Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] may [be] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be coincidence , or it may be that the star system in French intellectual culture requires its major performers to be visibly on stage . |
| 2 | as at present there are three 2.5 litre turbo diesel engines in use — the VM in the Range Rover , the 200 TDi in the Discovery and the 2.5 in the Defender — or it may be that the Land Rover unit is not as reliable as other Land Rovers have been and Land Rover Ltd have realised this . ? |
| 3 | Or it may be that the formal resource is just not perceived to be of all that much importance . |
| 4 | This may either be because of ‘ backsliding ’ — a reversion to a previous state of interlanguage — or it may be that the increased transferability of knowledge , which must to some degree involve analysis , calls for the recurrent dismantling and reassembling of linguistic forms which the learner may have internalized as complete formulaic units . |
| 5 | Or it may be that the internal organization of the firm is such that it replicates a capital market so that middle managers are obliged to profit-maximize . |
| 6 | Or it may be that the question you are interested in has been discussed before , but that you want to develop it in a particular way , or to extend it , or to disagree with one of its premises . |
| 7 | Although it may be that the libraries without extensive programmes are precisely the libraries who could benefit most from more vigorous analysis of training needs . |
| 8 | It is important to try to give the tenant the opportunity of objecting to unreasonable requirements and recommendations , hence the suggested amendment , although it may be that the landlord will make the reasonably valid statement that the actual requirements of the insurers must be complied with as otherwise the landlord will be forever switching insurance companies . |
| 9 | In 1986 , however , only 31% of all newly qualified Ph D graduates took up university employment ( Anderson 2 ) , and the boom period for academic jobs was around 1965 , when 53% of all such researchers found employment in universities , so that it may be that the majority of successful Ph D researchers over the period have not had access to those facilities which would have helped them to publish . |
| 10 | In 1986 , however , only 31% of all newly qualified Ph D graduates took up university employment ( Anderson ) , and the boom period for academic jobs was around 1965 , when 53% of all such researchers found employment in universities , so that it may be that the majority of successful Ph D researchers over the period have not had access to those facilities which would have helped them to publish . |
| 11 | Interpretation is allowed to copy what it finds , and to distort it , and it may be that the novel can be interpreted as an entertainment which conveys that doctrines of science and improvement ca n't encompass what happens in a frightening world , where motive is dark and ill-will ubiquitous . |
| 12 | It is worth considering that hands long formed to the sword , reins , shield and other military accoutrements become stiffened and calloused and it may be that the use of a small stylus or quill was physically difficult for Charles ; we can be in no doubt about his energy and intelligence . |
| 13 | Permeable zones are also present in the Permian sandstones at Ballymacilroy , and it may be that the degree of cementation at Larne-2 is not typical of the area as a whole . |
| 14 | It seems likely that the tumour viruses originally ‘ stole ’ their cancer genes from cellular DNA , and it may be that the transfer of genes between viruses and cells is a very common event . |
| 15 | His grave is unmarked and it may be that the absence of a memorial stone is connected with the erection of the monument that bears his name . |
| 16 | Furthermore , it is now recognised that in learning language , children are doing far more than acquiring the rules of grammar and it may be that the key to the mastery of abstract grammatical rules lies in the socially mediated learning of functional language skills ( Bruner 1983 ; Halliday 1975 ; Wells 1981 ) . |
| 17 | Honesty and secrecy seldom go hand-in-hand , and it may be that the example of open discussion and fair play in education has some lessons for the world of sport . |
| 18 | Children cope in different ways and it may be that the only support they need is from you . |
| 19 | Whether attitudes towards BSL can be altered or not , those who come into work with deaf people will have to approach the task of learning BSL and it may be that the weight of sign learning must rely on motivation to the task and the cognitive and age factors . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , as far as is known , no written parchments have survived from the Minoan civilization , and it may be that the finest Minoan thoughts were never committed to writing . |
| 21 | Tuna were once caught in large numbers in spring and autumn in the Mediterranean and it may be that the Minoans organized large-scale tuna fishing in a similar way . |
| 22 | A standard vessel in the later Greek period was the peniekonier , the fifty-oar ship , thought by Bury ( 1951 ) to have come into use in the eighth century BC , and it may be that the seal showing a vessel with thirty oars was intended to represent the Minoan forerunner of this Greek type of warship . |
| 23 | Yet , like the Christian cross , the sacral horns were used in a general symbolic way , and it may be that the Labyrinth was , as a whole , dedicated to Poteidan even though individual sanctuaries and shrines within it were dedicated to other deities , in much the same way that within a cathedral there may be chapels dedicated to a variety of Christian saints . |
| 24 | No doubt there were formulae for getting rid of evil spirits , and it may be that the mysterious painted symbols written inside two cups from Knossos are spells of this kind . |
| 25 | In England , the mortality from the plague has been variously estimated at between 20 per cent and 35 per cent of the population , and it may be that the higher figure is the more accurate . |
| 26 | And it may be that the extent to which the bank has left it to the husband to procure the wife 's consent and to explain the transaction to her will be a critical feature of the case . |
| 27 | Judicial ideas are no more immutable than any others and it may be that the above account is too pessimistic , but it seems likely that any future extension of strict liability will come only from the legislature . |
| 28 | By contrast , the decision to impose conditions is taken by the policeman , and it may be that the courts will not defer so readily to the judgment of a single person as to what the scope of his powers actually is . |
| 29 | But the man whose failure to think is morally culpable , is distinguishable from such blameless defendants and it may be that the courts will not wish to exclude him from liability . |
| 30 | And it may be that the warning of Cordell Hull was designed , among other things , to make it clear that , should Turkey finally decide to become a belligerent , she must do so in conformity with plans already agreed upon by the Allies themselves . |