Example sentences of "but they may [adv] be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Sunderland may be playing at Wembley next month but they may also be relegated from the Second Division despite having games in hand .
2 External views may be presented to the user through the use of host language programs or a query language but they may also be obtained through a dialogue , which approaches a natural language dialogue , or via a menu .
3 If these latter are part of the design team then already we have a matrix organisation but they may well be provided on a service basis from some other part of the parent organisation .
4 The second is that the rules may be those that apply to formal , written language but they may then be prescribed for all circumstances .
5 After burial , bones are protected from the worst effects of weathering , but they may still be subjected to corrosion by soil or sediment .
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