Example sentences of "may already have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of those homes may already have been hocked by granny to pay for care in her declining years ; and house prices may be depressed as inheritors who already own their homes sell those they inherit . |
| 2 | Rightly : arson attacks on mosques in Surrey and West Yorkshire suggest something like that may already have begun . |
| 3 | In Bangladesh , where cholera broke out a month ago and may already have infected 30,000 people , they know that perfectly well . |
| 4 | It may already have been established that the child is likely to be mentally handicapped ; it may , for example , be known to be brain damaged , or Down 's . |
| 5 | Either Frederick became ill because of their privations , or he may already have been suffering from pneumonia , which was worsened by the hard journey . |
| 6 | Do n't forget — the £22,250 Extra Prize ( which you may already have won ) and the £27,750 ‘ Early Bird' Prize can be claimed only within the next SEVEN days . |
| 7 | Just about every retail purchase you make with the Card is immediately covered by Purchase Protection against accidental damage , loss or theft for up to 90 days and begins where any existing cover you may already have leaves off , up to £20,000 per Cardmember . |
| 8 | What about any claims that may come to light in the future , for instance in relation to products that you may already have bought from the company ? |
| 9 | Patients often have concomitant hypertension and at the time of diagnosis may already have angina and claudication . |
| 10 | Your machine may already have been set up for the size of paper you are using . |
| 11 | If your back gives you trouble , you may already have decided that finding a cure is as elusive as the Holy Grail , and that learning how to prevent back pain , and cope with it when it is unavoidable is the best way of living with it . |
| 12 | Despite all the theoretical and intuitive objections to a Martian origin — the uncertainties of the evidence and difficulties of proof — excitement is mounting at the possibility that , without waiting for a mission to return samples from Mars , we may already have Martian samples at hand . |
| 13 | These children may already have grandparents belonging to both their parents , so your role will be a delicate one . |
| 14 | Certainly such things that you may already have done , such as approaching the site along the right sacred path and clearing litter are valid rituals in their own right . |
| 15 | We may already have built a rewarding business relationship together and feel that by offering you the shell Account Card this will help to consolidate it . |
| 16 | The rabbits you are after may already have been bolted by natural predators such as stoats , weasels , mink and pine martens . |
| 17 | • My advice is to resist the impulse to buy Swan Mussels for your pond ( you wo n't see them anyway ) , and get rid of any you may already have . |
| 18 | If you 're a composer , you may already have composed music for an AV production of some sort . |
| 19 | I suggest to them at the beginning of each session that they will learn about a different existence from any they may already have experienced . |
| 20 | The Statement of Practice applies both to new claims and existing claims in relation to which valuation negotiations may already have started . |
| 21 | As may already have become clear , we would generally prefer to avoid suggesting regulation as a means of improvement if other means would serve as well . |
| 22 | There is no need whatsoever to spend large amounts of money on flower pressing equipment , since the majority of items are either very inexpensive or are things you may already have around the house . |
| 23 | Had they seen billions of neutrons as well as the heat then they would have known for sure that fusion was occurring ; and may already have begun to worry about their health from prolonged exposure . |
| 24 | In your position , I would rethink my substrate , as perpetual gill irritation can hardly be good for the fish — though you will have to accept that some permanent damage may already have occurred . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's awful to think some of these tools may already have been used to commit burglaries . ’ |
| 26 | This may already have happened in those species that will not tolerate a strange egg in the nest . |
| 27 | By this stage , you may already have booked into a dog training class . |
| 28 | We have no means of measuring the extent to which Anselm 's outlook may already have been changed by his experiences at the papal Curia , but there are two points at which we can observe an alteration in his language during and after his stay at Lyons . |
| 29 | First in the world to deploy an ICBM , it took the Soviet Union ten years longer than the United States to develop a reliable guidance system ; it has also taken 25 years to develop a quiet nuclear submarine , and having set the pace with anti-satellite weapons , the USSR may already have fallen behind the United States in this field . |
| 30 | The stockmarket may already have discounted much of this good news , however . |