Example sentences of "may [be] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 Family property owning patterns are affected by widespread home ownership , so it is not impossible that in addition to ordinary feelings of affection , concern and duty , some carers may be under pressure to care , to save family wealth seeping out in expensive residential care fees .
32 One method may be through variations in government expenditure and taxation since these flows are under the direct control of the authorities .
33 But he is confident enough to assert the best way to tackle the problem of low intelligence among deprived children may be through measures designed to improve their nutrition .
34 But if members of Labour 's Philosophical Tendency , from Tony Benn to Bryan Gould , are choosing their words carefully it may be through fear of how they will look in each other 's diaries .
35 Such then , in extremely broad terms , is the essence of the nature-culture opposition , an opposition which , as I hope to show , provides one clue as to the perceived gender differentials in blood within Judaism and which may be of help in establishing an ( oppositional ) link between circumcision and menstrual taboo .
36 Another publication which may be of help with artists ' methods and materials , is ‘ Artists ’ Materials , Which , Why and How ’ , published by A&C Black .
37 Compromises will certainly have to be made , notably in the positioning of the pond and selection of garden plants and shrubs , but the following tips may be of help :
38 She argues that while the research provides clues about the types of preventive programmes that may be of help we also know what a complex problem child abuse is : The implication seems clear .
39 We have seen that economic analysis may be of help in making difficult policy choices .
40 An alternative , indeed additional , remedy which may be of help to an aggrieved investor is that provided by s.61 of the FSA .
41 I will also make any other orders and directions that counsel feel may be of help and I will canvass that at the end of this judgment .
42 But in situations where theory may be of help , even in defining problems rather than in solving them , it should not be avoided .
43 I hope this may be of help .
44 This is one of the areas in which Abracadata 's Design Your Own Home — Interiors may be of help .
45 If you qualify and wish to apply for a divorce : send for an application form using the tear-off part of this leaflet , but keep the remainder of the leaflet : it may be of help to you later
46 Data is accruing which suggest that molecular biology may be of help in this staging process .
47 Electrophysiological studies may be of help in cases where neither sweat test nor DNA analysis were conclusive .
48 This has helped teachers to realise that what they offer specially to their neediest children may be of relevance to others .
49 may be of relevance
50 The heterogeneous increase of urokinase type plasminogen activator in oesophageal and stomach carcinomas , together with the recently described association of urokinase type plasminogen activator in tissue extracts of breast carcinomas with aggressiveness and prognosis , may be of relevance to prognostic studies in oesophageal and gastric cancer .
51 Breuer et al studied 12 patients with adenomatous polyps and found no differences in faecal bile acid excretion ; the participants in this study were , however , hospitalised and a change in diet may be of relevance to their findings .
52 Another factor which may be of relevance is the potentially carcinogenic substrate ( N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosamides ) formed with achlorhydria in the fairly large gastric remnant ( rumen and antrum ) after fundectomy .
53 These observations may be of relevance in the pathogenesis of the disease as polyunsaturated fatty acids are involved in tissue eicosanoid synthesis and cellular membrane function , including that of immunocompetent cells .
54 The changes in n3 and n6 polyunsaturated fatty acid profile found in inflammatory bowel disease may be of relevance in the pathogenesis of the disease because they influence either tissue eicosanoid synthesis and the membrane lipid composition of the immunocompetent cells .
55 The results of our own research into the minimum cost to replace the basic contents of different types of property to a reasonable standard may be of assistance as a guide .
56 The results of our own research into the minimum cost to replace the basic contents of different types of property to a reasonable standard may be of assistance as a guide :
57 However , later in this chapter there are some general suggestions which may be of assistance to those who will be responsible for incorporating into statements modifications to the National Curriculum requirements .
58 In most cases the horn will be fitted and although it is not necessary to prove why the horn did n't work when operated it may be of assistance to the court .
59 Few of these products have been clinically tested although they may be of assistance to some people .
60 An investigation into approaches and tools which may be of assistance in obtaining satisfactory loading efficiency .
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