Example sentences of "may be one " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attempt to remedy this deficiency and achieve a true professionalism may be one reason for the rapid growth of literary theory in the anglophone academy . |
| 2 | This is characteristic of many primitive , taboo-ridden societies , and may be one of the explanations of economic backwardness . |
| 3 | Friends of the Earth relies on gifts from concerned people , and if you have taken the trouble to read this letter , I sincerely believe you may be one of those who will help . |
| 4 | ‘ If prosperity is related to health or , more importantly , if relative poverty is related to poor health , this may be one way in which Britain could act to improve life expectancy , ’ they said . |
| 5 | The effect of smoking may be one example . |
| 6 | If Hollywood gossips are correct , then ‘ Hudson Hawk ’ , a $40m romp starring Bruce Willis and released by Tri-Star , may be one of the early victims . |
| 7 | Although the using up of old stock may be one reason for this practice , watchcase-makers were probably also reluctant to use Britannia silver because it is a softer alloy than sterling . |
| 8 | Germany may be one country now , but Berlin still bears the scars of its divided past and remains uncertain about its future |
| 9 | There may be one or two embarrassing questions on Monday at Sunleigh 's special shareholders ' meeting , called to approve the acquisition of unquoted Laser racing dingy specialist Gavel Securities . |
| 10 | The success of the auctions is certain to convince many building societies that this may be one of the best ways to unload the vast numbers of repossessed properties they hold . |
| 11 | Back-up services together with improved access to good quality consultation may be one path to consider . |
| 12 | You may be one of the lucky people to have a basement in your house . |
| 13 | This species may be one of the last of this kind of echinoderm , which did not survive beyond the Permian . |
| 14 | Producing intriguing publicity may be one way . |
| 15 | His critical approach to ill-conceived treatment and ill-considered research may be one side of a coin . |
| 16 | This may be one reason for the relative generosity of earlier community help . |
| 17 | ‘ Gothic survival ’ may be one way to describe its architecture , an almost unique form of Baroque , found also in England at the end of the 17C . |
| 18 | If the pews can be removed without incurring too much damage , a large area of floor space will become available for a range of activities — open-plan office use may be one of the most profitable and least damaging . |
| 19 | There may be one or more unfavourable factors at work in the resistant case . |
| 20 | Spiritual direction is not simply a cosy chat , and being straight may be one of the most important contributions you make to a person . |
| 21 | With rare exceptions therefore ( the selection of fiction may be one ) librarians will not normally wait for reviews before selecting books . |
| 22 | You may be one of a number of employees with a roughly comparable job . |
| 23 | It is in three parts and the main physical bulk takes up at least three metres of shelf space , in addition to which there may be one metre of reference books and some local information on file or cards . |
| 24 | Many non-insulin-dependent ( Type 2 ) diabetics are overweight and this may be one reason for the high prevalence of hypertension observed in this group . |
| 25 | Altogether the cost of transport may be one of the main expenses for an industry . |
| 26 | The authors of LEAP 1 , Management of Education ( 1989 ) suggest that preparing a School Development Plan may be one of the most demanding management tasks of headship . |
| 27 | Computers and information technology will cope with much of the drudgery , but schools will need a finance officer ( who may be one of the existing administrative staff with extra training ) . |
| 28 | All the same , there may be one or two risks that the Royal Society 's Group have not taken into account . |
| 29 | The motivation behind this research , carried out by H. Greenfield , J. Maples and R. B. H. Wills , of the School of Food Technology , University of New South Wales , is the recent concern in the medical profession that too much salt in the diet may be one cause of the high incidence of hypertension among people in the developed countries . |
| 30 | On the other hand , for all I know , it may be one of the compensations or rationalisations for giving yourself short breath , a cough and a foul mouth and for making things unpleasant for other people . |