Example sentences of "[det] may [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That may have ruined the image a bit , after all , not even Prior , Keen , Baldwin could have had that many motorbike-riding clients . |
| 2 | The reason why trade has risen , one reason is because , erm , transport costs have declined in real terms and secondly w , why can you think of anything else that may have increased trade in manufac manufactured goods ? |
| 3 | That may have contributed , yes , yes . |
| 4 | Now anything else that may have accounted for the erm , decline of agricultural trade , and the increase in manufacturing trade ? |
| 5 | In the course of writing this , we have realised that it would be helpful to ask Mbuna keepers ( past and present ) to let us have details of any females they have owned , that may have behaved in this way . |
| 6 | That may have worked in different circumstances in a different decade , but in 1992 the people of this country look for something better . |
| 7 | But I could at least sense that even the most feared and serious of all the mental illnesses did have something to do with me , however disturbing that may have seemed at the time . |
| 8 | Some may feel coerced into company-centred behaviour , some may accept for instrumental reasons because there is no alternative while others may see the family analogy as the ideal structure for industrial relations . |
| 9 | Many people had struggled to adhere to a strict moral code for years ( while others had worked hard at least to keep up appearances ) : some may have felt that their efforts were no longer appreciated . |
| 10 | These grades are currently being reviewed so some may have altered slightly since we went to press , but they range from the 2∗ to 5∗ . |
| 11 | After fifteen years some may have emigrated died … would all of them spring to the colours when called ? ’ |
| 12 | Some may have visited the other side , but most have stayed at home living with political , economic and cultural systems that have very little in common except the original reason that they came into being — the biggest war the world had yet seen . |
| 13 | Some may have given the wrong answer for reasons other than conceptual difficulty : making a slip , an arithmetic error , misreading or not being able to read the question , not trying and so on . |
| 14 | What about which year joined as alternative to years of Membership , since some may have joined as an Associate ? |
| 15 | Some may have left the area but many found continued support among dissident laymen and a strong , if scattered , Dissenting tradition grow in Sussex , particularly in the eastern half . |
| 16 | Some may have lied deliberately , perhaps out of boredom , perhaps out of mischief , perhaps because they consider pollsters an impertinent nuisance . |
| 17 | Subdued housing market turnover since the end of 1988 has also made it difficult for borrowers to clear arrears by trading down , and some may have thought it in their best interests to default once their mortgages exceeded the value of their homes — although the borrower in this situation still remains legally liable for any outstanding debt after the property has been sold . |
| 18 | And some may have entered the country illegally , which usefully enforces their silence . |
| 19 | One might tentatively define complementary medicine as diagnostic , therapeutic , and preventive procedures excluded from mainstream medicine ; some may have passed the test of time , most are of unproven effectiveness , and all are based on unscientific philosophies . |
| 20 | Some may have regretted the excursion and eventually turned back for home . |
| 21 | Perhaps some may have enjoyed their brief flirtation with notoriety , some may even have gained financially , but others may regret the publicity , possibly suffering from poison-pen attacks brought about by the exposure by the press of names and addresses of those who were victims of sexual attacks ( but not raped ) by The Fox or who were unlucky enough to be associated by both , marriage or friendship to this man . |
| 22 | Some may have taken part-time jobs so that they could cope with the increasing demands at home , some may never have worked at all outside the home . |
| 23 | Copper was found in Crete itself , especially in the Asterousi mountains bordering the Mesara plain , and some may have come from Chrysokamino , near the coast east of Pachyammos , but the demand for metal artefacts is likely to have been high enough for imports of copper to be necessary . |
| 24 | Some may have had ‘ rotten boroughs ’ . |
| 25 | There is no reason to believe that the incomers brought any large amount of capital with them , although some may have had help at the start from their families . |
| 26 | Some may become trapped at new sites , extravasate , and form secondary tumours . |
| 27 | The firmness of the houses has not changed ; a few may have become offices , or been sub-divided into what must surely be splendid apartments , but the depth of the society persists . |
| 28 | This may sound overstated , and , certainly detailed social psychological investigation , probably of a qualitative nature , is necessary to sustain the point . |
| 29 | This may have strengthened an impression that occurs frequently to his critics , one of relentless eccentricity most manifest in forgetfulness . |
| 30 | This may have strengthened Gloucester 's hand in the region , but it is not in itself an adequate explanation of his arrival there . |