Example sentences of "may [adv] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for boffin , although the Oxford English Dictionary states that its etymology is unknown , I have conjectured that this same purist Huxley may inadvertently have been responsible for it . |
| 2 | It may perhaps have been valid in the past to dichotomize theoretical stances into endogenous ( formulated in terms of what is natural to humans ) and exogenous ( formulated in terms of sociocultural factors ) ( Heelas 1983 ) ; but many biologists today think that there is a built-in capacity for change through learning capable of giving directive impulses for change . |
| 3 | This decision may or may not have been correct , but it was understandable . |
| 4 | ‘ Bearing in mind that the essence of the proceedings is whether or not this lady had to give up these premises , it seems to me that , although he may not have been correct in thinking that the relief sought in the counterclaim was a matter for judicial review , the issue could without doubt be better dealt with by separate proceedings . |
| 5 | The reply may or may not have been arrogant , but , more significantly , it carried within itself the fatality to come . |
| 6 | However , post-war , the rise in divorce rates and remarriage , peaking in the 1970s , means that we shall in future meet more old people whose relationships may not have been lifelong . |
| 7 | The editorial was apparently written on the basis of inadequate information and some of the data , as outlined in this letter , may not have been available to Peter O Behan and B A G Haniffah . |
| 8 | Secondly , while I heard what he said about the fact that , in the case of Mr. Thorpe , the process in north Devon was not exhausted , the theoretical position remains that the treatment may not have been available in north Devon , but was made available in London by virtue of the fact that Mr. Thorpe had two residences and was registered in two places . |
| 9 | Under the old law of larceny he may not have been guilty of attempted larceny . |
| 10 | There is also a record of a Spanish ship carrying cloth out of Bristol in the 1460s , and it may not have been untypical , although undoubtedly English vessels were engaged in the Iberian trade . |
| 11 | His talents may not have been great but his importance lies in his using them all to express in painting his romantic vision . |
| 12 | My actions may or may not have been right and , as I said in court , I wish with hindsight that I had thought more about the late take-up . |
| 13 | Their offer was , however , refused and Gloucester may not have been sorry . |
| 14 | Their offer was , however , refused and Gloucester may not have been sorry . |
| 15 | They may not have been famous , but their contributions have been vital and never forgotten . |
| 16 | I believe the former more probable , but the matter is in doubt and practice may not have been consistent . |
| 17 | An anonymous memorandum sent to Rome just after his death accused him of storing up great wealth and even of having profited from the neglect of the episcopal estates , accusations which can not be substantiated but which may not have been complete fabrications . |
| 18 | So the sample may not have been complete er and once the sample was taken , one could have lost some of the material . |
| 19 | Feminists have dared to suggest that the wisdom of many generations may not have been disinterested , or even very wise ; that human experience is not identical with male experience ; and that our ( whose ? ) ‘ fundamental perceptions ’ keep women in servitude . |
| 20 | In northwest Amazonia ( Venezuela ) , there is evidence for fire disturbance over the last 6000 years , with charcoal deposits under terrafirme forests as well as caatingas , and some of the fires may not have been anthropogenic . |
| 21 | Archie may not have been fastidious , but in his own way he was cultivated . |
| 22 | no , the brochure would not necessary have been out of date , it depended when the first occupation was , if er the first occupation was in July or August it may not have been necessary to update the brochure on Sept on the first of September |
| 23 | The Scientific Committee had in previous years expressed concern about the Dall 's porpoise harpoon fishery , fearing that even the much smaller annual catch may not have been sustainable , since Japanese scientists had calculated a replacement rate of only about 5000 porpoises each year . |
| 24 | Ramapithecus may not have been carnivorous , and the association between hunting , travel , and bipedalism probably emerged only with the true hominids . |
| 25 | Lear 's death may not have been devastating , but I was sorry to see him go . |
| 26 | Intelligence is essential , although successful School or University examinations may not have been possible through damage to shore term memory ( upon which facility most examinations are based throughout the phase of active addiction . |
| 27 | Had Kirkland 's warehouse been taller , the cocooning of four bays may not have been possible . |
| 28 | The intelligentsia may not have been insincere , they may have believed their own rhetoric . |
| 29 | In volume Lear 's contribution may not have been prolific , but its impact was revelatory . |
| 30 | In that particular instance the money may or may not have been misspent , and for all I know those wards are now full . |