Example sentences of "[pron] may have [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure that the House wished to join him in sending its sympathy to the many victims , some of whom may have suffered irreparable damage . |
| 2 | Some of them may have become bottom living , crawling hunters for which a gastropod-like shell would have been more appropriate . |
| 3 | Some people who comply well with all that is suggested to them may have done little more than comply ( incidentally , much of the " normal " first year of recovery is reckoned to be little more than compliance ) and think erroneously after a few weeks of treatment that they have learnt all they need to know and have done all they need to do to remain free from addictive disease . |
| 4 | ‘ But I may have become blind to its charms . |
| 5 | I certainly do n't prefer the figurative though I may have lent this way at one time . |
| 6 | I may have seen many Garter Snakes on sale which I took to be pattern variations on the species most commonly available . |
| 7 | These are sort of a summary of them erm I may have missed one of the minor ones out . |
| 8 | Well research suggests that something like eighty eight percent , that 's research by Klaus and Bass , Klaus and Bass nineteen eighty-eight , actually I may have got that date wrong so I 'm not sure you should quote the date , anyway it 's Klaus and Bass . |
| 9 | As those visits covered a period of six months , I may have got some of the dialogue a little out of the exact chronological order , but by and large that was the sequence of events . |
| 10 | My period comes every month , so I think I may have caught some illness from my husband . |
| 11 | I may have mentioned one and that is that not satisfied with one deal a day |
| 12 | I may have put three in of those for one assignment . |
| 13 | But as I studied him any aggressive feelings I may have harboured evaporated quickly . |
| 14 | I hope that I may have encouraged some of my readers to use the garter carriage and next month I will be exploring stitch patterns and ways of combining these into interesting garments . |
| 15 | Franco himself may have realized this , for his erstwhile enthusiasm for Arrese and his project began to wane in the second half of 1956 , as opposition to it became more widespread and vocal among the non-Falangist sectors of the regime . |
| 16 | In evaluating the Copernican system , for example , mathematical criteria should take precedence over interpretations of Scripture , which may have become normative but only through ignorance . |
| 17 | For down-filled sleeping bags Nikwax can also refill a sleeping bag 's baffles , which may have become short of down . |
| 18 | The shy young visitor was soon disputing with Wordsworth almost on equal terms ; and next evening , while Coleridge was providing Dorothy with superfluous explanations about the different notes of the nightingale , Hazlitt and Wordsworth ‘ got into a metaphysical argument ’ which may have inspired two of the most genial of the Lyrical Ballads — ‘ Expostulation and Reply ’ , and ‘ The Tables Turned ’ , both of them written ‘ in front of the house at Alfoxden ’ . |
| 19 | Unfortunately figures which can be derived as a result of this exercise are not free from influences upon trade which may have arisen irrespective of the process of integration . |
| 20 | But the existence of such fields within the undergraduate curriculum is interesting not least because it raises some of the basic epistemological and educational questions in a particularly sharp form ; questions which may have caused some of the digestive problems which the CNAA has had with courses in art and design . |
| 21 | Problems may also be encountered in those treated by repeated sclerotherapy , which may have caused severe inflammatory change and thickening around the lower oesophagus and upper stomach . |
| 22 | Other outlets for lay piety which may have channelled that desire for corporate activity embodied in the European Beguinages were the lay fraternities of contemplative communities and the city guilds which provided both temporary contemplative retreats for those in active life , and active expressions of social concern which embodied the love of God . |
| 23 | Confounding variables which may have affected urinary albumin excretion were similar within and between our two groups — that is , glycaemic control , weight , and protein intake ( as reflected by urinary urea excretion ) . |
| 24 | Adjustments to incorporate various factors which may have affected this annual prevalence figure ( over 200 cases lacking an identity code , low response rates from GPs and social workers ) suggest a possible range of 1,550 to 1,850 individual problem drug users in Wirral during 1984–5 . |
| 25 | Assuming they were free from spelling and other mistakes , a process which may have involved several attempts , these were cut up and stuck down onto a master layout sheet using wax or gum . |
| 26 | The National Curriculum subjects will therefore have to be given priority for resources , especially where schools have not offered the full curriculum to all pupils , or in primary schools which may have done little science and technology . |
| 27 | Acknowledge just how much you have learned from those experiences which may have appeared difficult or unpleasant at the time . |
| 28 | Perhaps the most fitting tribute to their son is that he gave his life to a mission which may have saved many more . |
| 29 | This view was qualified by other officers of the company who said in some instances Informix could provide backing for startup firms , such as those which may have developed important technology but were unable to productise it due to lack of funds . |
| 30 | A local farmer had installed a grain-drier in the immediate locality which may have prevented any such manifestation from being heard . |