Example sentences of "may [adv] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OLD people who need treatment for heart conditions may just be computer statistics to hospital bosses — but think how important they are to their families and of the contribution they have made to this country . |
| 2 | The terraces may still be 100pc Protestant but they 're also 100pc behind their newly-cosmopolitan side . |
| 3 | Answer two : a crime novel may still be crime fiction , as opposed to pure fiction , even if it abandons altogether that prime staple of blueprint detective fiction , the murder puzzle . |
| 4 | It is unfair ( and may also be sex discrimination ) to dismiss a woman because she is pregnant , or for any other reason connected with her pregnancy , unless : |
| 5 | Quasars are starlike objects that must be many times brighter than entire galaxies if they are as distant as the reddening of their spectra indicates ; pulsars are the rapidly blinking remnants of supernova explosions , believed to be ultradense neutron stars ; compact X-ray sources , revealed by instruments aboard space vehicles , may also be neutron stars or may be hypothetical objects of still higher density , namely black holes . |
| 6 | If p(x) then x is in the cluster but there may also be objects x , in the cluster , for which p is false . |
| 7 | There may also be collateral benefits . |
| 8 | There may also be inheritance tax implications , so if you are thinking of leaving or giving your home to someone , you are strongly advised to consult a solicitor or accountant . |
| 9 | These might represent distinct proteins but may also be degradation products of CREB or ATF1 . |
| 10 | There may also be eye problems if : |
| 11 | There may well be gender differences in attitudes to paid work , but these are not adequately demonstrated by the reiteration of the old adage that women 's primary role is a family one . |
| 12 | As such people may well be school governors it may be best to preface specific arguments with a brief exposition of modern developments in the teaching of history . |
| 13 | Nowadays it may well be world history , deeply simplified . |
| 14 | The most popular politician among the 40% of the city that is black may well be Mr Savage . |
| 15 | What may be discomfort glare to the normally sighted may well be disability glare to the visually handicapped . |
| 16 | At first , however , being unused to the sensations of the journey , they may well be car sick . |
| 17 | Two extra beds in a twin bedded room may sometimes be bunk beds . |
| 18 | There is much here , he thinks , to be explored and researched : this may yet be Robin Child 's most creative period . |