Example sentences of "may be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Intifada may be the first chance for a civilised settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict ; it is also , many Palestinians believe , the last . |
| 2 | Excessive expenditure is indicative of misuse or other problems and under-spending is equally significant as it may be the first clear sign that cleaning is not being carried out to its proper extent . |
| 3 | If you are feeling ‘ fluey ’ this may be the first sign of mastitis . |
| 4 | The next generation of anti-malarials may be the first to be developed with specific biochemical knowledge of how the malaria parasite can be attacked and killed once inside the body . |
| 5 | It may be the first time that they have had to live alone and that a whole new way of life has to be taken on board at a time when they are emotionally upset and feeling the sadness of being parted from their son or daughter . |
| 6 | Proverbs 13:10 tells us ‘ Pride only breeds quarrels , but wisdom is found in those who take advice ’ , and for some this may be the first experience in considering opinions other than their own . |
| 7 | Although children will already have had everyday experiences with water this may be the first time that water has been offered to them as a material to play and experiment with . |
| 8 | Innocence may be the first casualty of war , as the posters for the film boldly quoted , but it seems good taste is the first casualty in computer-game marketing . |
| 9 | I may be the first challenger for Lennox , so it 's not surprising that I 'm behind Bowe . ’ |
| 10 | AI believes this may be the first time a poll has shown such opposition . |
| 11 | The silver coinage of the late seventh century took over the developing role of gold coin and may be the first true cash in England for commercial transactions . |
| 12 | Encouraging the licking of spreads and jams off pieces of bread , toast , crackers , or biscuits may be the first step . |
| 13 | It also may be the first single to have celebrated the guitarist as icon and as such has been the target of many awful cover versions by people like Michael J Fox , who want to be guitar heroes . |
| 14 | And , if talks with the West Samoans are successful , a Test with Peter Fatialofa 's men of next year may be the first match . |
| 15 | Your local computer supplier may be the first place to visit . |
| 16 | In what may be the first of several similar moves , Alpha Microsystems Inc , Santa Ana , is to acquire the assets of the hardware maintenance division of MGI Group International Inc , a Los Angeles-based Unix integrator with 294 local service contracts , adding some $1.2m to Alpha Micro 's nationwide annual service revenues ; the acquisition , whose terms were undisclosed , is expected to be completed later this month . |
| 17 | This may be the first piece of half-good news in three years for defence manufacturers who have seen orders for new equipment shrink even faster than national defence budgets ( chart 1 ) . |
| 18 | In what may be the first of several similar moves , Alpha Microsystems Inc has agreed to acquire the assets of the hardware maintenance division of MGI Group International , a Los Angeles-based Unix integrator with 294 local service contracts adding $1.2M to Alpha 's nationwide annual service revenues . |
| 19 | If this is the case , the changes of the past 30 years may be the first signs of a return to the more traditional population distribution of pre-industrial Britain , but it must also be borne in mind that it takes a very long time to shift major population patterns , and that the present trends may only be a veneer on an underlying and more permanent structure . |
| 20 | Frequently the plan of a few words may be the first thing that comes into a student 's head or more ominously the only thing in the student 's head ! |
| 21 | They may be the first sign of trust given , an attempt to show an external sign of an internal pain as a way of having it noticed . |
| 22 | Stress problems in the family may be the first indicator of a sufferer 's disease . |
| 23 | This may be the first time there has been a broad comparison of two fairly " complete " catalogue systems which are also internally quite similar ( the present writer had a hand in the design of both of them ) with the same users in the same library . |
| 24 | H. B. Cott , author of the classic book Animal Coloration , put the point well in 1940 , in what may be the first use in print of the arms-race analogy in biology : |
| 25 | Everybody get trouble sometime , and this may be the first for you — the first we hear about . |
| 26 | ( 61 ) That may be the first time in my life that a man has dared insult me . |
| 27 | The report says that the Marshall Islanders are likely have to flee their homes within 30 years and that the islands may be the first of the world 's low-lying countries ( mostly Pacific islands ) to be inundated as sea levels rise . |
| 28 | It expects to be the first constituency in the country to declare a result , it may be the first Liberal Democrat gain , or it may elect Britain 's first black Tory MP . |
| 29 | Central London , where even Hitler 's bombs never stopped the daily pinta getting through , may be the first area where the milkie becomes an extinct species . |
| 30 | Antigone may be the first of all political plays and is surely the greatest . |