Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 3.24.85 ; Zon. 7.21.9 ) ; though this , too , may arguably be a Hellenistic intrusion into a Roman ceremonial . |
| 2 | A field of rare flowers that is destroyed can be replanted and may eventually be the same as the field that was destroyed ( even if the process does take 1,000 years ) . |
| 3 | In some respects , today 's emphasis on women 's rights , literature and issues may not only be a drive to increase women 's standing in relation to men , but may rather be a celebration of the rediscovery of the shared communication that women have . |
| 4 | It does not have to be a long passage , it may only be a verse . |
| 5 | ‘ It may only be a temporary measure . |
| 6 | The principal hunting weapon may have been the bow and arrow ; arrows , as with all tools , are rare in early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries ; they are often viewed as weapons of warfare but constitute the most obvious hunting weapon amongst the range of artefacts and their rarity in cemeteries may only be a reflection of their importance to the community . |
| 7 | This may only be a curiosity of Cowdery 's Down , for , on other contemporary settlements , pits and other deep features contained numerous seeds and animal bones . |
| 8 | Alternatively this may only be a change in the precious metal brought about by necessity , and silver coinage may have continued the earlier function of the gold coinage , as bullion . |
| 9 | Dickinson argues for a change in the organisation of the industry as chronologically earlier pairs show less variation than later examples ; this may only be a change in ability and need not relate to changes in the medium used to make models . |
| 10 | It may only be a matter of time before MaliVai Washington , for one , sees the family name being represented in the wider context of majority black participation in the sport which has , for so long , been predominantly whites only territory . |
| 11 | there are several marked differences in the way that industrialisation has proceeded country-by-country ; that there is no single logic of industrialisation , though there may only be a few paths . |
| 12 | ‘ Madam , my TARDIS may only be a type 40 , but you — ‘ |
| 13 | If this is the case , the changes of the past 30 years may be the first signs of a return to the more traditional population distribution of pre-industrial Britain , but it must also be borne in mind that it takes a very long time to shift major population patterns , and that the present trends may only be a veneer on an underlying and more permanent structure . |
| 14 | There may only be a small number of laws , which are self-consistent and which lead to complicated beings like ourselves who can ask the question : What is the nature of God ? |
| 15 | Women 's discourse may only be a flawed copy of its male counterpart , but , as Irigaray shows , women can use this apparent deficiency to their advantage by allowing the ‘ bad copy ’ to become a subversive caricature in which the difference between the double and the ‘ original ’ reveals the gender bias underlying male discourse and ( male ) subjectivity ( 1977:73–4 ) . |
| 16 | Virgin may only be a small airline , but so far this year it 's Airbus 's biggest customer , that 's because many bigger airlines struggling in a tough market either ca n't afford new planes or are cancelling their orders . |
| 17 | Second , they must appreciate that their textual properties may only be a single element in a diverse multimedia development . |
| 18 | But this may only be a reality for those who are adaptable in what they are prepared to consider and where they are willing to go to do it . |
| 19 | Swindon tofday may only be a town in name and profile but by the twenty-first centurythey 're deternmined it 'll be a city to be reckoned with . |
| 20 | If changes in the distribution of income have also occurred , the improvement may only be a potential one . |
| 21 | What looks like a dead end may only be the result of personal weakness . |
| 22 | But the irregular payments for which Stan Flashman 's club were punished may only be the tip of the iceberg . |
| 23 | The benefit of these reactions have to be understood in terms of life in the wild , where fighting off predators , or fleeing from them , may literally be a matter of life or death . |
| 24 | But , when it may literally be a matter of life and death , might it not be worth putting things on hold for another twelve months ? |
| 25 | Klima may perhaps be a common name in Czechoslovakia , and Kundera has become a common name in the conversation of Western readers , who are drawn to these reciprocal concerns of his . |
| 26 | In his final chapter , he notes that the 1956 Royal Commission on Divorce identified what he feels ‘ may perhaps be the most important influence of all in driving up the divorce rate , namely the idealization of the individual pursuit of self-gratification and personal pleasure at the expense of a sense of reciprocal obligations and duties towards helpless dependents , such as children , and , our society as a whole ’ ( pp 403–4 ) . |
| 27 | The apparently extreme view expressed by Masterman ( 1987 ) may perhaps be the public perception of local-authority services as a whole , but equally many people working in schools would also subscribe to this view when discussing the local education authority 's administration of the education service . |
| 28 | This ‘ constructive conflict ’ view may perhaps be the most useful for managers and administrators of organisations , as it neither : |
| 29 | Among these , the mother 's education may perhaps be the most influential . |
| 30 | Edward Saul , in An Historical and Philosophical Account of the Barometer or Weather-glass ( 1735 ) says : ‘ it may perhaps be an Inducement to some of the Gentlemen of Lincolnshire , to deal with Mr Jonathan Sisson … ; that he is their Country Man , and eminent for his great Skill , Accuracy and Fidelity , both in the Construction of his Barometers , and in whatever Work , he undertakes , or delivers out of his Hands . ’ |