Example sentences of "may be greater than " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the harm it can do may be greater than anyone realises . |
| 2 | The costs of building refurbishment may be greater than is often assumed . |
| 3 | If the spraying should stop , as can happen with blockages or burst pipes , the freezing effect travels inwards and the damage may be greater than if no precautions had been taken . |
| 4 | Secondly , the demands made by the innovation on the teacher 's repertoire of transactions may be greater than that which the teacher is accustomed to , or in the context of the particular class , is willing to risk trying . |
| 5 | Comparisons between the rugs of certain groups are more difficult because they are produced in such a diverse range of qualities that the gulf between the best and worst pieces may be greater than that between the groups themselves : e.g. , the lowest grade of workshop Kerman may cost slightly less than a good quality Russian Shirvan , but the finest workshop Kermans can be over five times the price . |
| 6 | Carers are likely to be looking after a dying loved one for the first time in their life ; their anxieties may be greater than the patient 's . |
| 7 | In Australia the scope for cost shifting of this nature may be greater than in Britain , but it still goes on here . |
| 8 | I believe that the benefits of the portfolio concept may be greater than Porter sees from his largely industrial-economics perspective . |
| 9 | A trader seeking to buy dollars ( for example ) in the forward market will buy at a forward rate which is less advantageous to him ( that is , if the exchange rate is defined as the sterling price of a dollar , f t may be greater than ) . |
| 10 | When two potentially toxic agents are coadministered the resultant toxicity may be greater than that observed with either agent when given alone . |
| 11 | Answer guide : The cost of employing a scarce resource may be greater than the cost associated with purchasing the resource . |
| 12 | The forests contain a fifth of the world 's trees ; their role in maintaining global climate stability , to be researched by the institute in co-operation with the Russian Academy of Sciences , may be greater than that of the Amazon rainforests . |
| 13 | Their knowledge of the area may be slight , it may be greater than perhaps we think , but they will not be able to tell the Chief Constable what to do and that is the glory of our system . |