Example sentences of "may [adv] be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as family size may not be tending to zero , it is evident that income and material benefits are not the only considerations in determining family size . |
| 2 | As we have seen in Lecture 7 , equilibrium in the factor or output markets may not be achieved , and we have to examine in the context of a fully specified disequilibrium model whether the economy converges to an equilibrium path , which in turn may or may not be tending to a steady state . |
| 3 | You could even say that you should worry if a child reaches the age of seven or eight without ever using swear words , since he or she may not be listening to people perhaps not even to you . |
| 4 | Sub-text : ‘ I have to convey my message , which is more important than yours ( and I may not be listening to you ) . ’ |
| 5 | Our love affair with the box may finally be coming to consummation . |
| 6 | All these agencies make sending out mailings much easier but they can be very expensive , and unless you give very precise and detailed instructions about which journalists in each category of the media should receive the release you may still be sending to media which can not use the story . |
| 7 | There is some evidence ( ILEA , Oxfordshire ) that LEAs may also be responding to the view that the arts coordination is more consistently served in advisory services by a single member of staff with cross-arts responsibilities than through the informal cooperation of individual arts subject advisers . |
| 8 | But now this third bright period may also be coming to an end . |
| 9 | Also , cash-bloated film and television tycoons formed one important group of new collectors of contemporary art in the Eighties , and since the entertainment business is often the last industry to feel the pinch of a national economic recession , artists may also be retreating to the comfort of their remaining sure sources of income . |
| 10 | Pesticides may also be contributing to the fall of the hare . |
| 11 | The formica board you are working on may also be contributing to the buckling , as gum strip may not adhere too well . |
| 12 | A major highway , Interstate 80 , which crosses the southern edge of the flats , may also be contributing to their depletion by causing new patterns of drainage for the salt water . |
| 13 | Some may even be clinging to the arching aerial roots of the mangroves or clambering up the trunks . |
| 14 | In the tropics , however , environmental change is occurring at an unprecedented rate where deforestation is creating local and , in all probability , global environmental problems since the demise of tropical rainforests in particular may well be contributing to the enhanced greenhouse effect ( section 5.3.1 ) . |
| 15 | Right , after the six thirty news sequence which is coming up directly , we 'll be talking about a fascinating report in the January edition of She magazine , about house guests who may well be coming to you for Christmas , and who may well outstay their welcome . |
| 16 | As you look at the above diagram of the learning cycle you may well be saying to yourself ‘ Is that all there is to it ? |
| 17 | That these drugs themselves may actually be adding to that incidence is a disturbing thought . |