Example sentences of "[conj] [ex0] may have been [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except in very specific cases Sidonius 's attitudes and style encourage the reader to see continuity where there may have been disruption . |
| 2 | A CRE spokesman confirmed to The Scotsman that it had begun an official investigation ‘ which arises from our view that there may have been discrimination in some of the things being done by the education department of Strathclyde Regional Council . ’ |
| 3 | A CRE spokesman confirmed to The Scotsman that it had begun an official investigation ‘ which arises from our view that there may have been discrimination in some of the things being done by the education department of Strathclyde Regional Council . ’ |
| 4 | On May 19th seven civil servants were fired ( though , in one of many farcical moves , five have now been unfired ) among muttering that there may have been criminality in the office . |
| 5 | David Schramm , of the University of Chicago , along with Chris Hill from Fermilab , the particle-physics laboratory just outside Chicago , has recently suggested that there may have been transitions after the microwave background was emitted . |
| 6 | Florence Nightingale has been the inspiration for twentieth-century nursing ; every now and then a historian attempts to point out that there may have been aspects of her life which were not quite so saintly as we believe , but this does not shatter her image . |
| 7 | These finds suggest at least two methods of fishing , with line and net , and there may have been others . |
| 8 | The point was long in doubt , and there may have been reasons for thinking that it might not be appropriate to extend the obligation to measures adopted before a directive existed . |
| 9 | But there may have been incidents where we have been involved . |
| 10 | The high interest rates might well have depressed investment if other things had remained equal , but there may have been changes in other factors that helped to maintain investment : in other words , the I curve shifted to the right . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , but there may have been others . ’ |
| 12 | A team creates a supportive atmosphere where people are happy to go at risk , say what they really think , develop one another 's ideas and commit to an agreed course of action even though there may have been differences of opinion . |