Example sentences of "may have be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may have been necessary for Jesus to have eaten a few fishes in order to survive in first-century Palestine , but it is not now necessary to feast on the bodies of dead animals in order to be healthy . |
| 2 | The Queen 's Press Secretary , Charles Anson , has apologised to the Queen and the Duchess of York for a row after the announcement of the Yorks ' separation which suggested that the Duchess may have been unsuitable for Royal life . |
| 3 | Frank and Wallerstein 's versions of the international division of labour may have been accurate for some countries during some periods , but the re-formation of capitalism on a global scale in the latter part of the twentieth century has rendered it increasingly less so . |
| 4 | HIV may have been present for centuries in a relatively harmless form and only recently evolved into a more damaging one . |
| 5 | That it may have been difficult for members to attend area sessions , should not rule out the possibility of encouraging collaboration among groups of local boards . |
| 6 | They may have been purpose-built for pedestrians , or be ordinary streets where the traffic flow is restricted ( usually to emergency services and possibly delivery vans ) . |
| 7 | This represents a major step forward in unlocking the commercial potential of our inner cities and of breathing new life into areas which may have been derelict for many years . |
| 8 | Leaders of ambulance crews argue that their industrial action , in protest at a 6.5 per cent pay offer , has exposed the lack of personnel which may have been responsible for the deaths . |
| 9 | When it came , the eruption was of massive proportions and deposited a great thickness of ash which completely buried the town , and it set off great tidal waves which may have been responsible for the termination of the Minoan civilization by ravaging the coastal towns all around Crete . |
| 10 | THE plug has finally been pulled on the London Ambulance Service computer that may have been responsible for up to 20 deaths last week . |
| 11 | Crash investigators believe fractured pins may have been responsible for the El Al cargo jet crash . |
| 12 | Fleischmann and Pons , who did not realise that they had measured their neutron signal incorrectly , thought that their cell was producing 10 000 neutrons per cm 3 of palladium each second ( in fact the totality of neutrons from cosmic rays , from the concrete in the laboratory , from radon and other gases seeping through the air vents may have been responsible for almost all of these and the fusion neutrons , if there were any , were far fewer ) , and so Jones ' data did n't appear very impressive . |
| 13 | A police spokesman said a third car — believed to be a black Citroen — may have been responsible for the accident . |
| 14 | Biologists believe the same benthic algae may have been responsible for animal deaths on Loch Lubnaig , near Callander , not far from my Stirling home , and at Loch Insh on Speyside in the past two years . |
| 15 | The Gulf War may have been responsible for the postponement of the finals of the Head/Isrotel/Tennis World tournament , which were due to be staged at the end of 1990 , for one year , but it certainly did n't dampen the enjoyment of the 12 regional winners who eventually took off for Eliat at the end of November 1991 . |
| 16 | The findings mean that , contrary to previous opinion , people of the same cultural background may have been responsible for the paintings at El Castillo and Niaux . |
| 17 | Chamberlain pointed out that the relationship between maturity and volume was not monotonic , with volume initially increasing , and then decreasing as delivery became imminent , and this may have been responsible for the positive relationship . |
| 18 | It is becoming clear how important was Eorcenwald 's role in the evolution of the diplomatic form of early Anglo-Saxon charters in the 680s and thereafter ; indeed he may have been responsible for drafting Caedwalla 's charter to Farnham . |
| 19 | As sheriff of Oxford and Buckingham from 1308 to 1310 , forester of Whittlewood Forest in Buckinghamshire from 1308 , constable of Oxford castle from 1311 to 1321 , and steward of the royal household from 1311 to 1325 , Richard moved from local administration to the centre of power and may have been responsible for introducing Roger to royal service . |
| 20 | I think he may have been responsible for her unhappiness . |
| 21 | The effect of a heavy physical workload was examined because epidemiological data suggest that this , and the associated high salt intake , may have been responsible for the high incidence of peptic ulceration early in the 20th century . |
| 22 | Sampling error because of an insufficient number of biopsy specimens may have been responsible for the fact that this difference did not reach significance . |
| 23 | Also both control and histamine treated tumours had a similar proportion of malignant cells , stroma , and vascularisation , suggesting direct proliferative effects on the xenograft may have been responsible for the increased size . |
| 24 | It is difficult to assess the effects of the first true humans in rain forests but it has been argued that the Australian aborigines may have been responsible for the removal of some of the Araucaria forest of tropical Queensland , leading to the advance of Eucalyptus there , as well as locally exterminating much of the megafauna . |
| 25 | But Northumbria Police now say a dum-dum bullet illegal ammunition which causes maximum injury by shattering inside the body may have been responsible for the injuries after a flat-headed bullet was found in a post mortem . |
| 26 | A report today suggests that oil workers may have been responsible for the situation by bringing in an infectious agent such as a virus against which local children had no protection . |
| 27 | It has been suggested that such a speculative bubble may have been responsible for the rapid rise in equity prices in 1987 . |
| 28 | This may have been fine for early disposable e-mail , but as office systems of all kinds have developed into tools to create , store , retrieve and delete the only copy of more substantial record types , it is necessary to institute more organised retention methods . |