Example sentences of "may be [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see it may be that Dean 's right I must admit I think I , I agree with Dean I think he is right that the real problem is that natural selection may have fitted us by , as it were , rigging our emotional system . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | It may be that questions asked at T 1 cause respondents to develop and shift attitudes during the T 1 — T 2 period possibly through private discussion or , if the study is sufficiently large , public controversy . |
| 5 | It may be that friends and relatives who are less affected by the death of the family member , could give some special attention to the children who are wanting to be comforted and to be told what is going on . |
| 6 | One consequence of this political salience may be that Europe experiences great communications volatility — resulting in a lack of policy consistency and commitment , and a plethora of turf wars between competing government ministries and departments . |
| 7 | But because the weight of explanation is preponderantly biological rather than cultural or social , it may be that women 's moral perspective will continue to be one which reflects a distinctive range of values . |
| 8 | It may be that Catherine is giving her clay balls identities rather than deliberately ordering them . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Sentence ( 2 ) leaves us in mid-air , guessing what the " thing " may be that Pemberton would like to hear " ; ( 3 ) provides the answer , but only in part . |
| 11 | Of course , it may be that Clinton and Major will get lucky . |
| 12 | It may be that learners have internalized aspects of the system which for one reason or another they can not access on particular occasions , that circumstances of different kinds prevent them from acting on this knowledge . |
| 13 | It may be that Britain has overemphasised the potential benefits of free trade ; that she has actually benefited from the protectionist philosophy which permeates the EEC ; that being a member of a cohesive new power bloc is what has counted ; that the ‘ fight ’ with the Americans over agricultural matters is a case in point ; that had she been on her own , Britain would have been trampled over by her cousins on the other side of the Atlantic . |
| 14 | It may be that depredations had occurred before they got to Strichen ; Boswell , who had visited fifteen years earlier , clearly expected more from the druidical circle , although whether to impress Johnson further , or to avoid being thought an inaccurate provider of anticipations , is difficult to tell , as he does not expand beyond saying , ‘ … |
| 15 | It may be that Taylor had again asked for a reduction of Royalty . |
| 16 | It may be that Somerset was as much in the grip of the obsession to unite England and Scotland as ever Edward I or Henry VIII had been , while like them asserting English power in France ; for he continued Henry 's policy of war on two fronts , at enormous financial expense , and ultimately at the cost of his own position in England . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In these cases it may be that searches may have to rely on matches with length , shape and first letter . |
| 19 | Hard as he is working on the switch , it may be that Bayfield is being groomed in the rigours of international rugby so as to be better able to step into Dooley 's shoes when he finally retires , probably at the end of this season . |
| 20 | This may reflect King Henry 's more immediate concern with rebels whose main fortress was only fifteen miles south-west of Poitiers , or it may be that Count William of Angoulême was overshadowed by the more vigorous personality of the new head of the house of Lusignan , Geoffrey de Lusignan . |
| 21 | ‘ But often it may be that parents are just being overprotective . |
| 22 | As a consequence , it may be that efforts to secure cost reductions actually produce greater benefits than direct price reductions of equivalent size . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | To some extent it may be that things are now different , but then it could be that parliamentary democracy is no longer a truly viable form of political organization . |
| 25 | It may be that Mark 's Church preserved the words for this very reason . |
| 26 | It may be that Lewis does n't know he 's doing anything out of order , but some of the messages Lewis is delivering ai n't getting through , or at least not in one piece . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | On the other hand , Ecgfrith 's consecration was a specifically Mercian matter for he was being consecrated as Offa 's successor in Mercia , and it may be that Offa desired archiepiscopal status for the Mercian bishop who would officiate and whom he had always intended should do so . |
| 29 | A second reason for such high reported levels of satisfaction may be that respondents are answering the question in terms of their level of expectations . |
| 30 | 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 . |