form of Faraday 's law we need to notice that motion of charge along the wire may be caused both by electric and magnetic fields . |
| 17 | Eggs are the perfect protein , containing all eight essential amino acids , so they can make up for any deficiency that may be caused elsewhere . |
| 18 | A blanket punishment such as detention of a whole class must only be used as a last resort , otherwise people who are quite innocent may be detained incorrectly or unlawfully . ’ |
| 19 | These exemptions may be granted either as block exemptions for certain categories of agreement ( e.g. co-operative research and development , exclusive distribution , exclusive purchasing ) , or alternatively on a case by case basis . |
| 20 | This may be granted either for fitting out purposes or because the market is flat due to the economic climate . |
| 21 | No options may be granted later than the tenth anniversary of the Scheme . |
| 22 | The basic requirements for the grant of a patent are stated in section 1(1) of the Patents Act 1977 as follows : A patent may be granted only for an invention in respect of which the following conditions are satisfied , that is to say — a ) the invention is new ; b ) it involves an inventive step ; c ) it is capable of industrial application ; d ) the grant of a patent for it is not excluded by subsections ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) below … |
| 23 | If one set of product designs can be used as the basis for the development of another , then a CAD system may be employed effectively in the production of those drawings . |
| 24 | A certain similarity may be noted here between Gusfield 's interpretation of the aims of the WCTU and Mrs Whitehouse 's explanation for some of her own actions . |
| 25 | It may be noted here , however , that all the sources are agreed that he was buried in Edirne , Mecdi , in his being the first to give the precise location of his grave , namely " outside the of the Darulhadis mosque in Edirne " . |
| 26 | This change during the Regency may be noted even in the detail of interiors . |
| 27 | It may be noted incidentally that if in any land the poll is higher than the national average one or more patties in it may receive a correspondingly larger allotment of seats , which , since the number of constituency seats can not be changed , will entail a larger allotment of list seats . |
| 28 | Other reasons may include an organisation 's need to have some of its top employees heading up the management team of foreign subsidiaries , that is , to maintain an international presence , or employees on their way up the career ladder may be posted overseas as part of the management development process . |
| 29 | Motivation is the subject of an earlier chapter of this text , but it may be summarised briefly as the process which determines how much effort , energy and excitement a person is prepared to expend in his work . |
| 30 | Although food labelling law is now very complex , the gist of it may be summarised fairly simply . |