Example sentences of "may be [art] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may be a tendency to overdo it and attach sounds to almost everything , however , which can fray the temper of even the most patient colleague after a while . |
| 2 | There may be a tendency to overdo it and attach sounds to almost everything , however , which can fray the temper of even the most patient colleague after a while . |
| 3 | In a number of cases , however , there may be a tendency to regard it , rather , as a sort of libation to the gods — a project or programme acquiring a certain added respectability by being evaluated , but with no deep-seated resolve on the part of its organisers to make any substantial organisational or financial investment in change ( after all to contemplate fundamental change to a primary programme once it is underway is an exceptionally costly business ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Quasi-syntactic ’ ambiguities require careful consideration because there may be a temptation to diagnose them as cases of lexical ambiguity . |
| 5 | For anyone who does not observe the difference of question word , there may be a temptation to put them down as merely predicate qualifiers with the addition of a resultative nuance . |
| 6 | In the ‘ society-as-parent ’ view , long-term , exclusive fostering would not necessarily be deplored , although there may be a wish to see it achieve the more secure legal status of custodianship or adoption . |
| 7 | There may be a circuit/county-court judge you know who would be willing to give you this experience . |
| 8 | Jim , true to his word , may be the man to fix it after all . |