Example sentences of "may have [be] among " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who pursue comparisons of the kind I am referring to are likely to be impressed by the staying-power of a literary preoccupation to which a variety of temperaments and compulsions has been attracted , and could well be inclined to believe that Pechorin 's duel and indifference may have been among the precedents that weighed , a century later , with a woman bent on contriving her appointment with destiny . |
| 2 | The aqueous micelles comprising droplets of 1-octanol stabilised by octanoate ( surfactant is generated upon addition of sodium permanganate , which oxidises the alcohol to give the salt ) , could have biological relevance , because these may have been among the first prebiotic structures able to self-replicate . |
| 3 | So her former connection with Rustenburg , and the presence there of his brother , may have been among the considerations that prompted Herbert Cranko to choose that town when he found it necessary to settle down after a roving life . |
| 4 | However popular such finely decorated silver plates may have been among the wealthy Britons , it is highly unlikely that they would be seen by the working potters , who would have had to rely on a more popular source for their repertoire . |
| 5 | Though it has been suggested that Cynddylan may have been among Penda 's British allies at the Winwaed , there is no direct evidence for this , but when Penda attacked Oswiu in the mid-650s he is said to have been supported by British kings ( HB ch. 64 ) , principal among whom was Cadafael ap Cynfedw , king of Gwynedd ( HB ch. 65 ) . |
| 6 | It is also possible that life developed , and if the rate of evolution was about twice as rapid as on the Earth then intelligent beings may have been among the organisms roasted to death as the Sun 's luminosity rose , the small oceans evaporated , and the CO 2 emerged from the rocks . |