Example sentences of "may [be] [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , from a financial point of view it may be worse to be unemployed in London than in Manchester because of the differences in the cost of living . |
| 2 | The National Toxics Campaign Fund , a US-based charity says the unexplained illnesses of hundreds of Gulf war veterans may be due to being exposed to radiation from weapons tipped with depleted uranium . |
| 3 | The recurrence of calculi after removal and the lack of substantial reduction in frequency of cholangitis indicates that there may be little to be gained in many of these patients by multiple manipulations of the biliary tree to achieve clearance . |
| 4 | It may be preferable to be silent regarding the date for expressions of interest until such time as a number of parties have expressed such interest . |
| 5 | ‘ There are several problems a nurse returner might face when working for an agency , and it may be helpful to be aware of these in advance . |
| 6 | In assuming that it may be rational to be a sceptic about value alone , we had stopped at an uncomfortable halfway house between philosophy and common sense , between the pure thinker who doubts everything and the plain man who questions neither what he sees nor what he likes or dislikes . |
| 7 | Client areas may be keen to be at the leading edge in the use emerging technologies , often for all the best reasons , but sometimes to keep up with the latest toy . |
| 8 | While there may be much to be said for the views expressed in this passage it seems to me with all respect to Wilson J. that she was stating what she thought the law ought to be rather than what it is . |
| 9 | There may be much to be considered of which the project manager is not initially aware . |
| 10 | The development of a number of root definitions and associated models will be enlightening ; however , if time is a constraint then it may be necessary to be more selective and pursue only the viewpoints that are most relevant , such as those of the main client or other influential persons , ie people whose agreement may be needed before changes can be implemented . |
| 11 | If you are to live in rented accommodation or a hotel while finding somewhere more permanent to live in your new domicile , your employer may be willing to be responsible for those costs . |
| 12 | And this is where I think you may be able to be of service to me . ’ |
| 13 | If we were just gon na bolt together the two unions then that may be able to be done in a couple of years or so , but if we 're trying to build something better , then we 're talking about a project that takes place over several years . |
| 14 | In its approach to world religions , school RE may be able to be truly pioneering , blazing a trail whereby seemingly very different and rival groupings can meet with respect and even love . |
| 15 | This Information memorandum , or a covering letter for the memorandum ( which will outline the sale procedures and timetable ) will advise interested parties of the intended structure of the transaction , highlighting areas where you may be prepared to be flexible . |
| 16 | Further , the heat ( or other energy ) supplied may be supposed to be a flux across the boundary of the volume under consideration . |
| 17 | The dynamics of the energy cascade and dissipation may be supposed to be governed by the energy per unit time ( per unit mass ) supplied to it at the large eddy ( low wavenumber ) end . |
| 18 | he may be eligible to be on a training course , for what we do n't know , but er after you 've been unemployed six months you are either required to or you have the opportunity to , or you can go on a state training course but what they train you for or to do we , we have n't actually got defined yet . |
| 19 | It may be easier to be fearful of all sorts of things than to be honest and say to yourself : ‘ The way I feel is entirely my own problem . |
| 20 | At this point a woman may be glad to be released , temporarily , from the struggle with her individual problems , and to be renewed by the light that her sisters generate . |