Example sentences of "may be a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this area of discussion too there may be a closer theistic structure between the two religious groupings than we are often led to believe . |
| 2 | Another prerequisite therefore may be a closer matching of political and military strength which would oblige Israel to think in new ways . |
| 3 | It has already been pointed out that requiring the fulfilment of identical requirements in all member states may be unnecessary , and that recognition of equivalent standards may be a better approach , in particular to the question of harmonising the rules on the conduct of various types of business activities in the member states . |
| 4 | This figure , it should be emphasised , is for the average pregnant woman and not an individualised number applicable to avid athletes , and individuals ' pre-pregnancy fitness levels may be a better indicator of the maximum allowable safe exercise . |
| 5 | Aeration may be a better idea than a venturi . |
| 6 | Genesis 1:2 , 5 , ‘ the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters ’ may indicate a creative function for the Spirit , but may equally describe the chaos referred to in the earlier part of that verse , ‘ the earth was without form and void , and darkness was upon the face of the water ’ : and ‘ a ruach adonai , a mighty hurricane from God , was moving over the expanse of the unruly waters ’ may be a better translation . |
| 7 | A decision made in the light of wider considerations may be a better decision . |
| 8 | Compromise may be a better alternative . |
| 9 | Cooper argues that utility may be a better approach ; that is , to measure the utility to the user of the documents with which he is brought into contract by the system . |
| 10 | The utility measure based on user evaluation of documents may be a better way of accommodating the interactive nature of the information-seeking process . |
| 11 | Incidentally if you have an old RLL or MFM drive it may be a better bet to replace it with a larger IDE drive , they 're usually faster and much more reliable . |
| 12 | I understood its historical evolution , what I was looking for I think , and not an answer tonight , tomorrow may be a better day , was how does the area which you have defined , for example , now relate to journey to work patterns . |
| 13 | These results would suggest that endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography may be a better method of sampling for biliary cytology than percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography although larger numbers of patients within a randomised study would be required for conformation . |
| 14 | ‘ I think they may be a better team away from home than the French were . |
| 15 | But there may be a baser reason : fear of Lord Hanson 's £7 billion war-chest . |
| 16 | Hospital pharmacists can substitute a non-brand equivalent to save money , but ordinary pharmacies have to give exactly what the doctor orders , even though there may be a cheaper alternative . |
| 17 | There may be a greater sense of adventure and novelty for employer partners than education partners because they are moving into a new field and are relieved of some of the responsibilities of their old job . |
| 18 | Employers are also entitled to require employees to move if such a contractual right is implied , although there may be a greater danger of the dismissal being held unfair in such circumstances . |
| 19 | To this Lord Reid said that to regulate a person 's existing trade may be a greater restraint than prohibiting him from engaging in a new trade . |
| 20 | It may also mean that there may be a sharper ‘ problem ’ of old age as people live longer after their retirement from work . |
| 21 | There are suggestions in Curtis that there may be a wider exception to the signature rule . |
| 22 | ‘ They may be a bigger success than some of our others , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Erm there may be a simpler way of doing it . |
| 24 | ‘ La Nursery ’ may be a further example of his slightly naughty bent , for the deceptively sentimental though well-painted mood of two girls is irredeemably spoiled by the youngest child , who in the very centre of the composition , squats on a potty . |
| 25 | The administration lag Even when the authorities recognize that action is required , there may be a further lag before the available instruments are brought into action . |
| 26 | There may be a further precision in line B's phrase by comparison with line A's . |
| 27 | It may be a further six months to one year before that is true of the Council 's position and , even then , the Secretary of State 's subsequent consideration of any final Review submitted for approval could take even longer . |
| 28 | There may be a further indication of this dissatisfaction in Gregory 's account of the interrogation in 585 of two of Gundovald 's envoys , who revealed to Guntram under torture that all the nobility of Childebert 's kingdom had offered Gundovald the crown . |
| 29 | Although there is much in these three books to put them in the category of Ruritanian adventure , Scott may be a stronger influence . |
| 30 | The haves and have-nots in the world of copyright may be a broader issue than Philip Altbach suggests ( 22nd January ) . |