Example sentences of "may [conj] [modal v] [adv] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may or may not have been divisions of opinion in the ranks of the progressive Alliance , but the Conservatives were all too evidently engaged in fratricidal strife . |
| 2 | The problem of fascist sympathies among the ranks of MI5 at the outset of the war is entirely ignored , as is the removal in 1940 of its founder and director , Sir Vernon Kell , which may or may not have been connected with that issue . |
| 3 | The reply may or may not have been arrogant , but , more significantly , it carried within itself the fatality to come . |
| 4 | Jim Morrison died in Paris on July 7 , 1971 , of what may or may not have been an overdose . |
| 5 | The press had been given nothing but ‘ blurry , distorted photographs culled from television shots of occasions in the past at which North happened to be present ’ ; at best , ABC News had shown ‘ pictures of the back of a man 's head that may or may not have been North 's as the man got into an Embassy car in Cyprus on the occasion of the homeward flight of one of the hostages ’ . |
| 6 | Angela Brickell 's death may or may not have been , but the attack on Harry was vastly thought out . ’ |
| 7 | Wanton and murderess she may or may not have been . |
| 8 | The police took what may or may not have been three different names and addresses and cautioned the men . |
| 9 | In others , however , fee-payers ( who may or may not have been among ‘ the gifted and the intellectual ’ ) existed alongside those who had won places in the eleven-plus competition . |
| 10 | This may or may not have been true , though knowing Henry II , it may well have been . |
| 11 | That may or may not have been . |
| 12 | This decision may or may not have been correct , but it was understandable . |
| 13 | My actions may or may not have been right and , as I said in court , I wish with hindsight that I had thought more about the late take-up . |
| 14 | This may or may not have been true , but we were the most critical and non-conformist . |
| 15 | William may or may not have been a rogue and charlatan ; there are said to be many such in Panama , which as a crossroads for the modern world radiates a special magnetism for crews of ne'er-do-wells . |
| 16 | ‘ Cadet d'Arquebus ! ’ screamed the Chaplain , suffused with a righteous rage which he may or may not have been simulating . |
| 17 | A rather elaborate superstructure consisted of a bridge , saloon , a dining-room and what may or may not have been a galley . |
| 18 | Senior officers may or may not have been involved , but they certainly made public their opposition to party politicians who had held back the growth of military expenditure in budget balancing financial policies . |
| 19 | It may or may not have been his home for any length of time , but it is certainly the only survivor of that contemporary period of timbered houses with thatched roofs which frequently caught fire and were eventually forbidden . |
| 20 | It brilliantly combines a legitimate trepidation about the Nazis with a certain ambivalence ( perhaps typical of those on the bourgeois Left in Britain at the time ) about the Russian bears who may or may not have been rescuing him , resolved in the end by the arrival of the charming governess — " better keep a hold on Nurse , just in case of something worse " ! |
| 21 | That society should have a two-tier membership , with only property-owners possessing full political rights , as C. B. Macpherson has suggested , may or may not have been what Locke believed . |
| 22 | There are only two varieties of western male who routinely and deliberately display what they may or may not have been born with ( rumours of radiator hoses and sockfuls of sand abound ) and they are the matador and the heavy rock 'n' roller . |
| 23 | In that particular instance the money may or may not have been misspent , and for all I know those wards are now full . |
| 24 | There is another possible consequence of this change , which may or may not have been intended . |
| 25 | Their romance may or may not have been a whirlwind one . |
| 26 | This research was stimulated by a recognition that we might have a rare opportunity , through being granted privileged access to assault victims in a busy hospital accident and emergency department , to study serious assaults which may or may not have been reported to the police and , therefore , the definition of which as crimes is still open to question . |
| 27 | Erm , that may or may not have been deliberate , but it 's very important , particularly within a group , erm of people in negotiation , who were clear about roles , and when I was out on the road , I used to occasionally take the out , and I 'd go and see my broker and erm , I 'd say , oh we love to do fish and chip shops , we love insuring fish and chip shops . |
| 28 | No chair , I would very much like it to be looked at in great detail by the budget review committee , actually , you 'll see in the report that many of these problems were identified as areas of concern by the district auditor prior to the signing of the contract , and he was given , it seems , various assurances which may or may not have been met , and I would like to go into much more detail than would be possible with this committee . |
| 29 | ‘ You 'll do for me , I 've always voted Labour , ’ said the fan , who may or may not have been colour blind . |
| 30 | When we arrive there 's a three inch pile of mail on the floor , the day 's diary overruns one of the computer screens and the breakfast table is set with grapefruit , muesli , cereals , Frank Cooper 's marmalade and a vase of flowers that may or may not have been pinks . |