Example sentences of "may [be] at [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many people who come into English-language teaching without having passed through formal pedagogic processes , so that when they are confronted with the terminology of the subject , they may be at a disadvantage to those who have already been to teacher-training college or who have a university degree in linguistics . |
| 2 | The Balance of Power in the Court : Parents may be at a disadvantage in court because of their lack of familiarity with court proceedings , and their past experiences in court may prove inhibiting . |
| 3 | The very limited space between vertical fuel surfaces , little over one metre , severely limits the trajectory of the fire fighting jets and the majority of stock may be at a height beyond their effective throw . |
| 4 | Most of them have been accidentally obtained from seeds so they must not be esteemed as different species , therefore I shall only insert their common names by which they are known in gardens , that those who are inclined to collect all the varieties may be at no loss for their titles . |
| 5 | In addition to being a gathering of worshippers , such congregations may be at the centre of the life of a community in ‘ alien ’ surroundings . |
| 6 | Preparing for donkey work Bishop Sessford , right , may be at the centre of controversy over the ordination of women but he plans a quiet life when he retires , writes Tom Morton |
| 7 | These may be at the level of little-associations , anecdotes , etc. , some-examples , attributes , defining features , etc. , or more superordinate concepts , definitions , analogies , etc . |
| 8 | The Zimbabwean national team may be at the foot of the world cup table , but youth cricket is coming on apace . |
| 9 | The point is that many of these specific areas of functional excellence are not independent of each other and improvements in one area may be at the cost of worsening in another . |
| 10 | CUP , OUP and Longman have worked through local publishers for many years , although this may be at the cost of their own brand identities . |
| 11 | The overall effect on sensitivity may actually be negative because the focusing of attention on redundant information may be at the cost of attention to peripheral information which might have otherwise been useful . |
| 12 | It is difficult for us to acknowledge that violence and destruction , on both sides , are expressions of ‘ rational ’ behaviour ; that ‘ reason ’ may be at the heart of violence . |
| 13 | It may be at the end of end of all this that you you are nevertheless convinced that there ought to be a policy . |
| 14 | In the case of a vehicle , these may be at the front of the radiator or on top of the cab to take maximum advantage of the airflow . |
| 15 | Indeed , a single success if it is too costly in terms of time , commitment , motivation or any other resource , may be at the expense of future changes — and we may be seeing some evidence of this at the moment in terms of the reactive stance of large parts of the service . |
| 16 | Apart from the inpatient waiting list initiative no extra resources were released for meeting the Charter standards , but meeting the standard for outpatient clinics may be at the expense of seeing fewer patients and a lengthening list for a first appointment . |
| 17 | And I ca n't help thinking that we might end up with a sort of repeat of the sort of situation that 's occurred at Octavius Atkinson site which is erm mentioned in the erm the paper tabled this morning , whereby er a sort of market-led approach which puts a lot of pressure on the local authorities may be at the expense of the planning-led approach to erm deciding where development should most appropriately go . |
| 18 | They may be at the root of colic , which is why lactose intolerance is important here . |
| 19 | Sensing that the stones may be at the root of the problem , Zab contacts one of Xorandor 's offspring , and she learns that ‘ Verbivore ’ is a reaction by the mineral race to information overload . |