Example sentences of "[adv] it may [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so it may be that regarding each individual , he is less likely successfully to follow right reasons which apply to him anyway if left to himself than if he always obeys the directives of a just government including those which are morally reprehensible . |
| 2 | So it may be that Green influenced the way that the great poet looked at his surroundings , certainly in the later editions of Wordsworth 's Guide he acknowledges the value of the painter 's book . |
| 3 | So it may be that your standard drawings , you say , oh , goodness me . |
| 4 | So it may be that elements of the sibling altruism will develop in families , too . |
| 5 | If that is so , I would then say that by the time you get to the modification stage and the County Council has published a proposal for the general location , I therefore think at that stage the need for the criterion has disappeared , so it may be that the approved policy will not need to contain such criteria . |
| 6 | Thus it may be that children are not accustomed to relying on purely linguistic cues to the deductive mode . |
| 7 | Thus it may be that the exchange of old pennies for new was at a rate favourable to king and moneyers — for example , for every six old coins handed in , only five new ones might be issued . |
| 8 | Not only would accommodation and compromise between these various interests be desirable , but also it may be that the best solution would be some alternative to a motorway , or some alternative route not already considered . |
| 9 | FIL files referenced are available to LIFESPAN RDBI. e.g. It may be that the LIFESPAN process may not have been shut down . |
| 10 | Erm now it may be that on a particular site erm conditions could be laid down to ensure and secure that there were significant employment benefits accruing from the development of that site . |
| 11 | ‘ But often it may be that parents are just being overprotective . |
| 12 | That is , the results shown in Fig. 5.7 may occur because rats generalize readily between stimuli that have had the same consequence in prior training ; but equally it may be that they generalize less readily between stimuli that have had differing consequences ; or both processes may be operating . |
| 13 | If your bills are always sailing through taxation as drawn , it may be that your draftsman is getting it spot on , but equally it may be because the bills are being constantly understated and therefore are found to be unobjectionable . |
| 14 | Well it may be that they do n't know how to , or that they set out such patterns of relating together that they have n't got the means of coping with it . |
| 15 | Here it may be that er it 's important to say er what she said value or what relevance it has to the trial of the son anyway . |
| 16 | Alternatively it may be that you hanker after some lost love and are therefore convinced that we are doing the same , when in most cases nothing could be further from the truth . |
| 17 | But alternatively it may be that his understanding is less certain than his comment suggests , and that further discussion would reveal doubts ! |
| 18 | Alternatively it may be that your kitchen actually functions with great efficiency and is relatively modern but simply lacks character . |
| 19 | Where soil is being removed slowly it may be that it has built up in layers and a ‘ case hardening ’ effect is experienced . |
| 20 | If someone has learned how to operate a word-processor or complete an accurate and intelligible technical drawing then it may be that these are skills he can build upon and will not have to relearn . |
| 21 | If a need for parental protection in part constitutes the superego — and a fundamental , primitive part at that — then it may be that disturbances in later superego-formation will bring these earlier , more primitive , aspects of the superego to the fore . |
| 22 | If , however , you find you are regularly executing a query and the performance is not acceptable then it may be that the performance could be improved by applying additional indexes to the database . |
| 23 | If the settlor can benefit under the trust or his wife can benefit then it may be that the dividend would be assessed upon the settlor under TA 1988 , s739 with credit being available for the ACT . |
| 24 | If there is little or no improvement on the Step 2 diet , then it may be because there is a general yeast sensitivity , due to candidiasis ( see p 184 ) . |
| 25 | And somewhere in there it may be that something 's got to give perhaps . |
| 26 | Other papers in the Public Records Office showed the misgivings of the naval staff about the two incidents , for by now the Germans had found the dead soldiers , and there were fears of reprisals against any British submarine crews subsequently captured — indeed it may be that these events had some bearing on the subsequent shootings of British commandos captured in that area . |
| 27 | Indeed it may be that this was ‘ the last straw ’ for W. |
| 28 | Indeed it may be that this is also a direct aid in setting tasks which have stepped differentiation within them . |
| 29 | We know more about Milton , his personal concerns and his literary plans than we do about any other poet of his time , and indeed it may be that we have to come right up to the nineteenth century before we learn so much about the inner life of any poet . |
| 30 | so erm er or indeed it may be if , if you ask him or if you ask in the general office it may of erm tt it may have it may have been marked by now and so er |