Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I find myself left with what may be called the first main proposition of this book : |
| 2 | The commander still wears the standard green AFV crew overalls ; on his left upper sleeve may be seen the small green shamrock patch worn by QRIH tank commanders — see accompanying mono photograph . |
| 3 | Along the inferior border of the mandible may be seen the roseate shaped groups of grooves that occur when the rodent anchors its lower jaw on one side of the mandible and pivots against this with its upper jaw to produce a series of grooves converging downwards to a single point . |
| 4 | These may be termed the primary lexical units of a lexeme — a category that would include , for instance , dog ( ’ species ’ ) , heavy ( ’ weight ’ ) , novel ( ’ text ’ ) , etc . |
| 5 | or , John ( fl. 1480–1500 ) , church composer and musician , Of his biography virtually nothing is known , and of his works few survive ; and yet , in the quality of his accomplishment he may be considered the greatest English composer of the period between John Dunstable ( d . |