Example sentences of "[noun sg] may have [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The recession may have made a difference in the sense that people are being more realistic about what they can afford , ’ said the magazine 's associate editor Fenella Willis . |
| 2 | Filling in the details on the marriage certificate may have proved a problem for Benjamin : his mother was now past hope in the workhouse , and his father had died when he himself was less than two years old . |
| 3 | If this interpretation is correct , then evolutionism may have played a role in promoting a greater awareness of environmental fragility mainly through its Lamarckian rather than its Darwinian version . |
| 4 | That two of his sons had fought for Parliament may have played a part in this transfer of loyalty . |
| 5 | Sheriff Robert Younger told him : ‘ You are a first offender and perhaps your alcoholism may have played a part in these offences . |
| 6 | It 's believed a man who answered the advert may have aranged a meeting and then strangled her . |
| 7 | The access road , however , may not actually reach the boundary of the site and the original developer may have retained a strip as narrow as 1 m . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Queen Philippa died in August 1369 , and the removal of her influence may have hastened a deterioration in his character which became all too apparent in the 1370s . |
| 10 | Your own Home may have established a set procedure after death which you should follow . |
| 11 | The Marquis may have had a diggicult year but the last few months though have been more difficult for Becky Blandford . |
| 12 | Now community charge may have made a difference but what , what did government do about that to s in a sense ironically to go against one of their one of the , one of the most basic principles of bringing it in ? |
| 13 | Although stratospheric ozone losses following volcanic eruptions are generally attributed to the presence of sulphate aerosol , we present model calculations which demonstrate that gas-phase sulphur chemistry may have played a part in the tropical ozone perturbations that followed the Pinatubo eruption . |
| 14 | To be sure , this may be a partial and limited right of control because the consignor may have retained a right to change the consignee while conveying the right of stoppage in transit . |
| 15 | For example , a bank loan may fall due three months after the balance sheet date but the borrower may have obtained a commitment from the bank to provide a further loan for the same amount for a further three years . |
| 16 | Under the STV as well as in an exhaustive ballot a candidate doomed to exclusion may have received a number of votes that is substantial and only marginally smaller than the number received by the candidate next above him in the relevant count . |
| 17 | Police believe a man walking his dog may have foiled a bank raid . |
| 18 | The government may have to offer a subsidy , or tax relief , to cable operators and subscribers willing to invest in the most adaptable system . |
| 19 | A DISGRUNTLED yellowcoat may have started a holiday camp blaze which put two members of staff in hospital yesterday . |
| 20 | None the less , the state may have to pay a price to get its own way . |
| 21 | All right , the secretary of state may have had a Cabinet committee meeting . |
| 22 | The severity may have had a cause hidden from the young Ramsey . |
| 23 | But how do we gain access to Renaissance culture , especially when our readings of the texts that document that culture indicate that a process of necessary counterfeit may have played a part in determining how these texts inscribed their culture ? |
| 24 | The year may have started a bit show but it finished with a flourish and we have achieved a tremendous recovery along the way . |
| 25 | Geoffrey Coombs wrote the letter after discovering that his school may have to lose a teacher if planned cuts to the education budget go ahead . |
| 26 | Shortened red cell survival in patients with uraemia may have caused a reduction in carbamylated haemoglobin in all study groups . |
| 27 | In addition , in either case , the patient may have to make a payment at the point of receipt of service . [ … ] |
| 28 | It may be for a perfectly simple reason , for example a partner may have found a job which entails moving out of the area . |
| 29 | It was hard to avoid the conclusion that while pique may have played a part in its foundation , it had come into being not so much to benefit its members in terms of strengthening trade within the seven , but on the basis of a belief that in unity there was strength : in other words , as a group of seven they would be in a less disadvantageous position vis-à-vis the Six than if each separately attempted to negotiate some accommodation with the Six . |
| 30 | 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 . |