Example sentences of "may be good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is rather like working with people from other countries ; there may be good communication at one level , but at the same time one has the sense of the difference of cultures .
2 It may be good idea to take them if you are ill or if you are a heavy alcohol consumer but they should not be routinely necessary .
3 Otherwise , there may be good reasons why he has not advanced , perhaps because he has been ill or over-tired .
4 In other jobs , there may be good reasons why employees have a right , under the contract , to be given work to do .
5 This is not to deny that there may be good reasons why members of religious minorities should have sought a career in science and why they excelled in particular areas .
6 There may be good reasons for it being as it is , but it could be different , and is different in other countries .
7 If you 're keeping your spouse because you have the assets and he or she does n't , there 's no good leaving nothing to the spouse , unless that spouse is rich in his or her own right Rich in comparative terms , then there may be good reasons not to live him or her anything because you 'd rather leave it to the children .
8 But there may be good reasons every now and then for not re-issuing er , even though it 's agreed what the will be .
9 ‘ They may be good trackers , ’ Allen said , ‘ but they 'll have to leave their horses again and they wo n't do that . ’
10 The physiological ‘ triggers ’ for T-cell adhesion are unknown , but cytokines may be good candidates as they are released during inflammation and trigger adhesion in neutrophils and monocytes .
11 BOUTS of nausea and vomiting that accompany the first months of pregnancy may be good news for the mother , according to two new theories on the cause of morning sickness .
12 But while rightsizing may be good news for end-users , it is bad news for many of the established giants of the IT industry .
13 FALLING interest rates may be good news for home buyers but they do n't do savers any favours .
14 It is rather too easy to rally chauvinistic backing for the support of industries against foreign competition but nonetheless there may be good grounds for protection .
15 For example , there may be good grounds for the total exclusion of the public from some nature reserves .
16 There may be good grounds , such as a requirement to frequently access this data , to include this unnormalised and derived relation on the database .
17 There may be good arguments for establishing a ‘ Temporary Contemporary ’ in London , where the Tate Gallery could share an involvement with other institutions in restoring London to a position of eminence on the international contemporary art scene .
18 Occasionally there are situations where two techniques can be used , and there may be good reason to apply both so that they provide supporting evidence for each other ( for example , see p. 134 for the use of TL and uranium series dating at Pontnewydd Cave ) .
19 Sufficient has been said to suggest that there may be good reason to utilize intergovernmental grants and that , in order to choose the appropriate grant , it is necessary to consider both the objective and the likely response of the local authority to the grant .
20 Incidentally , the SRU will continue to press for the IRFB to form a Laws Advisory Committee consisting of genuine experts as opposed to five members of the board who may be good men and true but who know damn all about , for example , why the laws have evolved as they have .
21 In F v West Berkshire Health Authority [ 1989 ] 2 All ER 545 , Lord Goff stated : where the state of affairs is permanent or semi-permanent , as … in the case of a mentally disordered person … there is no point in waiting to obtain the patient 's consent … the doctor must act in the best interests of his patient , just as if he had received his patient 's consent so to do … the lawfulness of the doctor 's action is to be found in the principle of necessity … the doctor must act in accordance with a responsible and competent body of relevant professional opinion … it may be good practice to consult relatives and others who are concerned with the care of the patient .
22 They may be good business for surveyors , but they are a waste of money for those buyers who are unsuccessful or who have to pull out for one reason or another .
23 Chopping down forests to clear land for cattle , as world demand for hamburgers soars , may be good business in the short run , but its long-run effect on the accumulation of greenhouse gases is significant .
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