Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] may [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All further proof that Elvis ' current Grizzly Adams guise may yet turn out to be one of his most interesting phases . |
| 2 | The fears of the Scruton philosophy may well turn out to have been exaggerated . |
| 3 | Make no mistake , Wright 's short fuse is a serious business and if Graham is to lose a top player through suspension , on top of all the headlines on his ill-discipline , the Arsenal manager may soon wonder if he is worth the trouble . |
| 4 | The Langney bird may possibly have been a very early spring arrival . |
| 5 | The new abortion referendum , approved by the Cabinet last night , will probably go ahead with all speed while the Maastricht vote may not take place until the autumn . |
| 6 | Downing Street admitted last night that the Maastricht Treaty may not finish going though the House for a year . |
| 7 | The numerical details of the results may not be generally applicable , since the flow was still developing in the downstream direction at the observing station ( and the Reynolds number may not have been high enough for Ri to be the only parameter ) ; but the results should indicate well the general trends . |
| 8 | It has been suggested that the thirteenth-century Newstead Priory forms the terminus of the tail , but the Mycenean custom of removing the tail of the sacred bull implies that the Stamford figure may never have had one . |
| 9 | But I am worried that the Alsace revival may not reach beyond the basic , honest certainly but not very exciting , supermarket wines . |
| 10 | Robert Service may not have struck it rich in finding Yukon gold , but he made a fortune from his books of verse , which sold into millions of copies . |
| 11 | Now , Muze magazine may not have been a high profile organisation but it did provide a much needed platform for the flourishing Manchester rock scene . |
| 12 | The progression of understanding of various forms of disease can be traced throughout history : Short sight may not have been understood by stone-age man . |
| 13 | ENGLAND 'S second warm-up match for the Nehru Trophy may not have been the biggest event here yesterday ( of the 100 or so people who turned up , about a dozen were neither sponsors nor members of the Delhi constabulary ) , but it did , by happy chance , provide near-perfect practice for their opening group match against Sri Lanka tomorrow . |
| 14 | The undergrowth 's taking over and the dust is piling up , but Longfords Mill may yet gain a new lease of life . |
| 15 | Although being significant , the difference in proliferative activity of the acidophilic atypical acinar cell foci between the fundectomy group and the PBD group may not have been large enough to cause measurable differences in the S phase , especially as flow cytometry was performed on total pancreatic tissue and not only isolated acidophilic atypical acinar cell foci . |
| 16 | ( The English Electric number quoted in the October FlyPast may well relate only to a sub-section . ) |
| 17 | The , possibly , stodgy readers of the Sunday Telegraph may well have been surprised by Susannah Herbert 's enthusiasm : ‘ Jilly Cooper breaks all the rules of romantic fiction in The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous . |
| 18 | But the deal with Hewlett-Packard Co may well have far-reaching results . |
| 19 | But the deal with Hewlett-Packard Co may well have far-reaching results . |
| 20 | But the Reagan administration may still go ahead with the road , once protests from environmentalists have died down . |
| 21 | The Geiger counter may not have been properly calibrated . |
| 22 | An LEA school may not become a charity in its own right as the school is a means by which the LEA meets its statutory obligations to provide education . |
| 23 | Six trades in GPA debt may not sound like a ground swell , but deciding to sell is not easy for secured creditors . |
| 24 | Whitehall procrastination may soon result in the break-up of one of Britain 's outstanding stately homes . |
| 25 | Both the Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay Acts excluded pensions schemes from their scope , but EEC legislation may eventually change this . |
| 26 | Plunging into the midst of a soft US market may not look clever in the short term , particularly since Thames 's own revenue is starting to feel the effects of the slowdown in advertising spending . |
| 27 | For decades after , Walsall remained the famous name in giant-killing folklore , a kind of perverse tribute to Arsenal 's greatness , but with other , more recent , spectacular Cup exits , notably that of Leeds United at the hands of Colchester in 1971 , the Walsall ghost may finally have been laid to rest . |
| 28 | An FDI acquisition may also affect competition in a third market to which both the acquirer and the acquired firms were actual or potential suppliers . |
| 29 | A seasoned view of Howard 's Way or a Cowes spectator may always have nurtured the dream of sailing a dinghy or crewing a yacht , but any old sea salt worth their grinder will tell you that it 's essential to learn the ropes first from a qualified sailing instructor . |
| 30 | While sushi and sake by the Koi pool may never replace burned beefburgers and Black Label , it 's a nice thought . |