Example sentences of "[det] may be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work may be done that may be to no avail . |
| 2 | The overall emphasis on cost and efficiency in the reformed National Health Service is likely to increase pressures for further reducing the length of hospital stays , and once again this may be to the detriment of older patients . |
| 3 | The only way Masefield can make this credible is to present her as a kind of child-bride , a happy innocent ; necessary as this may be to both the theme and the plot of the book , it does not allow her to develop beyond the limits of a type-character . |
| 4 | The court has no power to order a medical or psychiatric examination of a parent no matter how relevant this may be to the proceedings . |
| 5 | Because the chances are that because you know more about the subject than the general reporter , to whom — this may be to you the most important part of the day , most important story of your day , to him it might be only one of four , five or six that they 're doing . |
| 6 | This rule can not effectively be pursued if strict mens rea principles are applied , however appropriate these may be to other areas of the criminal law . |