Example sentences of "may be [conj] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | INRA and ITCF ) has proved the agricultural efficacy of fertiliser applications on upland pasture in the Auvergne and it may be that their use would be more commonplace if state subsidies were higher . |
| 2 | While the newness of many audit committees may help to explain this , it may be that their effectiveness will not increase simply through the passage of time . |
| 3 | It may be that their experience of GIST has given them a better idea of the amount of work and energy involved in trying to change things ( Kelly et al . , |
| 4 | For six months Pakistan 's governments have been preoccupied with intrigue , and it may be that their carefree attitude to running the country is beginning to show up in the figures . |
| 5 | It may be that their number was small and their holdings large , but excavations are needed on a selective basis before it is possible to isolate the houses of the owners from those of their tenants or agents . |
| 6 | Elizabeth , as a queen regnant , had fewer gentlemen of the Privy Chamber , and it may be that their influence was less than in the days of her father . |
| 7 | More female science students ( sixteen of the twenty-four ) had attended single-sex schools than any other group in the sample ; it may be that their single-sex schooling had been a major influence in their decision to study science at degree level . |
| 8 | It may be that their main requisite at this stage is to find protection whilst they continue to live off their food reserves remaining from the food capsule . |
| 9 | It may be that their meeting with the new people hastens change , but it is perceptible almost from the beginning . |
| 10 | It may be that its functioning is impaired in various ways ; perhaps the extent to which it can suffer is impaired by the sensory deprivation . |
| 11 | Melting of the Greenland ice sheet would produce a similar rise in world sea level and it may be that its melting would precede that of west Antarctica . |
| 12 | If the wife can so easily dispose of this property , it may be that her husband will coax or bully her into parting with it to him or to his creditors , and so it allows her a privilege which no other grown-up person of sound mind in the country can enjoy . |
| 13 | The truth may be that her stoical-witty-rueful literary persona may even steer the writer towards the sort of life that ensures her material does n't dry up . |
| 14 | It may be that her devoted young readers need respite from emotional pain . |
| 15 | 680 by a suppliant , Ecgburh , expresses her grief at the loss some time before of her brother , Oshere , whom a bitter and cruel death had taken from her , and it may be that her brother was Oshere , king of the Hwicce . |
| 16 | There were many highlights in her career as a campaigner for women 's rights , but it may be that her greatest contribution was the way she inspired others . |
| 17 | It may be that his gifts lay in the thrill and risk of live performance , losing their savour in aspic ; or , more likely , that his genius was always over-rated . |
| 18 | It may be that his gifts lay in the thrill and risk of live performance , losing their savour in aspic ; or , more likely , that his genius was always overrated . |
| 19 | It may be that his partner also loves the outdoors but feels a need to limit it to small doses . |
| 20 | He may be completely landless , or it may be that his plot is n't big enough and he has to spend part of his time , or part of his family has to spend part of their time , working for somebody else to get in some extra money or possibly renting land from somebody else . |
| 21 | But alternatively it may be that his understanding is less certain than his comment suggests , and that further discussion would reveal doubts ! |
| 22 | It may be that our first target should be Romance elements and , if so , our victory in the recent war may be taken as a good augury . |
| 23 | Even though it is very difficult to observe spontaneous proton decay , it may be that our very existence is a consequence of the reverse process , the production of protons , or more simply , of quarks , from an initial situation in which there were no more quarks than antiquarks , which is the most natural way to imagine the universe starting out . |
| 24 | Basically this calls for an identification of present requirements and an assessment of likely requirements over the next 5 years , subject to review/upgrading in year 6 ; it may be that our letter conveyed the impression that we were asking for a ‘ 12-year plan ’ , this is not the case . |
| 25 | It may be that your enthusiasm gives that extra bit of life to your record . |
| 26 | It may be that your number is changing . |
| 27 | If , after a previously unblemished career , you are taken to task , it may be that your superiors ' requirements are unrealistic or that you have not yet been given sufficient time to adjust to the style of the new regime . |
| 28 | It may be that your child has chemical sensitivities — reading Chapter Nine should help you to assess this possibility . |
| 29 | So it may be that your standard drawings , you say , oh , goodness me . |
| 30 | It may be that your man is loving and living with you in what seems like a peaceful landscape when a volcano on the horizon suddenly erupts . |