Example sentences of "may [adv] [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later that week we were given a first indication that the previous three ‘ greenhouse ’ winters may merely have been within the normal climatic variations and that a better season may be on its way , when the first Pitztal race was cancelled due to extreme cold ! |
| 2 | Guilt that the family member himself or herself may possibly have been in part a cause of the problem in the primary sufferer either by something done or not done . |
| 3 | The other , John Beaumont , may also have been to some extent Gloucester 's man since he and his putative father Sir Henry Bodrugan went on to become supporters of Richard III in the region . |
| 4 | The other , John Beaumont , may also have been to some extent Gloucester 's man since he and his putative father Sir Henry Bodrugan went on to become supporters of Richard III in the region . |
| 5 | A good response to training was associated with improved squeeze duration in our patients , but increased conidence in mastering anorectal function may also have been of some benefit . |
| 6 | Similar selective pressures associated with foods from the second trophic level may also have been of importance in the later development of the hominids themselves |
| 7 | Other factors may also have been at work . |
| 8 | Gloucester 's influence may also have been at work in the selection of a duchy of Lancaster lawyer as the new recorder of London in June 1483 , although the man concerned ( Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe , Lincs. ) preserved a studied neutrality when , only days after his appointment , he found himself in the middle of the deposition crisis . |
| 9 | Gloucester 's influence may also have been at work in the selection of a duchy of Lancaster lawyer as the new recorder of London in June 1483 , although the man concerned ( Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe , Lincs. ) preserved a studied neutrality when , only days after his appointment , he found himself in the middle of the deposition crisis . |
| 10 | Ecgfrith 's half-brother , may also have been in alliance . |
| 11 | He may also have been behind certain elements of the design . |
| 12 | It may well have been at this moment , in the autumn of 1419 , that Henry V decided that the crown of France , which none of his predecessors had achieved , might be his . |
| 13 | It may well have been with mixed feelings that Hamilton gave up Painshill and its burdens after some thirty-five years . |
| 14 | Some of them may well have been to boys ' boarding schools and put up with this sort of behaviour |
| 15 | This may well have been of benefit to individuals , but school board members were very conscious of their role as representatives of parents and the local community . |
| 16 | Since aerial photography of cropmarks has now shown that such sites are widespread , particularly beneath a number of later hillforts and in numerous river valleys , most parts of southern Britain may well have been within the territory of , and exploited by , one or other of these sites in Neolithic times . |
| 17 | Ceausescu 's visit this week to Iran may well have been in connection with a possible sale of arms . |
| 18 | Marling already occupied Pitts Mill and may well have been in Freames as well . |
| 19 | Yet the earliest known usage of ‘ South Saxons ’ does not appear until a royal charter of 689 names them and their king , Northelm , although the term may well have been in common use for some time before that . |
| 20 | You could even have a personalised château holiday , enjoying the hospitality of a family who may well have been in residence for generations . |
| 21 | Not simply was he mentioned , as men may well have been in the prayers of intercession , but he was actively made present as lord of the situation . |
| 22 | This will usually be someone who has relatively little experience as an account executive ( but may well have been in the agency for some time , as a progress controller or planner , for example ) . |
| 23 | It may well have been in that picture that the new type was created . |
| 24 | It is worth noting that the Cuban revolution avoided a similar fate by incorporation of the Communists ; the Bolivian experience may well have been in Castro 's mind when he was assessing the means by which he could sustain his own revolution . |
| 25 | The presence of Cézanne is felt strongly behind both Three Women and Bread and Fruit Dish on a Table , and the borrowed Braque may well have been in his studio when he painted them . |
| 26 | They may well have been in the right : the tendency of some Merovingians to take and discard wives at will , that is to practise serial monogamy , meant that there was no clearly defined family tree . |
| 27 | The island and its neighbour Warbah have been claimed by Iraq in the past and may well have been among Iraq 's objectives in mounting the invasion a year earlier , although there was no strong evidence of this at the time . |
| 28 | It may be that demands were made beyond the capability of a particular individual , or the person concerned may simply have been to some degree in ill health . |
| 29 | The ability to help or to harm was not the least of the tools in the politician 's inventory , and it may indeed have been of greater value than some of the more troublesome varieties of patronage , where a favour for one could easily anger others who were disappointed . |
| 30 | Although the US may never have been on the brink of intervention in China she had sent 50,000 marines to Northern China in 1945 , followed by General Marshall acting as Truman 's personal representative . |