Example sentences of "may [be] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While there may be Arab people who honestly desire peace , the world must realise that Israel only survives by putting fear into its enemies . |
| 2 | ‘ If I play at the Royal Albert Hall , there may be 3,000 people there , but it 's still one-to-one because that 's the way I operate . |
| 3 | The matter may be sub judice or there may be other people to consult . |
| 4 | Fenestrellina species are widespread in Carboniferous rocks , and colonies are generally 5–6 cm across , but may be 10 cm or more . |
| 5 | But who knows out of the 20,000 people who visited the event this year , there may be similar people to my brother and me who enjoy music to the full and who could be in the top three next year ! |
| 6 | The transverse width is about six times the height , and their length may be 80 km ( so miles ) or more . |
| 7 | Of course , there may be historic data available from outside the corporate group which can be used to help formulate the required yield for a new area that the group is entering , but suppose that this is not the situation . |
| 8 | The laws of war may be one means of bringing about harmonisation : the very first multilateral laws-of-war convention of the modern type , namely the 1856 Paris Declaration on Maritime Warfare , was concluded because there had been divergent practices among the allies involved in the Crimean War . |
| 9 | And although it may be one means of looking at the site , it is not an essential part of determining greenbelt function . |
| 10 | There may be some people who would like to see you break your neck , but I am not one of them . ’ |
| 11 | There may be some people who simply observe the outward forms of religion , in order to keep up appearances or not to upset their relations , but who have no real religious belief or feelings … |
| 12 | The low conductivity of lithosphere contributes to this effect , it being calculated that the centre of a descending lithospheric slab may be 1000 C cooler than the surrounding mantle at a depth of 400 km . |
| 13 | Erm and so now rich peasants are actually actively seeking to join er associations but finding it difficult , I mean they have to be er pay an additional admission fee may be ten yuan or , or whatever , you know , usually far higher than the normal peasant or erm they have to get someone to actually put their name forward to say that you know they 're not such a bad bloke . |
| 14 | Having explored some aspects of being a principal carer , and the cared for elderly person in a close relationship in a family , we need to look in more detail at the character of informal care networks , where there may be more people involved in a less intense way . |