Example sentences of "may [adv] be [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Famed for its set-piece shower stabbing ( in which neither Janet Leigh nor Tony Perkins were involved , and the blood substitute is actually chocolate sauce ) and sudden , violent murders , Psycho may also be Hitchcock 's saddest film . |
| 2 | In the long term there may even be Nicholson 's pubs appearing in the business centres of other cities . |
| 3 | It may well be Alan . |
| 4 | News that the band have shifted the Seattle date until after their Reading Festival appearance , lends credence to rumours suggesting that the home town show may well be Nirvana 's last . |
| 5 | He should avoid sins for which a change of fortune may well be God 's punishment . |
| 6 | The most popular politician among the 40% of the city that is black may well be Mr Savage . |
| 7 | Another aspect may well be Lorca 's rejection of industrialisation — a Romantic hangover , no doubt ! — which appears in Leonard 's oscillation in his late teens between commerce and art . |
| 8 | Extra-sensory perception , however , seems to be an over-grand , and possibly misleading title for what may simply be God 's pre-programming of his animal kingdom . |
| 9 | There is much here , he thinks , to be explored and researched : this may yet be Robin Child 's most creative period . |
| 10 | Barring another honourable war , that may yet be Grumman 's fate — if slightly delayed . |