Example sentences of "may be [conj] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that that individual does not function normally as a consequence of the sensory deprivation . |
| 2 | Not all summons forms can be used as addresses ( e.g. hey you in ( 47 ) can not occur in the slot occupied by Madam in ( 48 ) ) , although it may be that all addresses can be used as summonses ( Zwicky , 1974 : 791 ) . |
| 3 | It may be that such moves towards a willingness to detach comment from political allegiance and dogma is a passing fad but it does also suggest that many journalists are uneasy about blind , albeit volunteered , political commitment . |
| 4 | It may be that many children will live for years with only episodes of severe illness . |
| 5 | It may be that neither statement need be held to subtract from the other , but there could well be some dispute as to which of the two is the more deeply entrenched in the novel . |
| 6 | It may be that most managers decide job evaluation is very difficult , extremely time-consuming , and too expensive . |
| 7 | It may be that several disciplines can be brought to bear fruitfully upon an area ( Europe ) , period ( Enlightenment ) , problem ( traffic congestion ) , or theme ( Pastoral ) while still maintaining their distinct identity ; in which case the term ‘ multidisciplinary ’ ( OECD 1972 ) becomes appropriate . |
| 8 | At the present time , it is not possible to distinguish between the other alternative explanations , though it may be that both factors operate to modulate the pattern of frequencies recorded at the body surface . |
| 9 | It may be that both cases are standard , pre-wired back-up ploys : differentiating tripped from untripped flowers could simply be a far more precise use of the associative learning program , while chewing through may be a strategy normally held in reserve for robbing flowers too small to enter . |
| 10 | A further complication may be that any sideslipping to correct for drift may cause the ASI to under-read so that the speed may have to be judged . |
| 11 | For instance , it may be that some craft workers , particularly those working very close to the temple , were operating under temple jurisdiction and supervision , whilst others were free to work independently . |
| 12 | It may be that some visitors will get no further than this area ! |
| 13 | For example , it may be that some services ( or sectors ) have developed better indicators of quality or effectiveness than others , and that it may be possible to transfer their experience . |
| 14 | It may be that some areas are running out of money er which clearly need money , maybe there 's other areas are in surplus with the demands on them that are n't so great , so the answer may simply be to find a way of operating with greater flexibility within the total cash limit . |
| 15 | While a corollary of the new deal may be that some consultants will have to take a more direct role in the acute management of patients , this in no way diminishes the attraction of a senior post . |
| 16 | Hence in such cases we can not expect the twin goals to be met ; in fact it may be that some compromise position has to be reached . |
| 17 | The answer may be that some sorts of postmodernist de-differentiation are implicitly ‘ reactionary ’ , and other sorts potentially integral to a reconstructed left political culture , and still other sorts can politically cut either way . |
| 18 | It may be that some couples cohabit initially because they are uncertain about the strength of their relationship so their subsequent marital breakdown could be attributed to these underlying doubts , rather than the ‘ destructive ’ experience of cohabitation . |
| 19 | It may be that few people in Japan have yet made this connection , or realise the sheer scale of the catastrophe in Africa . |
| 20 | And it may be that these disadvantages help to cause parental difficulties , and hamper good parenting . |
| 21 | It may be that these West Saxon kings were obliged to join the Mercian ruler on occasion at least in his military campaigns , as indeed earlier kings had assisted Penda and Wulfhere . |
| 22 | If Soviet women choose to ignore men 's dinner-time conversation it is not necessarily because they lack education : it may be that these women too have difficulty getting a word in and risk being verbally assaulted by men 's sexism . |
| 23 | It may be that these differences in proliferative organisation between the skin and oesophagus explain why metaplasia and cancer are relatively rare in response to contact carcinogens in the former but common in the latter epithelium . |
| 24 | It may be that these cases are an authorial slip ; but the point seems to be that Lok is shown painfully developing analytic skills . |
| 25 | Oswald had been brought up as a Christian prince in Celtic lands from the age of 12 , so it was perhaps natural for him to look to an Irish religious foundation for ecclesiastical and spiritual direction , and it may be that these overtures to Iona also reflect a dependence on Dalriadic military support at the time of his accession . |
| 26 | Or it may be that these animals somehow embody that peculiar quality of untamed wildness that readers admire and appreciate . |
| 27 | On the contrary , it is a matter of great urgency that the mother 's case should be heard because , at the end of the day , it may be that these children should live in the future with their mother . |
| 28 | It may be that these ways of speaking can be explicated at bottom only by way or the idea of necessitation . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It may be that these portfolios both have the same level of expected return but the APT points out they are subject to very different types of risk . |