Example sentences of "may [adv] [be] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I have already indicated , I am not sure whether there may perhaps be some mockery of the over-solicitousness of the Poet 's desire for this marriage and the begetting of a ( boy- ) child , as indeed of the appeal to the egoist 's desire to perpetuate himself . |
| 2 | There may not be many opportunities to aviate in winter , but those that do appear can provide the best flying of the year — light winds , excellent power and density altitude conditions and a razor sharp horizon . |
| 3 | But that may not be such a bad thing , says Ian Marshall . |
| 4 | While programmers have not been able to do that the results they have achieved suggest that this may not be such a good idea . |
| 5 | If you have to rely solely on public transport then the rural life may not be such a good idea , unless everything that you have to be near is within your area . |
| 6 | Looked at from this angle , the mystery may not be such a mystery after all . |
| 7 | If your partner is opposed to condoms , uncooperative or not interested , sexual intercourse may not be such a good idea . |
| 8 | But the imbalance grows on you , even if structurally it may not be such a good idea , since some very squat buttresses on the left-hand or north wall had to be built on during a partial restoration of the building in the last century . |
| 9 | However , such a mental exercise may be found to be of more benefit to him than could any rules , and as such may not be such a bad thing . |
| 10 | Now only if I knew Jamie Forrester tickets may not be such a problem at times … |
| 11 | Adam said unhappily : ‘ But I doubt Harry went there to kill , and his standing at law may not be all we could wish . |
| 12 | ‘ There are two things we have to discuss and there may not be much time or another opportunity . |
| 13 | ‘ There may not be much more time , ’ she countered . |
| 14 | There may not be much room in the house you are sharing with your parents for a baby , perhaps , or he may be worried about money if you intend giving up work . |
| 15 | Our craft members are in danger of being poached by the A W E U. An amalgamation may not be some people 's ideal , but it will take away a lot of the friction between the two unions . |
| 16 | Unfortunately it may not be this World Cup , for the Scots have just a minuscule chance of qualifying . |
| 17 | The physical and psychological problems may or may not be fewer and less serious than the problems associated with other drugs , but who knows what kind of problems the cultural changes will produce ? |
| 18 | Each woman brings her own particular gifts to whatever she does — which may or may not be those that are commonly labelled ‘ feminine ’ . |
| 19 | Their replies to my questions may not be those that I had in mind , but by telling them that they were incorrect I would probably have ensured that they would not be so willing to answer again . |
| 20 | Salience , of course , means salience for the hearer , and is therefore a relative term : those features of New York English which are salient for a Londoner may not be those which are salient for someone from Toronto . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , a doctor who flew from RAF Lyneham to Sarajevo yesterday says the sick and injured Bosnians chosen to be treated in Britain may not be those in most urgent need . |
| 22 | In fact , the rudder power of most gliders is very poor in relation to the huge inertia of the heavy , long-span wings , and there may not be any visible effect when opposite rudder is applied in an incipient spin . |
| 23 | Remember , if a PIW links with a previous PIW there may not be any waiting days left to serve because waiting days are served only once in a PIW . |
| 24 | In a proportion of cases the first site of infection is the cervix , when there may not be any local pain . |
| 25 | Obviously it helps if you have some building or DIY knowledge , and clearly some defects require further examination by an expert , but a surveyor may not be any better since his knowledge of structures and services is limited . |
| 26 | Although there may not be any benefit on mortality from very good diabetic control immediately following myocardial infarction , it is clearly undesirable to have uncontrolled diabetes at this time . |
| 27 | But there may not be any tax to pay on it if the pension comes from a former employer of hers , and if she has a National Insurance retirement pension from her own contributions the special ‘ wife 's earned income allowance ’ will be due . |
| 28 | There may not be any suitable places to use , or your attackers may all be equally fit and able to stick together while they chase you . |
| 29 | This is a point on the lawn where there may not be any starling . |
| 30 | And there may not be any magical answers out there . ’ |