Example sentences of "[noun pl] may have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And talking about that — some readers may have encountered a research questionnaire in some copies of PFK recently . |
| 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 | … they meant well — they felt kindly towards him , and acknowledged his provocations ; but they fell into the too common error of supposing that the finer feelings , which induce a man to prefer death to dishonour , are only to be recognised among the higher classes ; and that , because circumstances may have placed a man before the mast , he will undergo punishment , however severe , however degrading … in preference to death . |
| 4 | With all respect to my old friend , I believe my aims and basic purposes may have gone a mite deeper . |
| 5 | All the parties are in close and fairly intimate contact and there is no point in gratuitously annoying and antagonizing people — especially since the oracles may have made a mistake . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , uncritical acceptance of the results of classical twin studies may have misled a generation of researchers . |
| 7 | The figures may have changed a decade later , but the proportions are probably still fairly accurate in showing the more specialized libraries more likely to use publishers ' catalogues . |
| 8 | Things may have gone a bit quiet on Intel Corp 's joint venture with VLSI Technology Inc to develop chips that include iAPX-86 cores for use in handheld devices , but Intel says that the effort is quietly progressing and that early next year it expects to see manufacturers offering small , lightweight hand-held computers based on the new chips ; Intel is currently preparing fully functional samples of the chips for shipment to manufacturers in the second half . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Scientists may have made a breakthrough in the treatment of breast cancer using drugs first developed in the nineteen sixties . |
| 11 | Andropulos may have made a mistake , Admiral , in telling you that he was scared that his spare fuel tank might blow up . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Drugs may have played a part too . |
| 14 | Others may have had a succession of live-in boy or girl friends , lasting as long as it suited them both . |