Example sentences of "may once [vb infin] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | No more implanting the virus from within , no more attempting to gatecrash a terrain that no longer really belongs to us ( whatever it may once have been , simple demographic change has turned pop into global light entertainment ) . |
| 2 | The little towns through which the road runs may once have been important , but are now picturesque backwaters . |
| 3 | MacKinnon thinks that the orang-utans may once have been more sociable with a way of life suited to the more open woodland habitat of the suggested ancestor . |
| 4 | Public service may once have been the duty of an elite , but today it is the responsibility of all who have time or money to spare . |
| 5 | Some gorges may once have been underground caverns , the roofs of which have collapsed . |
| 6 | The Thalidomide drug may once have been described as God 's gift to expectant mothers . |
| 7 | The result is that lodes , which may once have been uniform , and continuous , have frequently become twisted and prone to peter out suddenly . |
| 8 | Perhaps it is not too late , by some sort of active ‘ tending ’ , to re-create the atmospheres of ancient sites by reintroducing plants which may once have been there , so that they can again contribute their specific fragrance , their own note which helps create the ethereal music of the place . |
| 9 | But , paradoxically perhaps , this greater tolerance may result in less fragmentation , more coherence , and less subjection to the forms of anxiety or guilt or compulsive behaviour that may once have been so deeply disturbing or threatening . |
| 10 | The rule may once have been justified by the fear that without it an accused might be tortured into production of documents but those days are surely past and this consideration can not apply in the context of a civil action . |
| 11 | This marked a shift from the integrated singular order within which the bardic and similar orders were first defined , though in its disputed origins the guild may once have been close to them . |
| 12 | This may once have been the case . |
| 13 | Churches remain at Maddington , Shrewton , and Rollestone , while Elston formerly had a chapel which may once have been a church . |
| 14 | ‘ Childcare is increasingly becoming a necessity and not the optional extra or luxury it may once have been considered , ’ said Coun Frank Robson , chairman of the council 's personnel sub-committee . |