Example sentences of "may be associate [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 At such a time , sumptuary laws may be passed which forbid the use of particular goods to those who are deemed to be below a certain station in life ( e.g. Braudel 1981 : 311 ; Mukerji 1983 : 179–82 ; Sennett 1976 ) , a form of regulation common to a large range of societies ( e.g. Srinivas 1966 : 16 ) , which may be associated with limited spheres of exchange ( e.g. Douglas 1967 , ; Salisbury 1962 ) , and restrictions on mercantile practices .
2 Burrough ( 1986 ) identifies three main groups of factors that govern the errors which may be associated with spatial data processing .
3 This may be associated with disturbed sleep and irritability and so the scratching may not be noticed .
4 Similarly , the fact that mothers may be associated with certain types of abuse may reflect the position of women within the family and the wider society more generally ( Parton , C. , 1989 ) .
5 There is virtually no evidence to associate UFOs ( whatever they are ) with leys , though there is now a basis of evidence to suggest that stone circles at least , may be associated with geological locations that have a high incidence of geophysically-produced luminous atmospheric phenomena .
6 If British born people of minority ethnic extraction are invisible in statistics on sudden infant deaths ( or any other areas ) we lose the chance to identify accurately both health trends and the health practices that may be associated with specific morbidity or mortality .
7 Others still may be associated with specific circumstances ; but we must remember that every problem is founded upon the impact of circumstance on the personality of the individual or persons concerned , so that earlier experience may again be involved .
8 Although the finding of typical , oval , thin-shelled strongyle eggs on faecal examination may be a useful aid to diagnosis , it is important to remember that substantial worm burdens may be associated with faecal egg counts of only a few hundred epg , due either to low fecundity of adult worms or to the presence of many immature parasites .
9 In general , in immunocompetent children , it appears that Cryptosporidium and Giardia lamblia infections may be associated with chronic diarrhoea , bacterial infections may extend into the chronic period , and viral infections are of short term duration .
10 Peter 's General Practitioner had discussed the possibility that he may have a peptic ulcer ( erosion of the lining of the stomach or duodenum ) which may be associated with irregular meals , high alcohol consumption and heavy smoking .
11 Similarly , deletions of 13q14 in low-grade B-cell tumours may be associated with hemizygous or homozygous loss of the retinoblastoma gene .
12 Sgr A West contains 60 M and ; of ionized gas and may be associated with atomic gas having a mass perhaps five times greater .
13 Studies using alloxan-induced diabetes in rats ( Christlieb , 1974 ) and in poorly controlled human diabetics ( Christlieb et al , 1975 ) have suggested that hyperglycaemia per se may be associated with increased blood volume ( possibly secondary to an osmotic effect of chronic hyperglycaemia ) .
14 One recent report suggests that hepatocellular carcinoma may be associated with increased CRP , noted in 78% of 104 patients with this disorder .
15 This may be associated with financial or housing problems , loneliness , problems with relationships , or difficulties coping with the responsibility of having a tiny baby .
16 But the degree of diabetic control appears very important , as the best controlled diabetics may have lipid levels similar to non-diabetics ( Wolff & Salt , 1958 ; Nikkila & Hormila 1978 ) , whereas increasingly poor control may be associated with significant increases in serum lipids and lipoprotein levels ( Sosenko et al , 1980 ) .
17 Similarly , there is no massive infiltration of the liver , as happens in portal hypertension that may be associated with haematologic disorders or amyloidosis , nor evidence of obstruction at the hepatic outflow , as observed in venoocclusive disease .
18 Neurological abnormalities may be subtle and difficult to establish in the presence of deforming arthritis , muscular atrophy , and the neuropathy that may be associated with rheumatoid arthritis .
19 The Government has advised that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat liver , as very large doses of vitamin A taken over a long period may be associated with foetal abnormalities .
20 These findings suggest that the loss or decrease of gap junctions in gastric surface epithelium may be associated with gastric ulcer formation via changes in intercellular communication capacity .
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