Example sentences of "[noun] may [verb] [be] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason for this slow recognition may have been doubt about the term itself and confusion concerning what is actually meant ( Dean et al . , |
| 2 | Those who came up from the Kinlochleven side may climb Am Bodach with the plan to turn east and do Na Gruagaichean , or carry on westwards for Stob Ban . |
| 3 | One of these early pictures may have been Miner with Shovel on his Shoulder , a clumsy Expressionist drawing in black chalk and wash . |
| 4 | Indeed , a factor of some importance in the slaying of Eorpwald may have been hostility to the way in which the kingdom of the eastern Angles had sunk under his rule to satellite status . |
| 5 | This requirement may have been part of our own history too . |
| 6 | But the move may have been part of the general trend by oil companies to reduce drilling commitments as cash flow was squeezed by sluggish oil prices and huge spending programmes in the North Sea . |
| 7 | Both Offa 's dislike of the men of Kent and the extent of the territory now coming under his control may have been factors in the situation in the late 780s , but in 798 Coenwulf and Leo were deploying these arguments selectively and in a way which compromises their validity as single explanations of what was probably a complex situation . |
| 8 | Such wide spaces may have been places for furniture — certainly , a number of different positions from which to view a pavement is desirable . |
| 9 | Thus , the phenomenon may have been part of variability in English for many centuries — more common perhaps in some dialects than in others , receding at some periods and progressing at others . |