Example sentences of "[noun sg] may prove to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain plants , however , pose problems every year , and their complete removal may prove to be the only solution . |
| 2 | The acceleration of the income tax liability may prove to be particularly serious in the context of firms which reached a peak income in the boom year of 1988 , slipped back in the two subsequent years and are now again on a rising profit curve . |
| 3 | Time-Warner are already facing pre-release criticism of SPIKE LEE 's Malcolm X and observers reckon the DENZIL WASHINGTON-starring movie may prove to be as incendiary an issue as Bodycount 's ‘ Cop Killer ’ . |
| 4 | Because of the historian 's reliance on the availability of information compiled by previous generations — back-projected third parties , if you like — rather than the self-compilation of information or the use of that compiled contemporaneously by third parties , the availability of ‘ documentary ’ source materials to the historian 's of the future may prove to be a significant problem hindering the study of history . |
| 5 | A regulatory body will have to be empowered by law to administer the new rules ; however , since the proposed Directive allows the regulatory authority to delegate its powers to a private body , there is no reason why the Panel in its present form should not be given the necessary authority with the result that changes in day-to-day practice may prove to be minimal . |
| 6 | However , this last figure may prove to be an underestimate if the results of a recent survey by the London Chamber of Commerce are correct , and the KIS estimates do not , of course , take into account the possible impact of a Channel Tunnel Rail Link . |
| 7 | ‘ The agency were unable to estimate what proportion may prove to be untraceable or otherwise impracticable to pursue and would therefore have to be written off . |
| 8 | The application of the rule in the case of financial loss presents no conceptual difficulty , although in practice the exercise may prove to be complicated . |
| 9 | With a leadership battle looming in the Labour Party in the wake of its fourth successive defeat , the issue of electoral reform may prove to be the central issue for internal debate , a factor the Liberal Democrats will exploit to the full . |
| 10 | With a leadership battle looming in the Labour Party after its fourth successive defeat , electoral reform may prove to be the central issue for internal debate , a factor the Liberal Democrats will exploit to the full . |
| 11 | Conscious that security may prove to be a major concern for users , NCR has been pushing the system 's in-built security features : it says that three levels are provided . |
| 12 | This transformation of professional climate may prove to be one of the most important legacies of The Primary Needs Programme . |
| 13 | For a career mother , the three roles of mother , career woman and spouse may prove to be impossible without considerable domestic help . |
| 14 | Neil Kinnock 's gravest mistake as Labour leader may prove to be his decision to announce his departure before the election postmortem had even got underway . |
| 15 | The call by Griffiths for ‘ clear agreements ’ is obviously justified , but their achievement may prove to be a bigger problem than either Griffiths or the government anticipate . |
| 16 | ‘ Research into communication between man and the dolphin may prove to be extremely useful if , and when , man makes contact with extra-terrestrial life — a possibility that many astronomers regard as almost inevitable . ’ |
| 17 | The organisation may prove to be inflexible and unable to respond to changing circumstances . |
| 18 | Now to counteract that the only positive one I could find was , while accepting that some development in the open countryside may prove to be necessary . |
| 19 | The object may prove to be genuine , but this is little consolation to the owner if it has been largely destroyed during the authentication process . |
| 20 | Projects where a specific commodity is in international demand will prove an exception to this ; such demand may prove to be strongest in other parts of the developing world , particularly Asia . |
| 21 | Yet despite the soundness of this principal , the practise may prove to be far from straight-forward . |
| 22 | A first parish may prove to be perfectly satisfactory , or the formation of the ordinand 's understanding and attitudes in respect of worship may have taken place before theological training . |
| 23 | INORGANIC substances are now rarely used to treat diseases , but one platinum compound may prove to be a powerful new anti-cancer drug . |
| 24 | Their agnostic approach may prove to be more robust than the more rationalistic and positive vision evolved by the Christian West . |
| 25 | The disaster may prove to be cyclical , since the shrimp population , already at risk from heavy fishing , is believed to need the mangroves to reproduce . |
| 26 | Also , other measures of pairwise probe distance/similarity may prove to be better-suited to future applications than the maximum-likelihood distance used here . |
| 27 | Indeed , the whole issue of how and why employers ( and trade unions ) formulate policy towards the employment of older workers requires much more detailed investigation than it has so far received , and it is an area in which economic analysis may prove to be more fruitful than radical political theory . |
| 28 | In the larger weedy pools , the longhandled net may prove to be useful , with captures of prawns , young Corkwing Wrasse , Bullheads , and Sea Sticklebacks Spinachia spinachia the most common in the south . |
| 29 | Process aspects of mathematics may prove to be particularly difficult to express in criterion statements , but little work has yet been undertaken in this area . |
| 30 | It is feared that the year may prove to be the worst on record |