Example sentences of "may be [that] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that PR as a profession has ‘ come of age ’ because Stirling University introduced a Master 's degree in Public Relations in 1988 and Dorset Institute of Higher Education introduced a Bachelor 's degree in 1989 . |
| 2 | Boys appear to outnumber girls by about five to one , but it may be that girls with the problem are less overtly hyperactive , and tend to display more subtle symptoms , such as inattention , speech disorders and mood changes , which may not always be identified as hyperkinetic syndrome . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In an old house , it may be that gaps in the skirting boards are the chief causes of heat loss and/or draughts , in which case a quick brandishing of wood filler around the home will solve that problem . |
| 5 | It may be that responses from within the universities were shaped as much by an unwillingness to accept a national role for the universities , as — by the Report 's unprecedented prioritization of English studies . |
| 6 | If it is found that a particular form of therapy is effective for a group of individuals with a particular pattern of language difficulties , or for those who share a common aetiology ( that is , they have the same diagnosis ) , it may be that others with similar difficulties may be helped by the same form of therapy . |
| 7 | So it may be that elements of the sibling altruism will develop in families , too . |
| 8 | This is not to say that there are not important distinctions between , say , the large cities , or between declining industrial areas ; individual localities may all show different social relationships ( Cooke , 1989 ) ; it may be that similarities of trends in the 1960s and 1970s were in part coincidental , and that there will be salient differences in the 1990s . |
| 9 | Alternatively , however , it may be that considerations of meaning take us beyond the scope of scientific method . |
| 10 | In a similar way , it may be that courses in the Spring programme , which have been low on numbers but well received , will attract more participants if they are repeated . |
| 11 | It may be that Blake v Barnard is incorrect . |