Example sentences of "[pron] may [adv] be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I may yet be of some temporary use to my Chapter if I can be salvaged . |
| 2 | Thus the examples of ( 9 ) are acceptable : ( 9 ) your behaviour was barbaric this device is expensive his plan was inspired but impractical Where a prenominal adjective fits equally well with either relationship — ascriptive or associative — to its noun , we find that its occurrence in predicative position is acceptable , but only provided that the relation is taken as being ascriptive ; thus ( 10 ) mentions an individual who either has Greek nationality ( but the nature and region of the business which he or she deals with remain unspecified ) , or is a person who handles affairs connected with Greece ( but who may well be of some quite different nationality , Belgian for example ) ; ( 11 ) however unambiguously tells us that there is someone who falls into the former category : ( 10 ) the Greek representative ( 11 ) the representative is Greek |
| 3 | The result of all this is that because of the divergence of Belfast English from other varieties and the internal divergence within it , we do not know beforehand what is the correct lexical input to any phonological variable , we do not necessarily know what the variants of the variable are , and we may not be at all certain about what precisely might count as a variable . |
| 4 | Consideration of these facts should be enough to alert us to the possibility that the totality of our being may be much more than just the physical body , and that we may not be in any sense only machines . |
| 5 | Although some children may be capable of finding there are the same number of things in two sets ( by matching ) , they may not be at all sure there are still the same number of the objects if one of the sets is differently arranged . |
| 6 | It may well be in this mis-match of experience that the first seeds of misunderstanding and destructive tension are sown , particularly as the education officer is often perceived as ‘ the authority ’ , in several senses of the word , while the head has a greater knowledge of the processes of education required in school to meet the needs of the children . |
| 7 | I mean some of our forms , I , I , I have n't worked out what they 're for yet , an , an , and I 'm trying to some run some competitions for the best er , use of , of one particular one , it may well be in this pack . |
| 8 | ‘ Go on , Wilson , though it may not be of any use . ’ |
| 9 | Incredibly , it may not be until several hours later that mum follows her baby inside ! |
| 10 | Mm it it may it may not be in that nature because the nature of of supply teaching work of course is that |