Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [pron] may [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wins universal applause from his followers and admiration from the reader , despite the fact that he is going to take away the paradise which may still have been ours . |
| 2 | If this had been the case I may possibly have been offered some cosmetic surgery , but this wo n't happen because it 's a natural part of pregnancy . |
| 3 | But for all that and all that there have been some interesting stirrings in the undergrowth which may well have the effect of concentrating the minds of the opposition party leaders . |
| 4 | By not putting the matter to the test they may well have spared themselves refusal . |
| 5 | It would have been better if we had had a valuation number from the outset which may well have proved more satisfactory with regards to initial enquiries . |
| 6 | It 's good , too to welcome a performance of the Litolff which may well have been over-played in the past but which still deserves an occasional outing . |
| 7 | The material itself may also have broken or be rusting . |
| 8 | The pope himself may even have hoped that the fall of communism might inspire decadent Western Europe to renew its faith , and help spread Catholicism into the Soviet Union . |
| 9 | Similarly , the reference to the barge really refers to an account in a play of a scene which we do not and in some ways could not witness , a scene which may never have taken place in those terms . |
| 10 | Later in the same year the MWCo was instrumental in having a receiver appointed to run the railway — a move which may well have helped to keep the BCR alive for so many years . |
| 11 | Churches remain at Maddington , Shrewton , and Rollestone , while Elston formerly had a chapel which may once have been a church . |
| 12 | You could even have a personalised château holiday , enjoying the hospitality of a family who may well have been in residence for generations . |
| 13 | This can often be harsh to an employee who may well have contributed fully to enhancing the value of the company and may wish to retain his shares ; sometimes exceptions to a provision of this kind can be specified . |
| 14 | This submission appears to me to suggest a way of making more effective proceedings in Parliament by allowing the court to consider what has been said in Parliament as an aid to resolving an ambiguity which may well have become apparent only as a result of the attempt to apply the enacted words to a particular case . |
| 15 | In an essentially two-party system like the British one , for example , the main opposition party contending for office may not wish to fight too hard to curtail the power of an executive they may soon have control of themselves . |
| 16 | This is an expectation which may well have been frustrated in the experimental situation . |