Example sentences of "may have been [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first place , as must already be evident , it shows some striking parallels with the Formalists ' views on literature and literary studies — views which were developed for the greater part quite independently of it , for although later Formalist theory may have been influenced to some degree by Saussure , the beginnings of the movement predate the publication of his Cours . |
| 2 | Another possibility is that the gas density may have been overestimated for some reason . |
| 3 | Private letters are like a conversation overheard , often more revealing than an autobiography , or than a diary which may have been written with more than half an intention of allowing it to be published . |
| 4 | There were several contemporary examples of similar patriarchal claims by the archbishops of Hamburg , Lyons , and Milan ; Lanfranc may have been inspired by these examples when he vigorously supported the Canterbury claim to patriarchal authority over the whole of the British Isles . |
| 5 | Spectacles or low vision aids may have been prescribed in some cases , and teachers should be informed about this . |
| 6 | If you 've had office copy entries , the date from which to search is that given at the foot of each page , when the office copy entries were issued ; your search will then reveal any entries that may have been made since that date . |
| 7 | The subtlety of his disagreement with the garden city lobby may have been lost on many , but the message in his final chapter was clear and unequivocal : ‘ Plan we must ’ . |
| 8 | Some recently acquired territory may have been lost at this time or soon after . |
| 9 | Again on Bruno Zanardi 's restoration of Antelami 's ‘ Months ’ , Fiorella Minervino wrote that the marble had lost its characteristic surface veining ; in her opinion , this was probably due to the use of a chemical solvent to extract the metallic salts which had appeared on the surface , or it may have been caused by some kind of abrasive treatment . |
| 10 | Even though the fear of violence may have been justified in this case , the 30-mile zone and the fact that the disorder was expected to emanate from other than the marchers make the implications of the case disturbing , even in the context of Northern Ireland . |
| 11 | It is possible that some of the high recorded reflectance values from the East Midlands Platform and Cleveland High areas may have been enhanced by such effects . |
| 12 | A substantial amount of prospecting may have been undertaken in some of the areas , but not necessarily for the deposit styles mentioned above . |
| 13 | You may have been born in another country , for instance , and still not feel truly at home in the foreign culture and customs you have come to . |
| 14 | Since the seal carvers needed both hands free for their work , the lenses may have been mounted in some way , either on stands on the work-bench or on something like spectacle frames . |
| 15 | In fact , I may have been lulled by that into an unwise bravado . |
| 16 | Any resulting sense of insecurity among the foreign communities may have been equalled in some of the upper reaches of the Iraqi establishment . |
| 17 | Butler-Sloss LJ said that the meaning of the words " trade secrets " had developed since Herbert Morris v Saxelby and was now interpreted in the wider context of " highly confidential information of a non-technical or non-scientific nature … " . 1.4 The employee 's skill and knowledge Although the courts are anxious to uphold the employer 's right to have his business secrets protected they have ensured that the employee is not prevented from using , once he has left his employer , the general skill and knowledge which he has acquired during employment even though this may have been acquired at some cost to the employer . |
| 18 | It would then be a reasonable deduction that some of the ancient equatorial groups that have since disappeared , such as the rudists , may have been adapted to these higher temperatures , and become extinct when they were no longer available . |
| 19 | They hide in situations of complexity , in which effects may have been produced by several different causes acting together . |
| 20 | The answer to this puzzle may have been provided by some research carried out by American engineers on another large white mammal of very cold regions , the polar bear . |
| 21 | The windows are interesting , with their association with the wool trade , though there is some speculation that some of them may have been brought from another house . |
| 22 | May own efforts at making custard , on what I think was called a Hydra Burner , may have been forgotten by those who subsequently had to eat the awful stuff , but I am not likely to forget the watery culinary disaster ! |
| 23 | All introns may have been eliminated in this organelle by the above mentioned mechanism , except those which are implicated in trans-splicing . |
| 24 | Again er even frosting blast when even other trees er specific trees are erm alright , it may have been caught in that draught and set it back a little , you never know . |
| 25 | The larger part at the front often opens directly onto the street , but may have been protected by some form of veranda . |
| 26 | The movement may have been divided in this period , but these attacks did not take place without resistance and the value of collective action was learned . |
| 27 | The central tower at Wells , in its original form closely resembling the tower of Witney church , probably owed its design to Master Thomas , but may have been detailed by another hand ( R. K. Morris in a paper delivered to the British Archaeological Association 's conference in Exeter , 1986 ) . |
| 28 | I do n't think he may have been told about that , now he himself if he knew about that , that might be sufficient digging him over this hill |
| 29 | The handler hurts the horse either deliberately or unknowingly : ‘ Small Brain ’ may favour an ear twitch ; ‘ Cold Heart ’ the whip , the ignorant or callous ill-fitting equipment ; and ‘ Hard Hands ’ the horse 's bit ; or the horse may have been hurt in some other way . |
| 30 | But this is sugar cane country so it may have been designed with that in mind . |