Example sentences of "may be [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , older workers lose the right to be protected from unfair dismissal if they are over the ‘ upper age limit ’ ( this may be 65 or it may be whatever is the ‘ normal retiring age ’ for the job the individual holds ) . |
| 2 | It may be we are afraid that if they understood our needs they might use that information in some way to exploit us . |
| 3 | It may be it is not the hair itself but possible the style of fishing associated that could be the problem . |
| 4 | Perhaps people realise that in England these women are ultimately powerless , so they feel there is no point in helping them , or perhaps they think that the sons are to a certain extent justified , or may be it is just a matter of people not having the time or energy to do anything about it . |
| 5 | For the artist , whatever else art may be it is an attempt to express deeply held beliefs about the nature of being . |
| 6 | But correct as the analysis may be it is limited to pragmatic instrumentalist legal theory , and the prescription fails to take account of social theories which may help to explain the changes in the rule of law over time . |
| 7 | … However reprehensible conduct of this kind may be it is not , at least in circumstances such as the present , an abuse or , in another word , a misuse of the court 's process . |
| 8 | Indeed , at times like this , may be it is useful simply to restate what , for many people , is so obvious it often goes without saying . |
| 9 | May be it 's good for you I do n't know . |
| 10 | And I suppose may be it 's may be if somebody got that , that 's why I say if you have to buy the property first . |
| 11 | Erm the er desire that I twelve conveys to encourage district councils to make special provision in their you know to emphasize high density employment in their city centres is understood , no quarrel with that , but if you ca n't , if you feel unable er at county level to be absolutely explicit , that a district would be free if it so chose , it might not choose to do so , if it so chose to make I twelve decisions that did n't come out of its I five , er they would n't have to come out of its I five allocations , unless you can be clear that they 're free to do that , erm it suggests to me sir that may be it 's I twelve that 's that 's getting in the way , erm and w that might well be something we can do without . |
| 12 | Whatever your strength may be it 's encouraged . ’ |
| 13 | Erm so I think it was probably quite well attended though there were a vast number of these green files left at the end so may be it was n't as well attended as I thought it had been . |
| 14 | When Byrd 's songs have finally been recognized for what they are , there will at last be a recording of ‘ O dear life , when may be it be , sung to its complete text all eight stanzas of Sir Philip Sidney 's agonizingly erotic poem by five brave and talented singers who know exactly what they are doing . |
| 15 | It may be there 's some sort of sequence to these , this activity . |
| 16 | May be there 's no other full record . |
| 17 | Well I mean may be there 's there 's there 's an argument on teaching contraception measures . |
| 18 | What those costs may be I 'm afraid I ca n't give you a good guide because depend on the amount of work . |
| 19 | But I still ex I still out of courtesy expect people to phone but may be I 'm old fashioned . |
| 20 | May be I 'm wrong but I think it 's in a block . |
| 21 | I sometimes one may be I 'm completely wrong |
| 22 | May be I 'm being a little unkind but that was rather the impression I got . |
| 23 | If this is how you describe your running , it may be you are running with no plan and no sense of direction . |