Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Material which starts out at regional may also go on to be used on the national networks . |
| 2 | It is an extract from Act no. 18 of the parliament of 1848 and reads : ‘ Censorship having been abolished forever , freedom of the press re-established , each may freely convey and express his thoughts through the press . ’ |
| 3 | Individuals within each may well diverge from the norm . |
| 4 | But in this sterner , older world , the iron entered into the children 's soul , and many of them had to learn that being alive ought simply to be enough , a gift that must be ultimately paid for . |
| 5 | Which of the four common jobs in 1980 may almost have disappeared by 1990 or at least by the year 2000 ? |
| 6 | An alert , calm state of mind which remains unruffled may already be one of your assets . |
| 7 | The potential for the oceans to act as an enhanced sink for anthropogenic CO 2 remains , although the absolute increase in the rate of oceanic CO 2 sequestering possible may still be small relative to the global carbon budget . |
| 8 | Although the recent approaches to the Treasury and the manner of their reception have been much appreciated , there is a feeling that little may yet be done to prevent the most serious disruption of breeding and horse sales in this country . |
| 9 | The structure of the Act of 1986 may initially be thought to be one in which the categories of authorised person and exempted person are mutually exclusive categories . |
| 10 | That may no longer be true . |
| 11 | ‘ That may no longer be true , sir . ’ |
| 12 | So far , this war is more popular than were those in Korea , Suez or the Falklands at the outset — though that may simply reflect the fact that casualties have so far been so light . |
| 13 | Barring another honourable war , that may yet be Grumman 's fate — if slightly delayed . |
| 14 | ‘ We do n't know what is happening , but that may yet be allocated to women 's issues . ’ |
| 15 | However , I never tried to get professional help , and that may well have been a mistake . |
| 16 | But on the contrary , this world of ‘ it was rumoured ’ and ‘ that may well have been so ’ followed at once by ‘ it is more likely that nothing of the sort happened ’ — again in the opening paragraphs — is as exhilarating as the challenge of life 's opacities to a healthy curiosity . |
| 17 | The honest response is , yes , that may well be the case . |
| 18 | The old master-spy , William Casey , was said , not least by North , to have masterminded both the Iran and contra operations , and that may well be true of the broad canvas ; but the marks are those of an enthusiastic amateur in espionage , a man who had learnt his craft of secret agent more from the cinema than from the CIA handbook . |
| 19 | And yet there is something about him , a crude glint or an unexpected flicker in a cave , that may well betray genius . |
| 20 | That may well be so . |
| 21 | And for those determined enough to stand out from the crowd by virtue of understatement , that may well be enough . |
| 22 | That may well also be true for President Bill Clinton . |
| 23 | Corals have promoted last year 's winner The Fellow to 5–4 for Kempton , although that may well change again today after the Hennessy . |
| 24 | That may well mean that waste disposal should cost more than it has done in the past . |
| 25 | That may well be the experience in Japan , but it is a far cry from practice in most developed and developing countries . |
| 26 | If you suggest that we have produced ineffective propaganda , that may well be true , but doctors are not trained to do that . |
| 27 | That may well involve the giving of ‘ hearsay evidence . ’ |
| 28 | trial of quinine and that may well help . |
| 29 | If the buyer indicates that he will nevertheless accept delivery in spite of the breach of condition , that may well amount to waiver ( see Rickards v. Oppenheim , paragraph 7–05 above ) . |
| 30 | ‘ If you mean he liked men as well as women , I think that may well have been true , ’ said Mrs Baggley robustly . |