Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] may [adv] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My meadow , which I may well be contemplating with pleasure even as you read this , is a delight . |
| 2 | The claim is so shocking — a paradox and even a horror , which we may easily be lulled into taking too lightly — that only two views of this man are possible . |
| 3 | We are already two-thirds of the way through our stay in Peking , and by the time this letter reaches you we may well be getting ready to leave for Sian . |
| 4 | Subject to one very important exception , the English courts will not grant a Mareva injunction unless the plaintiff 's cause of action against the defendant is one which may properly be adjudicated upon in England . |
| 5 | Although they are mainly what would be called consolidating enactments in British practice , one which may perhaps be considered a genuine code is the regulation bringing together all the various Community rules on customs matters , in effect a Community Customs Code , on which the Council adopted a common position on 14 May 1992 . |
| 6 | In the Lewis Papers , Warren remarked , ‘ With his passing we lose him who may perhaps be described as the hero of our saga … |
| 7 | Ultimately his strength will depend on his personality , but as Rodney Brazier points out , when affairs go badly his authority will wane and if luck deserts him he may well be finished . |
| 8 | As a professional , an engineer may owe a duty of care to anyone who may reasonably be expected to be affected by his or her professional conduct . |
| 9 | It would ‘ be to subvert the principles , and foundations of all knowledge … if … that we certainly know , give way to what we may possibly be mistaken in . ’ |
| 10 | What they may unconsciously be looking for is containment . |