Example sentences of "may [adv] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps it may regretfully be time to demolish our bothies — their unique charm and tradition destroyed by the greedy — another casualty like that on the consciences of the cairnbuilding , memorial erecting , road bulldozing and ‘ 100 best walks ’ brigade . |
| 2 | It may only be coincidence that the window cleaners were around last weekend when this incident occurred . |
| 3 | These tactics may only be threats , but in the Philippines ’ disappearances ’ are becoming all too common . |
| 4 | The farms themselves may be categorised into three broad types on the basis of their layout : one or a few buildings seemingly in isolation or associated with earlier structures , for instance late prehistoric enclosures or , as at Lower Warbank ( Kent ) , a single sunken building adjacent to a Roman villa ( Philp 1973 , pp. 156–63 ) , which may only be part of larger settlements ; individual farmsteads , a group of buildings associated with a fenced enclosure or paddock , such as Cowdery 's Down ( Millett 1983 ) ; thirdly , larger settlements with either multiples of the previous category or a farmstead apparently with a larger number of ancillary buildings , such as Chalton , Hampshire and West Stow , Suffolk ( West 1985 ) . |
| 5 | Electronic records may only be proto-records because they require numerous mechanisms to make them accessible . |
| 6 | If he leaves all to his wife on his death there may only be duty on the £1M non-qualifying assets on his widow 's death . |
| 7 | On the other hand , there may obviously be cases where the plaintiff establishes a prima facie case by proving that he suffered damage from acts done in combination by the defendants the natural and probable outcome of which was damage to him . |
| 8 | I use the word ‘ true ’ to express the notion that consent , or refusal of consent , may be inoperative in law for one of three reasons ; there may perhaps be others , but only these three are relevant to the present case . |
| 9 | There may perhaps be properties which are evidence-transcendent , by which we mean that it is always possible that they be absent even though we have the best possible evidence of their presence . |
| 10 | What the Middle English poet has to say , in essence , is that in the war between God and Satan for men 's souls , there may perhaps be neutrals . |
| 11 | The provisions which permit the confiscation of the literary proceeds of crime may do little to prevent this kind of journalism , which is arguably more repugnant than the profits made by offenders who may merely be pawns in a ratings or circulation war . |
| 12 | But though this may quell doubts about the benefits of the existence of large-scale enterprise , it does not bear on the point that where competition is attenuated a policy of profit maximisation may not be wealth maximising : society might be better served if companies were to lower price and increase output , even though this would be less profitable from the company 's point of view . |
| 13 | These are : that Braverman ignores worker resistance ; that management may be ignorant of the most effective ways of meeting worker recalcitrance ; that there are more ways of killing a cat than skinning it ( in other words , that there are mechanisms other than fragmentation and de-skilling which management can use to control recalcitrant labour ) ; that technological and market opportunities vary across firms and that these influence the outcome of the struggle between capital and labour over the form of work organisation which is adopted ; and that the tight control of labour and the need to maximise output from individual workers may not be management 's most dominant concern in every case . |
| 14 | But although his selected trio — Northwich Victoria 's Liverpool-born defender Jeff Parker , Warrington Town utility man Paul McNally and Northern Ireland Under-21 midfielder Norman Kelly may not be household names , he is convinced they are the right choice . |
| 15 | It may not be money that he wants ; and even if he would be satisfied with money , it may be very hard to say what would be a fair compensation for his loss , and a jury may not be the most suitable body for assessing it . |
| 16 | Depressive illness can result in suicidal thoughts and there may or may not be expression of intent . |
| 17 | All that glitters may not be gold , but these decorations would add elegance and sparkle to any Christmas tree . |
| 18 | Everything that is labelled Pocock may not be Pocock , albeit in his style . |
| 19 | It may not be chance that the Liber Historiae Francorum names the emperor who called the followers of Priam Franks as Valentinian . |
| 20 | This may not be cost effective . |
| 21 | While the names and addresses of potential acquirors can be usefully input on to a database to permit mail merging , it may not be cost effective to use a computerised control log unless a substantial number of potential acquirors are anticipated . |
| 22 | The only alternative is for the tenant to insure the missing risks itself , but this may not be cost effective , particularly if the landlord is a large property company and therefore more able to obtain cheaper cover . |
| 23 | Talk of things that may or may not be art brings us on to the ever-popular topic , sex . |
| 24 | Michael 's now been notified his debt must be cut or his carers may not be abel to keep coming to help him |
| 25 | With professional accountability , there may or may not be sanctions , according to the degree to which the profession can impose them . ’ |
| 26 | Other women in the narrative may not be friends , but are always constructed as rivals for male attention : ‘ She does not consider herself a beauty and this element is used to play off against the beauty of the other woman ( women ) … . ’ |
| 27 | The Gunners swept all before them in October , and it may not be coincidence that their reversal of fortune has accompanied Paul Merson 's switch from the ‘ hole ’ behind the front line to left-wing . |
| 28 | It may not be PC Tools but it 's cheap ! |
| 29 | Of course , the electorate may not be fools , and they may pass rough judgements at the polls about which party may govern " better " in the future in the light of past performance and potential promise , but there is little point in our pretending that we can " explain " voting behaviour on the basis of the electoral appeal of party programmes even though this is the way politicians and the media often tend to present the essence of electoral politics and party choice . |
| 30 | Even this may not be contract for the sale of specific goods . |