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

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1 An initial diagnosis of the Gettier counter-examples may be that it is just luck that Henry 's justified belief is true .
2 Another feature of the next few years may be that the stronger venture capital firms will get stronger as the industry levels off and greater competition for business drives down returns .
3 The difference between ten-year-olds and seven-year-olds may be that ten-year-olds are able to provide communicative support for each other in a way that is generally denied to the younger children .
4 The only gain from what at times were acrimonious exchanges may be that the British Boxing Board of Control will renew its vigilance in the protection of its licensed boxers , before a campaign to stop boxing takes on a more menacing shape for those involved in the business .
5 The only difference with hostile takeovers may be that the prices are higher .
6 But in reality there is no such thing as a wholly insulated variety : however strong the links may be that bind a population together , there will always be some consciousness of external norms , and this will have two kinds of effect on in-group behaviour .
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