Example sentences of "but it may [adv] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | We would hope that that has been defined er by somebody of the hierarchy but , if we 're moving onto new work areas , it might not The sequence maybe self-evident but it may not be and it would be nice to have it written down . |
2 | This may be because these goals have changed , but it may equally be because the social world for which the original policies were designed has changed . |
3 | Hopefully the new home which you are now considering as a prospective purchase will be suitable for your needs in every way , but it may well be that a need for some renovation or refurbishment is indicated from the surveyor 's report or that you will wish to make improvements or alterations of your own . |
4 | That could have been done anyway if the disposition were in a will , but it may well be that it is in a codicil or other document to which the nuncupatio did not apply . |
5 | ‘ That is strict procedure but it may well be that we need to have another look . |
6 | Member States would normally be given eighteen months within which to incorporate the directive objectives into their domestic laws , but it may well be that in this case a shorter period is specified . |
7 | But it may well be that his prolonged failure ( now happily corrected ) to achieve political success was attributable to long memories . |
8 | The reasons for this are difficult to establish but it may well be that the university expansion coincided with an even greater expansion of candidates with A levels , with the result that competition for university places did not ease . |
9 | The reason for this divergence is not known , but it may well be that the conditions used for DNaseI treatment do not allow the formation of stable complexes resistant to the action of the enzyme . |
10 | In what follows , the traditional view — that Molla Fenari studied under Cemaleddin Aksarayi in Aksaray in Karamanis accepted , but it may well be that " Amasya " ought to be substituted for " Karaman " in the appropriate contexts . |
11 | Asik Celebi says no more about Molla Fenari 's fate , but it may well be that it was alter this experience that Molla Fenari went to Karaman . |
12 | Now , I 'll have to talk to your mums but it may well be that I sha n't be here in a fortnight 's time so we may |
13 | But it may well be as Mr suggested that er there 's l there 's gon na be very little difficulty there . |
14 | Now I hope that by tomorrow afternoon you 're able to say yes all those objectives have been met but it may well be and I 'm sure it is that you as individuals have other objectives , you have other issues that you want to address er or put more emphasis on during these two days . |
15 | We might think that any differences reflected poorer performance but it may just be that they merely reflect the different impact of specific price changes on drugs compared with books . |
16 | But it may also be that in the bourgeois family the essential inegalitarianism on which capitalism rested found a necessary expression . |