Example sentences of "may [be] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before long , the famous pouting Gallic shrug may be but a fond memory . |
| 2 | Working girl she may be but , having turned 40 , Sigourney Weaver ( right ) took time out for motherhood |
| 3 | Fickle it may be but , while in its intense form , it can lead to the greatest heights of courage and self-sacrifice . |
| 4 | Stupid they may be but not lacking in guile . |
| 5 | An almond may be but a simple nut compared with a walnut but at last I was getting close . |
| 6 | Modest he may be but soft he is not . |
| 7 | ‘ Prime minister ’ he may be but Mr Hikmatyar can not get into Kabul . |
| 8 | Volunteers they may be but highly expert lifeboatmen they are determined to remain . ’ |
| 9 | I can only speak for London Branch , socialites we may be but professional fund-raisers ? |
| 10 | It may be but , yeah . |
| 11 | Sir Denis he may be but I fancy the measures being poured in the big rooms have been even more liberal ( small ‘ l ’ , of course ) than before . |
| 12 | We should consider also , that if they do exist then they may be but a part of a much larger pattern which stretches not only access the tiny and remote areas of south-western France but across western Europe and possibly other parts of the world . |
| 13 | Hard as nails he may be but do n't let anyone tell you Hank has n't got a sense of humour . |
| 14 | ‘ 'Nice ’ he may be but his taste for Brand 's A1 Sauce — or is it HP ? ’ — Mervyn examined the page more closely — ‘ does seem to be excessive . |
| 15 | In reality , it may be but it is a weapon available to both parties to an action to force production of information which is not being produced voluntarily , or with sufficient speed . |
| 16 | A Scottish-born CA and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants he may be but , apart from a brief initial period in a practising firm and then Lothian Regional Council , before coming to Provincial three years ago he had fairly rapidly made a successful impact in senior general management in retail banking , with TSB in Scotland . |
| 17 | Ghosts they may be but they bring back memories of broken hearts , foul deeds , sinister minds , and souls stained with the blackness of hell . |
| 18 | ‘ Saint I may be but schmuck I ai n't . |
| 19 | Hard as nails he may be but do n't let anyone tell you Hank has n't got a sense of humour . |
| 20 | ‘ It may be but I intend to eat first . |
| 21 | Lucrative for the clubs they may be but the omens for their success are not good . |
| 22 | This difference is all the more complete in that different rights in the same thing or place may be and usually are held by different people or different groups of people in those societies . |
| 23 | ( Penley 1988 , p. 11 ) Teresa de Lauretis has described this shift towards a greater interest in reception as in part a delayed effect of feminism 's construction of a new social subject — women — who may be and are legitimately addressed in cinematic practices . |
| 24 | Their system " seeks to give effect to the wishes of every voter , whatever they may be and whether they have anything to do with party or not " . |
| 25 | Sub-section ( 4 ) provided that the power to re-hear should be exercisable only within 28 days of the order/sentence/finding of guilt as the case may be and only by a court constituted in the same manner as that which made the earlier decision . |
| 26 | In Gledhow Autoparts Ltd v Delaney [ 1965 ] 1 WLR 1366 Diplock LJ said " It is natural … to tend to look at what in fact happened under the agreement ; but the question of the validity of a covenant in restraint of trade has to be determined at the date at which the agreement was entered into and has to be determined in the light of what may happen under the agreement , although what may happen may be and always is different in some respects from what did happen . |
| 27 | We do n't have a in our business as many other retailers do where for instance after Christmas may be and other such things to clear we do n't have that , so there is n't any merchandise that 's been sold since Christmas that has been sold because we do n't want it to be in the inventory post year end it 's it 's just generating trade by being discount price left so therefore to a certain amount your question would be has the post Christmas and it was pre Christmas no material difference we 're very satisfied with the gross margins since Christmas we have n't had to take any extraordinary measures to generate this erm this level of sales increase that 's being achieved at constant margin a flat margin |
| 28 | You know yeah may be may be and it is difficult situations do it but I think some of the problem comes in that it 's very difficult for us to stick with the point and hear ourselves say the same thing over and over again because it does n't feel right how many how many of you did n't feel right doing doing what you were doing ? |
| 29 | Erm tt whether that 's appropriate , you know , I 'm thinking of it as a first appointment just to get a general picture whereas you might be coming back to stir his memory for referrals by saying er , you know , er you mentioned here you 're a member of the squash club , do you remember I said I 'd be looking for introductions , maybe we 'll learn whether at the beginning of the second appointment you jog the memory there er you know in other words what I 'm do doing is keeping that in my mind , that you are remembering the squash club or whatever club it may be and use that later , although I did n't er elaborate on it at that , that er because I think you can go off at a tangent |
| 30 | and he may be and careless and just throws his clothes down everywhere but then his mind 's in the right place . |