Example sentences of "may [verb] out [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This simplifying assumption may turn out to be incorrect — future psycholinguistic research may provide evidence that different lexicons are involved in the perception and production of language , or that different lexicons are involved in the processing of spoken and written language — but at present there are no good reasons for rejecting the simplifying assumption of a single mental lexicon . |
| 2 | If this is not the case , then an otherwise ideal candidate may turn out to be unhappy doing the work and therefore fundamentally unsuitable . |
| 3 | IBM insists that , despite the implementation differences , binary compatibility between Rios 1 and Rios 2-based systems will be maintained , although some re-compilation may turn out to be necessary to take full advantage of new performance features . |
| 4 | Algorithms such as reversing sequences of ie to ei following a letter c are effective first attempts before going on to more complicated techniques , or even instead of such techniques which may turn out to be counter-productive in terms of time taken and the number of candidates produced . |
| 5 | But some of the alleged failures may turn out to be actual failures , and the Institute may have to take disciplinary action against the firms in question . |
| 6 | The target sometimes may turn out to be fictional . |
| 7 | It is up to each one of us , he wrote , at every point in our lives , to decide how much order and how much disorder , how much discipline and how much freedom we need for the best realization of our project of the moment , even though that project may turn out to be flawed or even utterly mistaken in the short run , of course I am only talking about the short run , he wrote , in the long run , as I have already said , both success and failure are quite without meaning , the notion of meaning is quite without meaning . |
| 8 | President Bush also came away from his talks with Mr Gorbachev in Malta convinced that the Soviet leader recognised that German reunification may turn out to be unavoidable , but that it must come as part of a wider European endeavour to end the post-war division of Europe . |
| 9 | President Bush also came away from his talks with Mr Gorbachev in Malta convinced that the Soviet leader recognised that German reunification may turn out to be unavoidable , but that it must come as part of a wider European endeavour to end the post-war division of Europe . |
| 10 | Armchair theorising may be a useful preliminary , a source of what may turn out to be interesting ideas , but for science to begin it must be secured to empirical results and its theories determined by them . |
| 11 | If you write it yourself it may turn out to be invalid , or there may be legal ambiguities in what you thought were clear requests . |
| 12 | The recognition that the assumption of the effectiveness of law may turn out to be false in all or at least specific areas does not mean that all legal activity in relation to international law is worthless . |
| 13 | Ca n't explain now , but they may turn out to be important . |
| 14 | The guidelines may turn out to be unworkable . |
| 15 | This very important task involves a high memory load , as items mentioned by a patient early in the interview may turn out to be significant later on . |
| 16 | Of course , such considerations may turn out to be erroneous ; but the choice is , or ought to be , a reasoned one . |
| 17 | The island parable focuses not upon the reactions of workers and employers to what may turn out to be imaginary variations in the real wage rate but upon the reactions of producers to variations in the prices being paid for their products . |