Example sentences of "[pron] may [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a consequence there are books on many library shelves which may eventually have to be withdrawn , with or without litigation , not because of their content but because of their intent . |
| 2 | This was , is , and ever will be , Dick Hudson 's , which may justifiably claim to be the most famous pub in all Yorkshire , or indeed the world . |
| 3 | This was especially true in Scotland , and in particular , Glasgow , which may justly claim to be the deaf ‘ capital ’ during this era . |
| 4 | Rather than commit you at this stage to the costs of detailed accounting , due diligence and contract drafting , which may subsequently prove to be abortive , MAS would intend performing a short key features review devised to highlight potential deal breaking points and other inevitably contentious issues ( such as possible earn-out terms ) which will need to be resolved with the vendors prior to proceeding . |
| 5 | In the widest sense , a survey consists of a number of organizational steps which need not occur in the order given below , which may often need to be retraced and which must usually be related to a preceding sequence of research or to comparable contemporaneous studies . |
| 6 | Well , then , let me put it this way : neither you nor I is happy ; but I may at least continue to be only moderately unhappy in reasonable comfort , while you may abruptly cease to be anything at all except on Social Security if goat 's cheese and sheep 's yoghurt hit a rough patch . |
| 7 | At root , the educational changes with which we are engaged are fuelled by rapidly changing socio-economic patterns , and the particular political drive given to these at the moment is of much less importance ( in anything other than the short term ) than we may often feel to be the case . |
| 8 | Since the condition often occurs in the secondary-school years , the young person may not only be faced with the trauma of the diagnosis and the confusion of being still able to see clearly in some situations and not at all in others , but there may also have to be a decision to transfer the medium of communication from print to braille , all this taking place in the years leading up to important examinations . |
| 9 | Just very briefly , I think that erm the point Mr raised is a fair point and erm there may well need to be a good bit of clarification erm on on that . |
| 10 | The truth of this creed would then become accepted as axiomatic and be regarded as an article of faith , although , to those who closely examine the propositions they may well appear to be self-evidently true . |
| 11 | Most people have absorbed the idea that there is some sort of accountability at the end of life and that they may well need to be preparing to ‘ meet their maker ’ . |
| 12 | Stereolab always look tonight as if they 've got a few more tricks up their sleeve than anyone else around at the moment , and in an age where recycling the past to create a spurious version of the future is the order of the day , they may well prove to be a benchmark of quality for their times . |
| 13 | They may also prove to be useful when it comes to breeding , a point that will be covered later in the series . |
| 14 | Excitable children can have a similar effect , and so they may also have to be shown how to behave towards a puppy . |
| 15 | Mock solemnity of this kind may seem rather tiresome , just as practical jokes are often not funny to those on whom they are played ( they may often appear to be lightly camouflaged forms of aggression ) , but such jokes were characteristic of the society in which he now moved : it is difficult to imagine him playing tricks on Pound or Lewis , for example . |
| 16 | They may therefore need to be read to or to listen to ‘ talking book ’ cassettes . |
| 17 | While cleaning staff are busy working on one floor , they may suddenly need to be directed to another room . |
| 18 | It may also prove to be the case that failure to recognize this obsolescence sufficiently early also prevented the development potential of records of achievement being recognized . |
| 19 | It may well appear to be somewhat deserted at first , but please do n't forget that these fish will grow quite large , and fast , so the lack of crowding at the start will help towards the fish 's comfort , a point which we must never fail to overlook . |
| 20 | It may well prove to be an impossible task . |
| 21 | For many people , singing or playing at services is perhaps their only link with the Church , and it may well prove to be a temporary one . |
| 22 | The state is now determined to move the curriculum further in that direction , and it may well have to be accepted as a fact of life , of sheer survival . |
| 23 | But it may still prove to be the route to more jobs |
| 24 | As SEC chairman , he may well prove to be a champion not just of small companies but also of order-driven auction markets like his former employer and the New York Stock Exchange . |
| 25 | Usually , his penis is then packed in ice — and he may well have to be taken to the operating theatre to have the blood clot removed from inside it . |
| 26 | Restrained as he may now appear to be , his precariously balanced control might well snap as his passion mounted . |
| 27 | We are living in what may well come to be known as the age of the American soprano , with Norman , Studer , Millo , Vaness , Hendricks , Battle , Bonney and Upshaw all doing conspicuously well for themselves on disc . |
| 28 | What may well prove to be India 's last round-up of wild elephants was carried out by a tribe who have specialized in elephant catching and training for centuries . |