Example sentences of "may be [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , comparative studies of Wyrwoll & smyth ( 1985 ) , who suggested that the ‘ improved ’ performance may be partly a function of shape-influenced deficiencies in the sieving technique , led to the conclusion that only a marginal improvement in fitting over the log-normal curve was achieved . |
| 2 | This absence of significant clinical abnormality may be partly a reflection of the fact that donkeys are rarely required to perform sustained exercise . |
| 3 | This may be partly a factor of reduced possible nucleation sites and partly a result of the decreased supply of calcium carbonate . |
| 4 | Such factors as incentives , motivation , perseverance , and the like may account for some of the proportion allocated to education ; and these factors may be partly the effects of education and partly its causes . |
| 5 | A change in body weight with ageing may be partly the result of an increment in fat mass . |
| 6 | There are now over twenty Visa cards on offer — all with different terms and conditions , twelve Mastercards , not to mention some seventeen gold cards ( which may be either a charge card like American Express or Diners Club , or a credit card ) . |
| 7 | This initiating event may be either a rupture in the reactor 's coolant system that results in a LOCA , or any of a number of reactor transients . |
| 8 | Thus hope , love , sleep may be nouns as well as verbs ; chief , square , vegetable may be nouns as well as adjectives ; while may be either a noun , verb or conjunction ; since may be an adverb , preposition or a conjunction . |
| 9 | For example , the word ball may be either a noun , a transitive verb or an intransitive verb but for 99% of cases may be treated simply as a noun . |
| 10 | The thesis , on an agreed topic not exceeding 60,000 words , may be either a piece of original research or a critical survey of advanced knowledge in a particular field . |
| 11 | A valuation may be either an assurance oriented ( ie providing assurance or comfort ) or a value added engagement . |
| 12 | The numerical score may be either an age equivalent or a standardised score . |
| 13 | The title of Willie van Peer 's The taming of the text is intentionally and instructively ambiguous , since , as the editor himself points out in the introduction , " the text may be either the subject or the object of the " " taming " ( p. 7 ) . |
| 14 | This may be either the landowner or his tenant , depending on the tenant 's occupancy agreement . |
| 15 | The few that are older may be either the result of Tudor or Stuart enclosure , or examples of monastic granges which have already been discussed . |
| 16 | In sentences 3 and 4 , the reference value of he may be either the president or some other male person . |
| 17 | The aggressive , destructive behaviour that is often seen in hyperkinetics usually develops later than the other symptoms , and may be largely a response to feelings of frustration that stem from the other symptoms . |
| 18 | Occasionally , at the other extreme , he or she may be primarily an administrator . |
| 19 | This may be also a question which you will say the districts are in a better position to answer and maybe they should be forewarned that if you say that , they will be asked that question . |
| 20 | A YEAR in Provence may be just a dream — but two weeks is a distinct possibility . |
| 21 | It may be just a surface for bacteria or may play a more active part in filtration . |
| 22 | It may be just a part time book-keeper or it may be a large department with frequent visits from outside chartered accountants and auditors . |
| 23 | He may be just a boy , but he 's also something of a genius . |
| 24 | For a bird , an alarm call may be just a whistle and always that whistle . |
| 25 | Some may be long-standing family homes , while others may be just a step on the housing ladder . |
| 26 | ‘ I got to Holland and Belgium last August with the Ireland training panel but failed to win my first cap , but helping Ulster to another Leinster Regiment Cup may be just the springboard this time . ’ |
| 27 | Starry eyed lovers , spoilt brats and feuding parents may be just the ticket for the maiden aunt but what the old fashioned bit of Victorian nonsense is doing surfacing in the West End in recession-hit 1992 is a mystery . |
| 28 | ‘ She may be just the person we need , ’ said David , glancing meaningfully at Juliet . |
| 29 | This may be just the speculation of disaffected dealers . |
| 30 | But these may be just the cost of buying ( selling ) either a future or the underlying shares . |