Example sentences of "[noun] may [verb] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , with my seal-profile friend Fairfax , in the sight of the Mountain of God , I see that Victoria may have had a point . |
| 2 | Sealstones and frescoes often depict cult scenes ; stone vessels were often intended for cult use ; the finest faience figurines were idols ; the metal and clay figurines and miniature double-axes were intended as offerings to deities ; the recurring marine motif on the pottery and in frescoes may have had a cult association with the worship of Poseidon . |
| 3 | Long Latin words are full of syllables which resemble ‘ bum ’ and ‘ tit ’ and ‘ poo ’ much more , and an idly dreaming miniaturist may have had a thought process set off by half-reading the Latin : if in lege domini ( Psalm 1:2 ) really suggested the funny men made of legs on the opening pages of the Bardolf-Vaux and Ormesby Psalters , then this tells us that the artists , like Professor Camille , spoke English . |
| 4 | The Marquis may have had a diggicult year but the last few months though have been more difficult for Becky Blandford . |
| 5 | My hon. Friend the Member for Welwyn Hatfield may have had a point when he said — it was a tough line to take — that all admissions into this country should be suspended until we have caught up , and then we could reduce the waiting period to six weeks . |
| 6 | For example , a teacher may wish to have a list of books used in a particular project . |
| 7 | They may have been the gigantic reptilian analogue of the elephant , and it may be no coincidence that the elephant also has its nasal openings on top of the skull , with the nostrils in this case sited at the end of the trunk it has been suggested that some sauropods may have had a proboscis of some sort . |
| 8 | The advantage of systems such as Dbase 2 are that the user controls the number of fields available ( e.g. the school librarian may wish to have a field for the person who ordered the item and a teacher could have a list of all books or items ordered by him/herself or by the Geography department ) and the size of each field , which is limited by other programs . |
| 9 | He was a friend of President Kennedy 's and he wrote a rather fulsome biography Marilyn Monroe , and in his most recent novel he allows the suspicion — just the suspicion — that Jack may have had a hand in killing Marilyn , and that the CIA may have winked at the killing of Jack . |
| 10 | Although there were suggestions that Ashraf may have had a hand in the affair it seems more likely that the Shah dalliance with another women was the real cause . " |
| 11 | All right , the secretary of state may have had a Cabinet committee meeting . |
| 12 | The severity may have had a cause hidden from the young Ramsey . |
| 13 | Active swimmers in the surface waters of the present oceans are likely to feed directly on the plankton , and the trilobites may have had a method of harvesting large quantities of minute food . |
| 14 | Others may have had a succession of live-in boy or girl friends , lasting as long as it suited them both . |
| 15 | With larger motors , however , the power supply may have to have a capacity of several kilowatts if the system is to operate over a satisfactory speed range . |