Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the sea is prevented from carrying some particular beach away , then another place , up the coast , may be robbed of its fresh supplies , and simply disappear . |
| 2 | Further , because soil acidification hinders the forest 's bacteria and fungi in recycling nitrogen from decaying plants into the soil , the trees may be robbed of as much nitrogen as provided by acid deposition of nitrates ( Gorham , 1982 ) . |
| 3 | Thus a man may be possessed of knowledge of discreditable incidents in the victim 's life and may seek to extort money by threatening , if he is not paid , to disclose the knowledge to a wife or husband or employer , though the disclosure may not be libellous . |
| 4 | London , at the easiest rates and may be ascertained of the right kinds . |
| 5 | It is hoped that by examining the experience of family life of these couples a greater understanding may be achieved of how donor parentage affects the marital relationship , parent/child relationship , and relationships within the wider family . |
| 6 | By seeing the failures of women as sins which may be repented of , rather than the unalterable course of nature , she advances a far more positive view of her sex than does Pope . |
| 7 | Its function is to randomly send the ball ( provided it has been correctly ‘ hit ’ by the resident batsman ) to some part of the field where it may ( or may not ) score runs or , unhappily , be caught by a fielder or perhaps a loud ‘ Howzat ? ’ may be asked of the umpire . |
| 8 | Defendants who are found guilty of any drug-selling offence may be stripped of all their assets , including any means of legitimate livelihood , on the presumption that all their wealth is the proceeds of crime . |
| 9 | For butchery and meat product work valuable use may be made of alkali degreasers and caustic cleaners if surface materials and safety permit . |
| 10 | Prints may be made of hands spread or with fingers close together . |
| 11 | Comparisons may be made of many different properties ; shape , size , colour , texture , where the things were found , their use , scent , etc . |
| 12 | Inquiry has no bearing on the practical concerns of life , and science should not be valued for any ( unscientific ) practical applications that may be made of its current resting places ( 1.616ff . ) . |
| 13 | A sacrifice may be made of anything which can be eaten or drunk ; it is then consumed by all present as an actual act of fellowship between the people and their god . |
| 14 | Whatever criticisms may be made of the STV there is no denying that it has proved viable in its own fashion in twenty-two general elections in the Republic of Ireland . |
| 15 | Mention , if no more than mention , may be made of the following . |
| 16 | The use that may be made of the occurrence or non-occurrence of a reinvestigation by the defence is bound to be problematic . |
| 17 | Among the honours courses special mention may be made of Drama , which offers coverage beyond the purely English field as well as the opportunity for practical theatre work in ‘ drama workshops ’ . |
| 18 | By the early 1990s little may be heard of taking even British Telecom and British Gas back into public or social ownership . |
| 19 | This can be applied to the case of marriage , where there will of course be usually sanctions of varying degrees against behaviours that threaten marriage , and sexual activity outside marriage may be disapproved of , but this does not imply that merely not engaging in marriage is disapproved of , nor that an unmarried condition is sanctioned . |
| 20 | For instance , someone who expresses her opinion of a friend 's appearance very vaguely may be suspected of doing so in order to be polite ( saving others ' face is a common motive for vagueness , untruthfulness and withholding information ) . |
| 21 | If too many expectations are flouted , the writer may be suspected of being mentally unbalanced , of being incapable of seeing the world in a normal way . |
| 22 | Within this framework , language may be conceived of as a process which arises from the social interaction of individuals ; it is neither a skill possessed by individuals nor simply a reflection of environmental influences . |
| 23 | While the powers of the Commission to initiate policy may be conceived of as those normally possessed de facto by an unelected civil service , the powers of interpretation and of law-making are in a true democracy the preserve of the judiciary and elected legislature . |
| 24 | To sum up , in positing an item as an ontological existent we are at the same time by implication positing this item as a potential subject of a non-arbitrary subset of predicates from among an indefinite number of meaningful predicates , and hence as completely determinate with regard to possible descriptions that may be given of it at any given time . |
| 25 | ‘ A man is honoured in that country , ’ he continues , ‘ according to what may be seen of his actions , conduct and zeal , since no one in India knows anything of family or lineage . ’ |
| 26 | These fundamental values should not be jettisoned simply because marriage is a factor in the case , as indeed the Court of Appeal affirmed when holding that a husband may be convicted of kidnapping his wife . |
| 27 | The existing difficulties in this respect are considerably reduced by the provision in [ the Larceny Act 1916 , ] section 44(3) that a person charged with larceny may be convicted of obtaining by false pretences and the provision in section 44(4) that a person charged with obtaining by false pretences may be convicted of this offence even if the evidence proves larceny . |
| 28 | The existing difficulties in this respect are considerably reduced by the provision in [ the Larceny Act 1916 , ] section 44(3) that a person charged with larceny may be convicted of obtaining by false pretences and the provision in section 44(4) that a person charged with obtaining by false pretences may be convicted of this offence even if the evidence proves larceny . |
| 29 | Even though the problem shows that the full crime was consummated , the culprits may be convicted of attempt or incitement , so that it may be relevant to mention these crimes — though normally , of course , the indictment would be for the completed crime , not for a mere attempt or incitement . |
| 30 | The effect of the section is now plainly that neighbours in the garden or yard who threaten , abuse or insult one another may be convicted of the offence under this section . |