Example sentences of "perhaps [prep] the [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And these are matters that we are , and will be for the future the immediate future and perhaps for the more distant future thoroughly engaged upon because there are very deep questions here and the sacramental one hinges upon the ecclesial one . |
| 2 | In poetry such a transport is evoked by a pattern of words ( selected by the poet perhaps with the most intense thought and effort ) , which stabilizes it and allows me to evaluate it at leisure . |
| 3 | They had been long debated , but it should be emphasized how few individuals at this time believed that poverty could actually be eliminated , except perhaps in the very long run . |
| 4 | And many an insect was saved , perhaps from the very same predator , by an uncannily close resemblance to a twig , on occasions when the predator happened to be seeing it at relatively close range and in a good light . |
| 5 | Mutual benefits and shared learning are assumed to emanate from partnerships , predicated perhaps on the too simple notion that ‘ two plus two can make five ’ . |
| 6 | His Inspector Purbright is a very ordinary man , distinguished only perhaps by the mildly quizzical view of life and humanity he possesses . |