Example sentences of "may [adv] [verb] be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guilt that the family member himself or herself may possibly have been in part a cause of the problem in the primary sufferer either by something done or not done . |
| 2 | A party may also avoid being in breach by including clauses giving it a unilateral right to change the contents of the contractual obligations , such as clauses allowing the seller to change the delivery date , deliver a different quantity from that ordered by the buyer , alter colours , specifications etc. ( b ) Excluding liability A second alternative is for a clause to state , baldly , that a contracting party is not to be liable , or responsible , for stipulated acts . |
| 3 | Similar selective pressures associated with foods from the second trophic level may also have been of importance in the later development of the hominids themselves |
| 4 | Other factors may also have been at work . |
| 5 | Gloucester 's influence may also have been at work in the selection of a duchy of Lancaster lawyer as the new recorder of London in June 1483 , although the man concerned ( Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe , Lincs. ) preserved a studied neutrality when , only days after his appointment , he found himself in the middle of the deposition crisis . |
| 6 | Gloucester 's influence may also have been at work in the selection of a duchy of Lancaster lawyer as the new recorder of London in June 1483 , although the man concerned ( Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe , Lincs. ) preserved a studied neutrality when , only days after his appointment , he found himself in the middle of the deposition crisis . |
| 7 | Ecgfrith 's half-brother , may also have been in alliance . |
| 8 | Some of them may well have been to boys ' boarding schools and put up with this sort of behaviour |
| 9 | This may well have been of benefit to individuals , but school board members were very conscious of their role as representatives of parents and the local community . |
| 10 | Ceausescu 's visit this week to Iran may well have been in connection with a possible sale of arms . |
| 11 | You could even have a personalised château holiday , enjoying the hospitality of a family who may well have been in residence for generations . |
| 12 | Marling already occupied Pitts Mill and may well have been in Freames as well . |
| 13 | It is worth noting that the Cuban revolution avoided a similar fate by incorporation of the Communists ; the Bolivian experience may well have been in Castro 's mind when he was assessing the means by which he could sustain his own revolution . |
| 14 | The island and its neighbour Warbah have been claimed by Iraq in the past and may well have been among Iraq 's objectives in mounting the invasion a year earlier , although there was no strong evidence of this at the time . |
| 15 | These Odonata may never have been on Earth before , but they circled the Nuria II in an assured way and then set off northwards towards Australia with leisurely beats of their wings . |