Example sentences of "[det] may have [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what you 're saying , that may have been a true figure perhaps two or three days ago , but it actually is changing day by day . |
| 2 | This may have been a late flowering of the ‘ badinage ’ that he used to partake in as a Young Conservative with Brixton locals , but so sensitive is Major about his background , that the public is permitted to hear only the Authorised Version . |
| 3 | This may have been a reasonable starting assumption for the initial round of forecasts made in 1985 , but it is not adequate now . |
| 4 | This may have been a Soviet response to the American nuclear war base facilities under construction at Diego Garcia ( and to a lesser extent to those at the Kagnew Communications Station near Asmara in Ethiopia which had declined in strategic significance and were slowly being wound down ) . |
| 5 | This may have been a popular superstition , but it was by no means confined to uneducated people . |
| 6 | This may have been a conservative blue colour with an elegant stripe down the middle of it , but it was all skew-whiff . |
| 7 | This may have been a difficult question for some to answer as it was an assessment of their own abilities . |
| 8 | Rather than a serious proposal , this may have been a diversionary tactic , intended to block the appointment of Bonito Oliva and force the Socialists to nominate a second-choice candidate with fewer political connotations . |
| 9 | This may have been a just compromise , but it was clearly illogical . |
| 10 | In retrospect , this may have been a deliberate gimmick as she so embarrassingly outclassed the first half 's performances by The Bruvvers , Chris Montez , Len Barry and Johnny Tillotson . |
| 11 | This may have been a conscious effort on Æthelred 's part to divide Olaf from Swegen , with the intention that he should then conquer Norway ( as he did ) and be a thorn in Swegen 's flesh ( as he was , until Swegen defeated and killed him ) . |