Example sentences of "may [verb] been [adj] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may have been necessary for Jesus to have eaten a few fishes in order to survive in first-century Palestine , but it is not now necessary to feast on the bodies of dead animals in order to be healthy . |
| 2 | HIV may have been present for centuries in a relatively harmless form and only recently evolved into a more damaging one . |
| 3 | It may have been harder for girls from the Canongate to find such jobs ( the survivors were all from slightly more prosperous backgrounds ) . |
| 4 | That it may have been difficult for members to attend area sessions , should not rule out the possibility of encouraging collaboration among groups of local boards . |
| 5 | They may have been purpose-built for pedestrians , or be ordinary streets where the traffic flow is restricted ( usually to emergency services and possibly delivery vans ) . |
| 6 | Biologists believe the same benthic algae may have been responsible for animal deaths on Loch Lubnaig , near Callander , not far from my Stirling home , and at Loch Insh on Speyside in the past two years . |