Example sentences of "may simply be [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this basis , if one meal is eaten and the dish emptied , and then the next meal is refused , it may simply be that the cat is not yet ready for its next ‘ kill ’ . |
| 2 | It may simply be that more people are taking advantage of higher social security benefits to spend more time searching for suitable jobs . |
| 3 | The reason for this trans-cultural similarity of language is not known ; it may simply be that ‘ m ’ is the easiest of all the consonants to produce . |
| 4 | The first may simply be that pupils have not mastered the skills necessary to pursue effective project work . |
| 5 | As predators ourselves it may simply be that we identify more easily with other carnivores . |
| 6 | In traditionally examined courses such as the current HNC or HND , the criterion for award of prizes may simply be that the winner has obtained the top mark when all students across the length and breadth of the country are compared . |
| 7 | First , because of membership of the EMS , wage-bargainers and price-setters in other countries may take particular notice of the DM exchange rate and inflationary trends ( if any ) in the Federal Republic ; second , over a period of time , wage and price responses in other countries might evolve towards the German norm ; third , it may simply be that in a period when for fundamental social and political reasons the control of inflation came to assume dominance in policy-making , policy-makers found it a useful discipline to conduct their fiscal and monetary affairs in such a way as to stabilise the exchange rate against the DM . |
| 8 | The high correlation between accident estimate and risk rating observed , r(46)=0.75 , p<0.01 , may reflect the objective correlation that should exist between these measures or it may simply be that subjects were not completely successful in dissociating the two scales . |
| 9 | There is no requirement to name the potential offeror , and the announcement may simply be that the talks may or may not lead to an offer being made . |