Example sentences of "may [verb] been [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , there may have been little point in devising an ‘ inner area ’ and allocating resources to it . |
| 2 | It may have been that while in Japan he found the taste of humble pie just a little too much to stomach . |
| 3 | At that time the Particular Baptists were meeting in a private house and it may have been that fact rather than family disagreements on doctrinal issues which led to her being baptized at Netherfield Independent chapel on 6 August 1817 . |
| 4 | It may have been these factors that encouraged the Court to give a restrictive opinion on the powers of the member States . |
| 5 | There may have been another factor that induced these creatures to leave the ground . |
| 6 | Then , wryly : ‘ There may have been another reason ; even as a young man I was a staid sort of chap and they were a bit wild at times . |
| 7 | His coinage system seems to have been in good order for most of the reign , although its development and exploitation for the king 's benefit may have been another cause of popular unrest . |
| 8 | There may have been some support for him among the cardinals , but they were not prepared to act in concert and several now put themselves forward . |
| 9 | There may have been some species which were attached to floating seaweed . |
| 10 | There may have been some weather impact in the last two months , but basically , it looks like the major U S oil companies that were going overseas are still spending money on buying leases and building up infrastructure . |
| 11 | ‘ There may have been some leak , causing hallucinations , wholesale insanity . ’ |
| 12 | While the Maryland charter gave the Calverts the same executive authority as the Bishops of Durham held on the Scottish border , it required them to make sure that the colonists had approved the laws of their colony before they came into effect ; it may have been realized from earlier experience that an assembly was needed , or there may have been some feeling that a Catholic colony would have special problems . |
| 13 | There may be a s there may have been some guests turn up |
| 14 | Although most of the ‘ Lees ’ were probably Flanellys or Murphies , there may have been some Romanies present . |
| 15 | Though there may have been some hostility between the victuallers and the non-victuallers , this can hardly have been the only factor involved . |
| 16 | Since the Wilson Committee reported there may have been some improvement in the availability of bank finance for small businesses . |
| 17 | It may have been this connection that took him to Nottinghamshire in 1580 , to work for Arundell 's brother-in-law , Sir Francis Willoughby , at Wollaton Hall . |
| 18 | It may have been this group Professor Ashton had in mind when he drew attention to the way in which London banks played a role in making available the " savings of agriculturalists ' to provide " much of the investment in manufacture " . |
| 19 | The dental remains indicate little more than a dependence on a hard-fruit diet , and there may have been several species with this inclination . |
| 20 | In recent years there may have been more wealth and consumer goods around but people have seemed cynical , weary , amoral … |
| 21 | Elsewhere , there may have been more support . |