Example sentences of "may be [conj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It may be that the untapped pool of non-practising nurses are in the main housewives and mothers , or frustrated office workers . |
| 3 | It may be that the guilty party is a Member in which case expulsion ( as in the Garry Allighan case above , p.80 ) may be the punishment . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It may be that the best solution is to find an individual or local entrepreneur who is enamoured of the building and willing and keen to make a first-class job of it . |
| 6 | Indeed , it may be that the best approach to the design of guidelines for empirical evaluation is to begin with familiar and well-tried procedures for the elicitation and observation of data and see how far they can be adapted to serve a pedagogic purpose . |
| 7 | It may be that the best corrective to them arises from frequent interaction with a more benign reality . |
| 8 | Not only would accommodation and compromise between these various interests be desirable , but also it may be that the best solution would be some alternative to a motorway , or some alternative route not already considered . |
| 9 | Answer guide : It may be that the appropriate method is usage related in this case . |
| 10 | It may be that the correct account of knowledge does unfortunately give the sceptic the opening he is looking for . |
| 11 | It may be that the Breton expedition was intended to keep up pressure on the French to make the sort of concessions the English would feel able to accept , but it is equally possible that the confused direction of English policy reflected conflicting influences at court . |
| 12 | Perhaps some positive aspects are contained within fat 's designation as taboo ; for instance , some people find fat attractive because it is forbidden and marginal : ‘ It may be that the forbidden is exciting because it is forbidden . |
| 13 | It may be that the theory-practice issue in professional education has become over-polarized . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It may be that the increased protein synthesis by these tumours represents an increased production of secretory mucoprotein , the synthesis of which has been measured , in addition to the structural proteins , by the ‘ flooding dose ’ method . |
| 16 | If religion is less significant than it used to be in modern societies , it may be that the emotional issues are resolved too , or that they have found other modes of expression , in the arts and entertainments , and in political movements . |
| 17 | Part of the problem may be that the Labour government of 1974–79 was unduly protecting jobs in northern nationalized industries , but Labour was then criticized for halting the growth of public-sector services . |
| 18 | One reason for this may be that the civil service 's centralized administrative structure , based on line departments , makes the task of developing an integrated strategy in the English regions exceptionally difficult to achieve . |
| 19 | It may be that the first is a purse which is never empty , and the second a pot which provides a wholesome meal whenever you demand one in the right way . |
| 20 | It may be that the two books were originally one manuscript . |
| 21 | Even in these days of permissiveness , it may be that the one party has not had , or has been denied , the opportunity of discovering the anatomical characteristics of the other . |
| 22 | After hearing defence submissions that the £600,000 payout to Mrs Sutcliffe was ‘ perverse and excessive ’ , Lord Donaldson said : ‘ It may be that the general jury approach to newspaper libel at the moment is tempered by some indignation at the way some branches of the Press are run — coupled with the feeling that , if you can get £1m on the pools , why should n't you get £1m on the newspapers too ? |
| 23 | It may be that the general class of adverbials which can appear initially in a sentence could be taken as possible markers of ‘ topic-shift ’ . |
| 24 | It may be that the sin-offering deals with infringements of God 's laws , whereas the guilt-offering , since it raises the question of compensation , deals with situations where human injury is involved . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 27 | When parents and children have been passionately attached to each other it may be that the only way to leave is to have a blow-up . |
| 28 | It may be that the only times the parents show joint concern is when the child misbehaves and so the child continues to be difficult as it keeps the family together . |
| 29 | Children cope in different ways and it may be that the only support they need is from you . |
| 30 | Thus , it may be that the only undertaking being made is that the sample was honestly and properly taken from the bulk , as was the case in Gardiner v Gray ( 1815 ) 4 Camp 144 . |