Example sentences of "may be that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that greater understanding of homosexuals is called for and that all measures aimed at countering misunderstanding should be welcomed . |
| 2 | It may be that that individual does not function normally as a consequence of the sensory deprivation . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | It may be that one day we shall discover a complete unified theory that predicts them all , but it is also possible that some or all of them vary from universe to universe or within a single universe . |
| 5 | The outcome of such competition may be that one firm emerges as the ‘ winner ’ , able to dominate the market and earn monopoly rents ( Gilbert and Newbury , 1982 ) . |
| 6 | It may be that one strand of his personality has not yet matured , and even if it never does , that does not mean that he does not love you . |
| 7 | It may be that one cell which habitually fed by flowing round other particles , took some bacteria and blue-greens within it and these , instead of being digested , survived to collaborate in a communal life of hitherto unparalleled intimacy . |
| 8 | There are slight stylistic differences in the execution of the relief work , and it may be that one cup is an exotic , a Minoan import , and the other was made by a Mycenean craftsman to make a pair ; on balance , I think it more likely that both are Minoan ( Figure 31 ) . |
| 9 | It may be that one partner is so involved with their own painful feelings during the experiences of midlife , that there is no room for the other 's needs . |
| 10 | Or it may be that one environment is over-stimulating for the child — a classroom full of other children , with colourful posters covering all the walls may be so distracting for a mildly hyperkinetic child that he or she behaves far worse than usual . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It may be that many children will live for years with only episodes of severe illness . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It may be that higher doses of charcoal ( equivalent to those used of terra fullonica and kaopectate ) would be as effective in this model . |
| 15 | It may be that most managers decide job evaluation is very difficult , extremely time-consuming , and too expensive . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The explanation may be that older women who had often completed their families were recruited to the study . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It may be that larger cars are not selling whilst smaller cars are . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It may be that tougher-looking delinquents are more liable to be put away than fragile looking ones . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It may be that some visitors will get no further than this area ! |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |