Example sentences of "may prove to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the average home sized aquarium it may prove to be necessary to isolate a particularly large specimen as the risk of losing other fish from predation and poor water quality will be high . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A simple leaflet routinely given out to patients before admission to hospital for common , straightforward operations , explaining the operation they are to undergo , common after-effects , the discomfort and temporary impairment of function likely to be experienced , and so on , may prove to be helpful in the sense of increasing feelings of control and might well aid their recovery . |
| 4 | Thus although a marked increase is apparent in recent years it may prove to be due entirely to three freak movements . |
| 5 | The design study notes : ‘ Unfortunately , with only limited geological information available and in the absence of normal site-investigation data , it is prudent to consider construction in what may prove to be adverse as well as favourable conditions , ’ |
| 6 | SuperShow is an excellent example of Shareware at its very best and may prove to be invaluable to both the business and educational user . |
| 7 | Part of the point of selling state businesses is to raise hard cash , and taking on more debt to fund worker buyouts in return for low or non-earning equity stakes ( which may prove to be worthless in the long run ) is not a real option for the government . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This transformation of professional climate may prove to be one of the most important legacies of The Primary Needs Programme . |
| 10 | Finally , we realise that we are only at the beginning of what may prove to be one of the most significant developments of the twentieth century . |
| 11 | But this may prove to be one of the final fence cutting protests at Upper Heyford . |
| 12 | It might be heartbreaking but the summary plus the recommended actions may prove to be all that is ever needed or read . |
| 13 | The map may prove to be inadequate . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It may prove to be restrictive unless used very flexibly . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | For a career mother , the three roles of mother , career woman and spouse may prove to be impossible without considerable domestic help . |
| 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 | There may prove to be less difference between some modern versions of Christianity and Buddhism and psychoanalysis than appears at first sight . |
| 22 | Holiday accommodation understandably experiences considerable wear and tear and at times the standard of decoration or furnishings may suffer or the operation of technical systems ( e.g. hot water ) may prove to be less than adequate . |
| 23 | The shipment estimates may prove to be conservative and production levels will depend on how much manufacturing capacity can be brought on stream , he said . |
| 24 | To maintain the high level of accuracy required , a video of the uses of accident data may prove to be valuable in reassuring police officers that their efforts in collecting so many details about each accident really do help to prevent accidents . |
| 25 | The organisation may prove to be inflexible and unable to respond to changing circumstances . |
| 26 | LEFT Dogs may prove to be fierce guardians of their home , but unprovoked displays of aggression can not be tolerated . |
| 27 | What may prove to be important for future generations of elderly people in terms of care and living arrangements , is the numbers who will have experienced a divorce . |
| 28 | Under such circumstances speculative capital movements can not be relied upon to offset any temporary deficit on the current account because capital flows may prove to be volatile in an uncertain world . |
| 29 | Also , other measures of pairwise probe distance/similarity may prove to be better-suited to future applications than the maximum-likelihood distance used here . |
| 30 | And the decampment of Waterhouse , one of the last great English mainstream writers , from the middle ground , may prove to be significant : Nicholas Mosley or James Herbert , the choice is yours . |