Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [be] [adj] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's motive in attacking enclosures was not simply disinterested concern for justice for the poor , although Wolsey may have been anxious about their welfare . |
| 2 | You may have been single-minded about racing , but I was also tied into my work . |
| 3 | The students may have been naive about the realities of life abroad , but they wanted to see for themselves what life was like elsewhere rather than being told by party officials and foreigners . |
| 4 | China may not have been unsympathetic towards the neutralisation of the region , but may have been doubtful about her capacity to act as a guarantor of such a regime . |
| 5 | Protagonists of unity may have been despondent about the loss of the EDC and the European Political Community , but were not routed . |