Example sentences of "may be [adv] a [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 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A YEAR in Provence may be just a dream — but two weeks is a distinct possibility . |
| 12 | It may be just a surface for bacteria or may play a more active part in filtration . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He may be just a boy , but he 's also something of a genius . |
| 15 | For a bird , an alarm call may be just a whistle and always that whistle . |
| 16 | Some may be long-standing family homes , while others may be just a step on the housing ladder . |
| 17 | H. lapillus will usually spend at least a day on each prey item and in some instances the time may be nearer a week . |
| 18 | To what extent such metrical methods will be used only in specialized analyses remains to be seen , for as Stewart ( 1954 ) suggests , it may be rather a waste of effort to measure such specimens simply to verify what can so quickly be seen by eye . |
| 19 | The ‘ Shantih ’ at the poem 's end may be simply a way of stopping , a ‘ formal ending ’ ; or it may be comparable to the exhausted collapse after the destruction at the end of ‘ Gerontion ’ ( Eliot considered ‘ Gerontion ’ as preface to The Waste Land ) . |
| 20 | It may be a preliminary to higher levels of spending or may be simply a shift in portfolio preferences towards more liquid forms of wealth . |
| 21 | In plain terms this means that one may be unwittingly a member of an elite group , on Wright Mills 's argument . |
| 22 | ‘ It may be once a week or once a fortnight perhaps , but it would n't be a lengthy period until the baby is older and more independent . |
| 23 | The small firm needling the big multinational may be only a nuisance for the time being , but if it latches on to a new and successful technology and makes all the right first-mover investments it may be tomorrow 's market leader . |
| 24 | Like a small pale Peregrine , of which it may be only a race , but much paler and more rufous , with crown and nape very rufous. 15–18 in. ( 38–45 cm ) . |
| 25 | The problem this creates for Christianity is that a part of the turning to faith in our generation may be only a reflection of the psychological and sociological undercurrents of our time . |
| 26 | That may be only a symbol , but it is an important one . |
| 27 | Instead of the MIPS R4000-killer it 's cracked up to be , he thinks it may be only a 30% performance improvement over the 80486 . |
| 28 | This year America 's deficit and Germany 's surplus are forecast to be less than half as big , as a percentage of GNP , as they were at their peak ; Japan 's surplus may be only a quarter of its peak level . |
| 29 | The idea that speech coding in memory may be only a subset of motor memory processes , including sign language behaviour , opens up a new possibility for psychological research . |
| 30 | It requires a quantity , which may be only a gram or so , of cocaine hydrochloride , bicarbonate of soda , containers such as jam jars , glass tubing , stirrers and a source of heat . |