Example sentences of "[adv] it may be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Leetham ( Henry ) & Sons Ltd v Johnstone-White [ 1907 ] 1 Ch 322 Farwell LJ commented : … a man whose business is a corn miller 's business , and who requires to protect that , can not , if he has also a furniture business , require the covenantee who enter into his service as an employee in the corn business to enter into covenants restricting him from entering into competition with him in the furniture business also , because it is not required for the protection of the corn business in which the man is employed , however much it may be beneficial to the individual person , the owner both of the corn business and of the furniture business . |
| 2 | The underlying question for a reader of criticism is what influences are exerted on the critic ; but as in this instance , for long it may be impossible to know the truth . |
| 3 | Perhaps it may be easier to understand this concept if we consider that matter ( from a crystal to a human being ) is composed of atoms and sub-atomic particles . |
| 4 | The verificationist who is unwilling to admit the possibility of such facts ( in this he is a consistent anti-realist ) must therefore say that such a statement , though perhaps it may be determinately false when one of its consequences is observed to be false , still can not achieve determinate truth . |
| 5 | Obviously it may be too early to answer some of these questions fully , but the fact that I , in common with the majority of arts teachers working in secondary schools in this country , have been grappling with the very difficult process of assessing , marking and moderating the work of the first batch of pupils to take the GCSE examination will , I believe , give added force to some of the things I intend to say . |
| 6 | So it may be asking too much to expect a re-rating . |
| 7 | Even so it may be that regarding each individual , he is less likely successfully to follow right reasons which apply to him anyway if left to himself than if he always obeys the directives of a just government including those which are morally reprehensible . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | So it may be that IgE-mediated allergy plays a role in more than 20 per cent of cases , when other types of allergen , besides food , are taken into account . |
| 10 | Reorganisation of both storage and seating arrangements in the class or specialist teaching room may be constrained by the size of the room itself and the size of the class in it , but even so it may be possible to improve the present situation by looking at it purely in terms of its current , rather than traditional , use . |
| 11 | So it may be with Japan 's imperial family . |
| 12 | So it may be said that the legislation was promoted by a pressure group whose perception of Co-operation was decried by the Consumers ' Movement ; and passed under a Tory rather that a Liberal Government because a trade union tried to make a tactical use of just that form of co-operative preferred by the promoters and decried by the Consumers ' Movement . |
| 13 | So it may be surprising to find how little there is which impinges on the realm of science . |
| 14 | So it may be . |
| 15 | So it may be best to stay off the motorway and see Brugg first , continuing on route 5 and following the Aare . |
| 16 | So it may be that your standard drawings , you say , oh , goodness me . |
| 17 | ‘ A nod is as good as a wink to a blind man ’ the saying goes — and so it may be , for the man can see neither . |
| 18 | So it may be that elements of the sibling altruism will develop in families , too . |
| 19 | If that is so , I would then say that by the time you get to the modification stage and the County Council has published a proposal for the general location , I therefore think at that stage the need for the criterion has disappeared , so it may be that the approved policy will not need to contain such criteria . |
| 20 | So it may be significant that in 1023 the translation of Ælfheah 's body began on 1 June , only about six weeks after the anniversary . |
| 21 | Maybe he 's a bit cranky about the scale so it may be a conscious decision that goes without . |
| 22 | So it may be around today or tomorrow . |
| 23 | So it may be the Regional Association or perhaps the local estuary er Sailing Association is first contacted and what will happen er when one is contacted is that you will come into contact with environmentalists and conservationists and not all environmentalists and conservationists are quite as af affable and conciliatory as I am , some can be quite confrontational and therefore there will be the need for a considerable amount of lip biting and self restraint . |
| 24 | He spoke of the unsuitability of the present accommodation and his report said that quote , a minimum of five usable bedrooms is required , so it may be necessary to obtain a six bedroom property and this may be difficult to find . |
| 25 | Literally it may be defined as ‘ the geography of living organisms ’ or since geography is traditionally the study of living things and particularly man in relation to the environment , the most accurate job description of the subject may be the ‘ geography of the biosphere ’ . ’ |
| 26 | Nevertheless it may be said that Elizabeth Taylor was more often at her best in each successive collection of stories , though I do not know that she ever surpassed the brilliant study of deception in the title story of A Dedicated Man . |
| 27 | Nevertheless it may be observed that in the earliest phases of the life of the Cowdery 's Down settlement when all the buildings were closely associated with fenced enclosures the majority of bone and cereal recovered came from buildings straddling the fence . |
| 28 | Nevertheless it may be resorted to in order to help resolve some uncertainty or ambiguity in municipal law : per Lord Ackner in Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Brind [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 696 , 761 . |
| 29 | That is , objectively it may be true , but subjectively I refuse to accept it . |
| 30 | A couple of years ago this would have sounded like fiction ; soon it may be fact . |