Example sentences of "may [be] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the most potent argument against it may be that we know only too well how protectionism contributed to the great depression of the 1930s . |
| 2 | It may be that we felt this time we ought to have voted Labour , that this was the more altruistic , moral , even noble , choice . |
| 3 | But may be that we had a description , want to get the description out to as many people as possible , to see if anybody recognizes the person described , er then we 'd come to you there , give you the description of the |
| 4 | He did not say what it was but it may be that we found it in the safe this morning . |
| 5 | It may be that we need to offer love , support and encouragement rather than using anger to force a child into what we believe they should or should not do . |
| 6 | It may be that we need to experiment with permanence units , some of which will specialise in achieving permanence through the return to natural families , and others in achieving permanence by placement with new families , and also having units which combine the two functions . |
| 7 | be , it may be that we need to get over to the States , to , to , erm pick up the technical vibes from there , but is the state , er our people in the States are n't in with . |
| 8 | The other development officer predicted making considerable use of volunteers as well as paid carers : ‘ it may be that we have two types of carer , an informal unpaid visiting service , and then the regular paid carers ’ . |
| 9 | It may be that we have upset someone and a rift exists . |
| 10 | In a letter to his congregation he said : ‘ It may be that we have no influence on those who plan and carry out murders in both parts of our community , but we can all help create a climate of opinion where they will be increasingly isolated and disowned . ’ |
| 11 | We know more about Milton , his personal concerns and his literary plans than we do about any other poet of his time , and indeed it may be that we have to come right up to the nineteenth century before we learn so much about the inner life of any poet . |
| 12 | One reason why we find it so hard to understand the development of form may be that we do not make machines that develop : often , we understand biological phenomena only when we have invented machines with similar properties . |
| 13 | It may be that we do n't have to use all of that . |
| 14 | That is , the results shown in Fig. 5.7 may occur because rats generalize readily between stimuli that have had the same consequence in prior training ; but equally it may be that they generalize less readily between stimuli that have had differing consequences ; or both processes may be operating . |
| 15 | It may be that they left the gate open when they went , and Joe just trotted out . ’ |
| 16 | Lukoff and Whiteman ( 1960 ) found that blind pupils make blind friends when they have the opportunity to do so , and it may be that they need as they grow up to have some shared experience with children and young people who face similar challenges . |
| 17 | They may need to reorganize because of demography — that 's the number of pupils that are in a particular area , where you 've got too many schools , or it may be that they want to change the type of offer , such as some of us want to do in the City of Oxford . |
| 18 | It may be that they have developed new sensitivities to foods , or that they are becoming chemical-sensitive . |
| 19 | It may be that they have been healed ; it may be that they have known the manifest presence of God as the church has drawn near to him in worship . |
| 20 | It may be that they have been healed ; it may be that they have known the manifest presence of God as the church has drawn near to him in worship . |
| 21 | It may be that they have been without God and alone and lost in the world and that through the preaching of the word they have become Christians . |
| 22 | It may be that they have just had their operation or they are just about to have it . ’ |
| 23 | It may be that they have found a way to train humans . |
| 24 | When archaic figures of this type first became known they were called ‘ Apollo ’ , and it may be that they have an early association with his worship , but certainly not all can represent him and the non-committal ‘ kouros ’ is preferable . |
| 25 | It may be that they have feelings stronger than law-abiding persons , which is why they have committed crimes . |
| 26 | It may be that they have discussed the matter with other witnesses , or even the opposition , and reconsidered their evidence . |
| 27 | But I 'll I 'll have to find out from them , it may be that they do n't want me to send anybody else to it because I made the initial contact with them . |
| 28 | Well it may be that they do n't know how to , or that they set out such patterns of relating together that they have n't got the means of coping with it . |
| 29 | It may be that it suited occasionally that the same parish priest looked after both of them . |
| 30 | The one good effect of the poll tax may be that it forces the sale of these empty properties to people who will breathe new life into half-dead communities . |