Example sentences of "may be that [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the most potent argument against it may be that we know only too well how protectionism contributed to the great depression of the 1930s . |
| 2 | It may be that we do n't have to use all of that . |
| 3 | One reason why we find it so hard to understand the development of form may be that we do not make machines that develop : often , we understand biological phenomena only when we have invented machines with similar properties . |
| 4 | That is , the results shown in Fig. 5.7 may occur because rats generalize readily between stimuli that have had the same consequence in prior training ; but equally it may be that they generalize less readily between stimuli that have had differing consequences ; or both processes may be operating . |
| 5 | It may be that they have just had their operation or they are just about to have it . ’ |
| 6 | But I 'll I 'll have to find out from them , it may be that they do n't want me to send anybody else to it because I made the initial contact with them . |
| 7 | Well it may be that they do n't know how to , or that they set out such patterns of relating together that they have n't got the means of coping with it . |
| 8 | It may be that it suited occasionally that the same parish priest looked after both of them . |
| 9 | Indeed , it may be that it goes further , and effectively means that the seller has not undertaken to deliver the goods at all , so that it may be argued that the seller has undertaken no obligation and , prior to delivery , there is only a unilateral contract under which the buyer is committed to pay if the seller delivers . |
| 10 | It may be that it exists essentially for the purpose of meshing sentence-construction with pragmatic principles ; for example , for " foregrounding " and " backgrounding " informational content ( or , in the terms preferred in this book , for eliciting certain pragmatic implications ) . |
| 11 | Of course it may be that she returned here with the deceased last night and he went out again on his own , but it does n't seem likely . ’ |
| 12 | It may be that you do not recognise the deep-seated reasons why you hold some animals in higher esteem than others . |
| 13 | It may be that you feel most secure in returning to a familiar environment . |
| 14 | WITH Saturn influencing your base in life , it may be that you have not felt out-and-out joy regarding the home itself or your relationship with one or two members of the family for some considerable time . |