Example sentences of "they may [prep] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This difficulty does not arise if one assumes that both processes co-exist from the beginning of life , that they both have adaptive functions , and they are not necessarily in conflict with one another — even though they may on occasion be . |
| 2 | They may in practice be the only things that do . |
| 3 | Importantly , they may in fact be helping you come to terms with the traumatic experience . |
| 4 | Those two there that look like twins half an inch apart : they may in fact be nauseatingly sundered by a long light-time of depth , united only by the angle of our point of view . |
| 5 | Financial : Paying for the consequences of the addictive disease of the primary sufferer can be exceedingly expensive and families may even be much more willing to pay Court fines than to pay towards the costs of treatment — The disgrace and deprivation of prison are commonly felt to be consequences that are best avoided whereas they may in fact be the crucial turning point that bring the primary sufferer and the family member into full realisation of the seriousness of addictive disease and the need to seek recovery . |