Example sentences of "this may [adv] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In America , with its vast distances , plane travel plays a much larger part in people 's lives than in Britain , and this may even be a contributory cause of the greater general literacy that is found in America today . |
| 2 | This may well be a pleasurable and interesting occupation but it will not in any way further the quest for the universal philosophy so urgently needed , unless those students and specialist authorities use the opportunities afforded them to serve humanity more widely and wisely than by merely producing yet more literature for yet more students . |
| 3 | This may well be a laudable objective . |
| 4 | This may well be a unique combination which will produce a slightly different organism with new characteristics . |
| 5 | Although this may well be a valuable facility , it really forms no more than an appendage to the database , since we can not search a videodisc image for details within it in the way we can search text . |
| 6 | Secondly , the APU data suggest that this may well be a neglected area in the later years of secondary schooling both from an assessment viewpoint and in curriculum terms . |
| 7 | Classically , of course , this may well be a sexual partner . |
| 8 | This may well be a little rose-tinted , but that weighty , bulldog clip-around-the-nose sensation appears to have been with me and indeed to have shaped me — not only me , but my nose ; not only my nose , but my personality — for as far back as I can see . |
| 9 | This may well be a little rose-tinted , but that weighty , bulldog-clip-round-the-nose sensation appears to have been with me , and indeed to have shaped — not only me , but my nose — not only my nose , but my personality — for as long as I can recall . |
| 10 | Again , this may well be a commercial decision for the group . |