Example sentences of "may [be] that a " in BNC.

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1 Rather than sending the children out when the adults want to talk , it may be that a neighbour could make sure to include them in an outing to give the child time to talk to them .
2 It may be that a gene 's effects , as a matter of fact , turn out to be confined to the succession of bodies in which the gene sits .
3 It may be that a study commissioned from contractors by the British National Space Centre will provide useful evidence on the cash value of remote sensing ; it is particularly timely in view of the appointment of Professor Pearce ( see above ) as the adviser to the UK Secretary of State for the Environment .
4 The library can of course gain access to the media of television , radio and particularly newspapers indirectly without formalizing a promotional campaign , provided it has something newsworthy to offer ( and it may be that a library promotional effort may itself be newsworthy ) .
5 Following this , it may be that a plan of action emerges .
6 Additionally , with the exception of silver nitrate , the remedies tested in these latter experiments were different from those tested by Jones and Jenkins , and it may be that a less appropriate selection was made .
7 It may be that a further Hurricane was also lost , some sources recording R.A.F. fighter losses for this day as five Hurricanes and three pilots .
8 Purely on a psychological level , it may be that a culture such as ours that has grown up out of a Judaic-Christian background finds cremation difficult to accept .
9 Liam Hudson suggests that ‘ it may be that a single system of values embraces the individual 's perceptions of academic institutions ; his perception of himself and his demonstrable behaviour ’ , and goes on to say that ,
10 We have also seen that results are much better for trained writers , and it may be that a ‘ general purpose ’ system for any writer will not prove to be an effective system for cursive handwriting .
11 It may be that a separate recogniser could be constructed that would concentrate on these sort of features , i.e. the shape of a word found from its ascending and descending characters .
12 It may be that a new course is still in the planning stages , or that what you want is offered at another local centre .
13 It may be that a grass seed has penetrated between the paws .
14 We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y.
15 So , for example , it may be that a keen walker would have a special interest in a stretch of country where he or she frequently walked which would entitle him or her to challenge a decision to grant planning permission to develop it , whereas an ordinary member of the public or even of some environmental group in a different area might not have .
16 It may be that a distinction can be drawn between two different groups of provisions .
17 It may be that a vaccination programme is required — Rotavirus or E-coli .
18 It may be that a third party would be prepared to accept the commitments for a limited purpose without becoming a party to the treaty .
19 If you have a particular task in mind it may be that a 2.4 volt drill will perform quite adequately , although as a general rule the lower voltage drills are best suited to small diameter pilot drilling and countersinking .
20 It may be that a discourse like Bateson 's which attempts to forge linkages between English studies and democratic processes was an unlikely candidate for acceptance within what has been described ( by a university teacher active at this time ) as the " foppish , aristocratic atmosphere of the English university of the 1950s .
21 There can be a vital need for the encouragement of this type of activity , but it may be that a more conscious and directed effort by Dupont would have led to an earlier breakthrough and increased profitability from the work .
22 For example , in considering the efficiency and effectiveness of a regional airport it may be that a specialist transport economist could assist the auditor in assessing the effectiveness of the airport 's operations .
23 At the conclusion of the prosecution it may be that a submission of no case was made and rejected .
24 It may be that a court of equity will regard the bank as affected by equities arising out of the manner in which the husband persuades his wife to agree to the proposed transaction .
25 Indeed , the lesson of 1979 may be that a government which can not be certain of winning a vote of confidence in the Commons would be well advised to call an election .
26 It may be that a judge is well qualified to conduct enquiries to establish what took place on particular occasions .
27 It may be that a trait of general carelessness ( apparently associated with anxiety ) manifests as poor quality diary entry , as well as erratic usage of medication resulting in greater maximal variation of peak expiratory flow .
28 It may be that a variety of different approaches is considered appropriate .
29 That Aethelbald 's position in southern England at the end of his reign was still a dominant one is suggested by the description of him in the record of this grant as ‘ king not only of the Mercians but also of the surrounding peoples ’ , but it may be that a diminution of power in the early 750s played a part in exposing him to assassination in Mercia a few years later .
30 It may be that a variety of non-Northumbrian factors also played a part here — not least the early Viking raids , the likely disruption of shipping routes and Anglo-Frankish trading disputes — but the cessation of minting during Aethelred 's second reign is in such striking contrast to what happened in southern England that essentially it remains a mystery .
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