Example sentences of "may [be] [adj] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many cases of childhood eczema may be due to allergy to cow 's milk , but some 50 per cent or so may clear up quite spontaneously , without any change in diet . |
| 2 | The high strength of thin fibres may be due in part to the fact that such fibres are very easily bent and it is therefore easier to bend them than to scratch them . |
| 3 | At least some of these errors may be due in part to individual differences in dialect and incorrect pronunciation , but these four examples were produced in response to correctly spoken words in a spelling test . |
| 4 | Year-to-year variations may be due in part to variations in precipitation ( e.g. the drought of 1988 and associated increase in windblown dust ) , volcanic activity ( e.g. Mount St Helens in 1980 ) and wildfires ( e.g. Yellowstone forest fires in 1988 ) . |
| 5 | This may be due in part to the fact that women in developing countries tend to achieve second or third parity at much younger ages than is the case in developed regions . |
| 6 | The decrease in numbers may be due in part to the transfer of readers to the Scottish Science Library as its services have become better known . |
| 7 | The reason why the coal is so " clean " is unclear , but may be due in part to the very wet conditions in the region over the millions of years during which the coal was formed . |
| 8 | At almost 50 , he may be nearer in age to Mother Teresa than New Kids On The Block , but he can still drive the pubescent in all of us wild . |
| 9 | Several other abnormalities have been described which may be relevant with respect to elevated blood pressure in diabetics . |
| 10 | What other help may be available in parallel to a 12 Step recovery programme ? |
| 11 | This may be attributable in part to employer attitudes in the form of an extreme hostility to trade unionism ( Clegg , 1976 ) . |
| 12 | The atypical but consistent finding of McKeever and his collaborators that a right field advantage can be obtained with both unilateral and bilateral stimulus presentation may be attributable in part to their use of very short exposure durations , and in part to their use of a digit as a " fixation forcer " . |
| 13 | We suggest that , while bicycles may be recognizable by reference to the fact that they are damaged ( as in ( 59 ) ) , we can not easily describe bicycles as belonging to us in the same respect ; nor can we refer to ideas as belonging to you inasmuch as they are " discussed " . |
| 14 | Apart from the fairly standardised buildings housing the animals and the customary crops , some areas of the country also boast more specialised buildings for housing other crops , and these structures may be susceptible to conversion to valued and highly characterful accommodation . |
| 15 | This may be insufficient for newcomers to the company . |
| 16 | It is important to bear in mind the wide range of inter-agency linkages that may be necessary without reference to the subject matter of those linkages . |
| 17 | In order to satisfy Rule 4 , it may be necessary for modules to be brought online to be hard copied prior to deletion . |
| 18 | ( b ) There is no fact or matter concerning the proposed business or affairs of the Company nor any fact or matter relating to the financial forecasts which is or may be material for disclosure to any intending subscriber for shares in the Company which has not been disclosed to the Investors and any such fact or matter arising prior to Completion of this agreement will forthwith be disclosed to the Investors . |
| 19 | In other areas , precedent established some years ago in the light of circumstances then may be disputable in relation to the present day . |
| 20 | The division of the psychical into what is conscious and what is unconscious is the fundamental premise of psychoanalysis ; … psychoanalysis can not situate the essence of the psychical in consciousness , but is obliged to regard consciousness as a quality of the psychical , which may be present in addition to other qualities or may be absent . |
| 21 | Although Thomson and Murdoch may be unusual with respect to the vastness of their empires , other contemporary publishers have also tended to treat newspapers as part of the financial and commercial landscape . |
| 22 | We need to explore the tricky fields of constraints , the power significance of inaction and no conflicts , and the extent to which the structure of executive power may be different with respect to different issues at different times . |
| 23 | Granada chief executive Graham Wallace said the cuts were a result of the recession but added that staff at Kirkby and other centres may be eligible for transfer to other sites . |
| 24 | But company chief executive Graham Wallace , who blamed the decision on the recession , said staff at Kirkby and the other axed sites may be eligible for transfers to other centres . |
| 25 | Whether this is a common occurence and whether the larvae migrate or are transported by terrestrial populations of earthworms or beetles is not definitely known , but the occurrence of this apparent reservoir of larvae in soil may be important in relation to certain systems of control based on grazing management . |
| 26 | Thirdly , a recent decision of the European Court has established the principle that a Member State may be liable in damages to persons harmed as a result of its failure to implement a Community directive . |