The phrase "may be lagging" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to indicate that something is not progressing as quickly as desired. For example: "John's academic performance this semester may be lagging, so we should consider enrolling him in an after-school tutoring program."
Rick Perry's poll numbers may be lagging.
The information is combined and analyzed to develop short- and long-term strategies that capitalize on student's skills and develop areas that may be lagging.
It often comes down to minimizing who they are — successful, focused women — with their dates, who may be lagging a bit behind.
And though Mr. Immelt may be lagging Mr. Pandit, if he remains committed to shrinking he is unlikely to hear many boos at his annual investor presentation today.
Statewide, then, Texas's general election turnout may be lagging for the same reason it always lags: largely uncompetitive races and widespread disinterest.
Reports like these, which reveal advanced, persistent attackers, should serve as a clarion call for all security professionals, in all industries, who may be lagging.
For example, effect of BMI may be lagged, and the cumulative exposure to overweight/obesity may not be perfectly correlated with baseline BMI.
Because temperature's effects on health may be lagged for more than 10 days [ 32, 33], the 14-day moving average temperature was controlled in our model [ 34, 35].
Still, results of this study cover only the short-term impacts of selection cutting (2 years), and there may be lag effects with sensitive species.
Social insurance medicine may simply be lagging behind, but the AGREE instrument may not be being used in social insurance medicine because of the rather different medical work involved in social insurance.
But Mr. Chang warned that the market may soon be lagging behind the potential for innovation.
