Example sentences of "[adj] may [not/n't] have be " in BNC.

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1 This may not have been immediately obvious from the results of the 1935 General Election , for the Party had only just accepted Attlee as its leader on the eve of the election .
2 As S. G. F. Brandon has pointed out , the great popularity of the cult of Osiris meant , in effect , the adoption by the Egyptians of a definite concept of time , although this may not have been consciously recognized .
3 This may not have been the explicit aim of the programmes outlined below , but the consequences for the inner cities were real enough .
4 From a purely technical point of view , this may not have been the standard performance , but in a place almost completely lacking in a tradition of classical dance , it is a delight to watch native talent channelled so joyously and with such a spirit of challenge to the myth that we exist only from the neck upwards .
5 For the control practices , with their low rate of cross boundary referrals , this may not have been such a concern .
6 However , this may not have been much of a choice .
7 This may not have been very constructive , but , except towards the newspaper proprietors , it did not sound particularly bitter .
8 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle first refers to his presence under 994 , but this may not have been his first visit .
9 They were quietly seething , June 1988 may not have been the right time for demonstrations , but parts of the student body and some sectors of the urban population appeared to be contemplating some form of action to let the government know of their intentions .
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