Example sentences of "he [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may be dangerous . |
| 2 | He may be right . |
| 3 | He may be right that the centre of gravity among that supposedly central group of Britons , the skilled workers , or C2s , has shifted back in favour of higher state spending . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , he may be right . |
| 5 | For what it is worth , I think he may be right because it is possible to find objects in space from remembered information . |
| 6 | He may be right , but nobody else has a chance to provide any input into the decisions which affect everybody in F1 . ’ |
| 7 | He may be right , but one or two large societies do look weaker in terms of bad debt experience and capital strength than the rest of the pack . |
| 8 | He may be right . |
| 9 | It is important to allow that he may be right about one thing . |
| 10 | I fear he may be right , and if it 's true of the profession then the publishers are right behind . |
| 11 | If the Minister is saying that the proposal is liable to bog down the entire system and cause administrative chaos , he may be right as regards some of the effects . |
| 12 | From the look of him , he may be right . |
| 13 | He may be right , he may not be able to recruit the ideal person . |
| 14 | ‘ Then he may be useful to us , ’ Edward said thoughtfully . |
| 15 | and in this latter he may be correct . |
| 16 | If your child finds reading difficult , do n't provide books aimed at younger children because he may be bored by them even though he can understand them . |
| 17 | And it makes you realise that , though he may be famous for having an eye for the ladies , he also has an ear for a good song . |
| 18 | Sometimes , he can go too far ; he may be anxious to make a sale and make statements which are simply untrue in an effort to try to induce you to buy the product . |
| 19 | Thus far we have seen that the perspective from which to view bias is to be that of the reasonable man ; it is not to be the individual affected himself ( because he may be perverse , oversensitive , etc. ) , nor is it to be the ex post detachment of a reviewing court , ( which is the disagreement with the Barnsley formulation ) . |
| 20 | He may be shy at first , but after a while he will get over that : he is not half so shy as he was , of course not . |
| 21 | He may be shy and intimidated by school . |
| 22 | He may be great in the eyes of the world , with his property and wealth , but he has very few friends to attend his funeral and never achieves the only thing he cares about . |
| 23 | He may be dissatisfied with what he then learns , but that is a later stage . |
| 24 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Hon. Gentleman was not a member of the Standing Committee , so he may be unaware that the disposal programme will start in the autumn and will continue for a considerable time . |
| 25 | Either the man she is with is not ready for a long-term commitment , he may be violent and she wants to keep him away from the child . |
| 26 | If he finds it necessary to copy , to study the work of other painters , or any way to seek for help out of himself , he may be sure that he has received nothing of that inspiration . |
| 27 | He may be ill from the voyage , he may be homesick for the only home he has known , he may be … ’ |
| 28 | However , if that application process takes a long time , it is felt that one can not upset that person 's lifestyle — he may be married — and he is allowed to stay . |
| 29 | ‘ He may be happy to see his father ! ’ |
| 30 | He may be willing to use his new powers as executive president to brush aside resistance . |