Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | More long-term data are scarce , but evidence suggests compliance may be maintained for at least four years with good blood pressure control and improved cardiovascular risk in non-diabetics ( Dodson et al , 1982 , 1985 ) . |
| 2 | Stylometric studies may be undertaken for many different reasons . |
| 3 | A translation may be undertaken for a variety of purposes . |
| 4 | Thus , if Nissan gains market share at the expense of cars which would have been manufactured in the UK anyway , problems may be caused for other companies , especially Rover which relies principally on the UK market for its sales . |
| 5 | Once arrested , a person may be detained for up to 3 days without knowing what he/she is alleged to have done . |
| 6 | The person may be detained for as long as is ‘ reasonably practicable ’ to carry out such a search . |
| 7 | Under the Act , persons may be detained for questioning at a police station , without charge , for 36 hours on the police 's own authority , and for a further 60 hours subject to successful application for a magistrate 's order . |
| 8 | Exemption may be granted for any works of art , pictures , prints , books , manuscripts and scientific collections of national , scientific or artistic interest . |
| 9 | Leases may be granted for short periods of less than a year , up to 999 years . |
| 10 | Firstly , legal aid is not available for libel , but it may be granted for malicious falsehood . |
| 11 | — Caustic Soda solution can be used ( see text ) or a proprietary developer may be employed for more consistent results . |
| 12 | It may be noted for the sake of completeness that respect for the patient 's right to self-determination is not without its own limitation . |
| 13 | The fundamental questions may be shelved for the moment , but they are always there ; it is a matter of foreground and background rather than distinct modes of operation . |
| 14 | Moreover , memory may be impaired for a variety of reasons , lack of initial attention is not the only possible explanation . |
| 15 | But what is more troubling than the initial rigid fixed term is the fact that warrants may be renewed for longer periods still . |
| 16 | But it is also true that warrants to the security services may be renewed for six months at a time . |
| 17 | The appointment may be renewed for further sessions . |
| 18 | This position has been modified , however , by the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 , under which a Bill may be presented for the Royal Assent provided it has been passed by the House of Commons and other procedural requirements complied with , although it has not been passed by the House of Lords . |
| 19 | Some fromage frais and quark have a longer shelf life and may be kept for a week or ten days after purchase . |
| 20 | Samples of the soil , and in some cases all the excavated soil , may be kept for dry sieving or wet sieving in order to retrieve environmental evidence and very small finds . |
| 21 | Wright et al reported that particular antigens , after initial phagocytosis , may be reprocessed for presentation to T cells , and Guides et al proposed a functional complementation between mononuclear phagocytes and interdigitating dendritic cells . |
| 22 | As discussed earlier ( p. 101 ) , a patient thought to require further or more prolonged help may be referred for another kind of treatment . |
| 23 | Patients with uncontrolled bleeding may be referred for surgery after considerable blood loss and are then extremely difficult to assess . |
| 24 | There is no limit on the number of volume sets which may be defined for a particular installation , as the number produced depends on the number of charge codes for which modules are to be hard copied and the number of modules to be hard copied for those charge codes . |
| 25 | An object 's class therefore defines the inherent LIFESPAN process model which an object will follow , whereas the user defined process model ( which it is to follow in parallel ) may be defined for its type and subtype . |
| 26 | Life expectancy is usually calculated from birth but may be computed for any age . |
| 27 | Again , although skewness may be computed for the central segment of the distribution , for most purposes broader spreads are used . |
| 28 | A sputum specimen may be sent for culture if an infection is suspected . |
| 29 | However , if you attempt to arrest any man or woman here on a charge of vagrancy I will see they are defended in your court — and in any higher court to which they may be sent for trial . |
| 30 | Prior to maturity they may be exchanged for shares of the subsidiary which , at the option of the bondholder , are either immediately redeemed or immediately exchanged for ordinary shares of the parent . |