Example sentences of "may have [been] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may have been a character in Kilburn 's past , but a folklorist , N A Hudleston , suggested he was Grim , otherwise the Norse god Odin . |
| 2 | ‘ This may have been a mixture of excitement , curiosity and immaturity — and the payment of money by the accused may have had an influence , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Of the extant copies , there is one complete set in a contemporary hand , British Library MS Royal 7 E VIII , 7 C XIII , 7 C XIV ; this belonged to the library of Rochester Cathedral priory and may have been a presentation copy from Peter to his friend Gilbert Glanville [ q.v. ] , bishop of Rochester . |
| 4 | First , there may have been a continuation of the thick-enamelled trend independently of the pongine radiation , such as is seen in Graecopithecus for instance . |
| 5 | The second alternative is that there may have been a continuation of the dryopithecin radiation . |
| 6 | At one time , this may have been a mill chase with a waterwheel turning . |
| 7 | He may have been a time-server as his attitude about the Pole Nicolaus Copernicus suggests . |
| 8 | That person may have been a university lecturer , a teacher , a receptionist , a cleaner , a waitress or anything . |
| 9 | Lastly I fear that because the Mathematics programmes came first and were so well organised and established , with the neat sequential task of curriculum development so easy to define ( despite its obvious size ) , there may have been a tendency to concentrate scarce resources upon an item which , on sober reflection , I believe now to be a lowish priority in the primary curriculum . |
| 10 | When these cyclosporin specific side effects occurred , there may have been a tendency for the study drug to be disclosed . |
| 11 | Malcolm Searle , of Lower Soldridge Farm , uncovered what he believed may have been a mortar shell in one of his field . |
| 12 | So Bartle may have been a corn spirit , christianised to become St Bartholomew whose day falls at the right time of year , or even a former village priest as has been suggested . |
| 13 | It may have been a twig snapping , except that the sound appeared to be inside Rincewind 's head . |
| 14 | There may have been a backlight problem ( see page 25 ) . |
| 15 | Migration may have been a factor in the 1920s , though the level of net migration from Britain was somewhat less than it had been in the previous two decades . |
| 16 | Both he and Minton had a fascination with Nelson and his association with the island may have been a factor . |
| 17 | The immigration of African slaves may have been a factor , as might also a degree of interaction with the aborigines that was missing further north . |
| 18 | The military involvement of the northern Angles against the Picts may have been a factor in the success of Wulfhere 's coup in Mercia in 658 or 659 and in the disintegration thereafter of Oswiu 's southern imperium . |
| 19 | This may have been a factor , but the authorities dealing with licensing , aliens and discipline reflect much more a judicial conclusion that the substantive interests at stake were not worthy of procedural protection . |
| 20 | It may have been a factor in leading a plaintiff to sue in the county court rather than the High Court when his or her claim lay within its jurisdiction . |
| 21 | A perceived lack of response may have been a factor in the withdrawal of these patients , but deterioration of eczema was the principal reason for withdrawal in only 8 patients , 7 of whom were assessed at least once on treatment . |
| 22 | They also believe that their poor accomodation may have been a factor in loosing the baby . |
| 23 | Yes , Theo may have been a fraction unlucky about that accident . |
| 24 | That 's what makes me think that the man may have been a foreigner perhaps even killed on the other side of the channel . " |
| 25 | The killing of Earnwine , son of Eadwulf , in 740 may have been a prolongation of older rivalries which sparked off a new cycle of vendetta . |
| 26 | Further to the east , there was a Minoan settlement at Rethymnon which may have been a port . |
| 27 | It appears that erosion may have been a problem , as much of its course , in the vicinity of the mill , is brick lined . |
| 28 | It may have been a sign of things to come that though the strike led to a long lasting respect between Havelock Wilson and Tom Mann , no such relationship developed with Ben Tillett , who in his recollections of the strike refrains from making mention of Wilson at all . |
| 29 | Among the grave goods were 140 pieces of gold jewellery , which had originally adorned the corpse of an important woman , who may have been a queen or a high priestess . |
| 30 | ‘ He may have been a fool , but I do n't think that was an accident . ’ |