Example sentences of "may lie [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Information necessary to the decoding of a segment may lie outside the arbitrary boundaries imposed for the analysis of that segment , and some of the information within the boundaries may only be relevant to what precedes or follows the segment . |
| 2 | The importance of the Speyhawk write-downs may lie in a new realism by the banks who are now in charge . |
| 3 | In contrast , however , the two winged-corridor houses at Camerton may lie in a comparable location in relation to the Fosse Way but they clearly predate the well-known industrial expansion of the site along the frontages . |
| 4 | The Bible has long been recognized as a composite work spanning many centuries , not some kind of monolithic whole , and whilst opinions differ widely as to the precise dating ( and methods of dating ) of its constituent parts , it remains the case that a book , or indeed a chapter , may lie in the received text next to a verse or chapter some several centuries removed in compositional/redactional terms from its neighbour . |
| 5 | The answer to the third question may lie in the socio-economic characteristics of Blacks and Whites living in these areas , which suggest we were not in fact comparing ‘ like with like . ’ |
| 6 | … ultimately the real value of this book may lie in the intellectual stimulation it provides to view traditional material in physical geography in a new light . |
| 7 | Even then , the limits of such danger are bounded by the age of the child or children involved and the child 's socio-sexual maturity , while mitigation may lie in the knowledgeable cooperation or even encouragement of the youngster concerned . |
| 8 | At least part of the answer to this question may lie in the contrasting properties of continental and oceanic crust . |
| 9 | However , I never knew of any among our crew , and would suggest that the reason may lie in the contrasting modes of rest ie , the luxurious , all-encompassing comfort of the hammock as opposed to the cold , hard and impersonal barrack-room bed . |
| 10 | The key to an understanding of the structural factors may lie in the whole development strategy pursued in Yugoslavia since the war . |
| 11 | There was a local tradition that Gloucester and the Stanleys came to blows over the division of authority , and their continuing rivalry may lie behind a royal command in 1476 that the tenants of Congleton should attend ‘ only upon the king 's highness and in his absence upon the lord Stanley ’ . |
| 12 | There was a local tradition that Gloucester and the Stanleys came to blows over the division of authority , and their continuing rivalry may lie behind a royal command in 1476 that the tenants of Congleton should attend ‘ only upon the king 's highness and in his absence upon the lord Stanley ’ . |
| 13 | Thus , there are policies which may lie within the present powers of an existing local authority , although these form part of the proper subject of Chapter 10 rather than a discussion of strategy . |