Example sentences of "may be [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While some may be mostly straightforward logs , hedges , rails etc. , others may include ditches , water , steps , drops etc. , which may be off-putting for the beginner . |
| 2 | What is important , however , is that if the question of whether there was one is raised , we may be uncertain about the answer . |
| 3 | But very short time limits may be vulnerable under the principle . |
| 4 | It may be due to the change of temperature and humidity , or because our sense of smell becomes sharpened as fading light reduces vision , but we certainly become much more aware of scent at night . |
| 5 | I believe that this may be due to the sense of security and feeling of being safe which comes from familiar methods and tasks . |
| 6 | The reason for this excursus is obscure ; it may be due to the protection accorded to Posidonius by some descendant of Marcellus . |
| 7 | This may be due to the system running slowly . |
| 8 | Indeed , differences over time and differences among hospitals , regions , and populations may be due to the proportion of primiparous women in the study group rather than to other variables . |
| 9 | This may be due to the generation gap . |
| 10 | This lapse may be due to the lack of point counting in recent years , concomitant with lack of communication between various branches of the geological sciences . |
| 11 | This may be due to the lack of motivation and low rate of pay . |
| 12 | The problem of motivation may be due to the lack of self-esteem and self-actualisation the job gives the employee . |
| 13 | The smaller decrease for Mg 2+ ( 1.4-fold ) may be due to the interference of high Mg 2+ concentration on the interaction of Ca 2+ with calmodulin . |
| 14 | Indeed , it has been suggested that much of the structural and morphological complexity of the Alps may be due to the accretion or partial subduction of such crustal fragments rather than the effects of simple collision of two large land masses . |
| 15 | The reason is unknown but may be due to the development of larvae which were arrested in their development as a result of host immunity . |
| 16 | However , a possible explanation has been put forward by Brooks et al ( 1971 ) , which proposes that softening of the atheromatous plaque may be due to the presence of unusual lipids ( cholesteryl esters of hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid ) found in high concentrations in ulcerated plaques ( Harland et al , 1971 ) which are thought to produce smooth muscle cell necrosis at the base of the plaque . |
| 17 | The results were mixed , and this may be due to the presence of another powerful factor ( the 1987 stock market crash ) during the data period . |
| 18 | In some cases these changes may be due to the tendency of tracheoles to migrate actively towards areas of high oxygen demand , drawing the tracheae after them ( Wigglesworth , 1954 ; Smart , 1956 ) . |
| 19 | A paper by Dr Philip James of the University of Dundee published by the Lancet last year amplifies an idea first suggested in the 1930s that the disease may be due to the blockage of blood vessels of the nervous system by fat globules ( Lancet , 1982 , vol 1 , p 380 ) . |
| 20 | Of course , that increase may be due to the expansion of sales of primary products such as the boom in North Sea oil sales , so it is pertinent to consider the performance of manufacturing industry 's exports . |
| 21 | Although the itching may be due to the movement of the louse over the skin , it only moves a maximum of six inches per day , and it is more likely that an allergic reaction is set up to the lice themselves or to their faeces . |
| 22 | These contrary results using implied volatilities may be due to the form of option pricing model used , or they may reveal a difference between ex ante and ex post prices in measuring price volatility . |
| 23 | Africa and Latin America seem to have been rather more prolific — in English translation at least — though this may be due to the vigour with which the publishers have sought out writers to publish . |
| 24 | Certainly the feeling excited here is strange and unusual , and this may be due to the confusion in the man 's mind between his sheep and his children ( lines 21–30 , 81–90 ) . |
| 25 | Partly , this may be due to the fact that outside the tropics atmospheric circulation is from west to east , due to Coriolis forces , the forces which result from the effect of the Earth 's rotation on moving bodies . ) |
| 26 | Some of the differences in aggressiveness between boys and girls may be due to the fact that parents tend to disapprove more of aggression in girls . |
| 27 | This may be due to the poor quality of the preaching or it may be due to the fact that some Christians have their own interpretation of the dominical saying , ‘ Except ye be as little children ye can not enter the kingdom of heaven ’ . |
| 28 | This may be due to the fact that the article appears to be ‘ lifted ’ from my newsletter which appeared in the Autumn 1992 edition of the ‘ Cornishman ’ magazine . |
| 29 | The blunders of the Cour des Comptes may be due to the fact they worked on the basis of an often vaguely worded inventory of 1912 . |
| 30 | We belong to a dog club and someone there has suggested that this may be due to the fact that she is spayed . |