Example sentences of "[noun prp] may have [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some respects Kerrier may have constituted an exception , yet although the mean of £4.4 per head may need scaling down to take account of the multitude of labourers discovered and roped in for the subsidy , upwards of seven-tenths of the assessments made in 1522 were at £2 — £4 . |
| 2 | Tiny Rowland may have become a bore with his obsession over DTI 's failure to publish the report on the House of Fraser — but on this occasion he is on the side of the Gods . |
| 3 | Jim may have known the assailant or he may have entered the house either quietly or under a pretence |
| 4 | Here , with my seal-profile friend Fairfax , in the sight of the Mountain of God , I see that Victoria may have had a point . |
| 5 | Walk ( 1967 ) suggested that the introduction of a community psychiatric service in Chichester may have reduced the suicide rate in elderly female patients . |
| 6 | Chief Fyvie may have passed the retirement age but he was still in fine shape physically . |
| 7 | The DoH may have to redraft the guidelines , and even if the legal difficulties are overcome the guidelines may not appear for another two to three weeks — a frustrating delay for professionals at a time when social worker are increasingly being blamed by the public for failing to control young people in care . |
| 8 | RESEARCHERS in Texas may have found a way of reducing brain damage in road accident victims who have been drinking excessively . |
| 9 | It means chairman Paul Woolhouse may have to quit the club after claims that he has missed a deadline to pay for £3million worth of shares . |
| 10 | Her previous experience as queen of England conceivably added to her attractions , and Swegen 's treaty with Richard may have facilitated the discussions , especially if , as is quite likely , Cnut was present when it was made . |
| 11 | As it happened a political upheaval in Indonesia in 1965 – 66 ( in which American contacts with the military in Indonesia may have played a part ) brought an unexpectedly early end to the confrontation with Britain . |
| 12 | IN the midst of a defeat from the world champions , Andy Roxburgh may have found the vindication he was looking for in an exercise that was thought to be without relevance for Scotland . |
| 13 | Now Celtic may have missed the boat ! |
| 14 | PEEK MAY HAVE REACHED THE PINNACLE |
| 15 | It is , however , a worthwhile exercise to compare the Shipman 's Tale with these tales of Gower to see where Chaucer may have drawn the line between permissible and even useful scurrility in literature and unconscionable sin . |
| 16 | HOWARD WILKINSON may have shocked the football world by off-loading Eric Cantona to Manchester United , but he has left Alex Ferguson clutching a dangerous timebomb . |
| 17 | In conclusion , the nativistic position presented by McNeill and Chomsky may have overestimated the contribution to language learning which must be ascribed to innate knowledge and underrepresented the part played by child-environment interactions . |
| 18 | CHRIS Patten may have to wait a year or two before he returns to the Commons . |
| 19 | Your Mr may have explained the position to Joe of Samuel McCauls Limited when he was over in Northern Ireland last September , but Joe did not inform me of your company 's position . |
| 20 | Michael Green of Carlton may have won the London daily franchise from Thames and Andrew Quinn may have been appointed head of ITV 's scheduling , but they still have everything to prove . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | AS A writer , Robert Louis Stevenson may have borne the stamp of greatness but after the world-renowned Scot was sized up by the Royal Mail it seems Britain 's letters may never bear a stamp of RLS . |
| 23 | Prime Minister Wilson may have borrowed the idea of President Johnson 's Poverty Programme in the USA ; the Wilson government may have also found it both easy and necessary to respond to an admittedly wayward Conservative politician , Enoch Powell , and his inflammatory exclamations on the prospect of racial conflict . |
| 24 | ‘ Boro may have lost a couple of home games , but we always seem to be the whipping boys who allow teams to regain their form . ’ |
| 25 | Equally the problems at Dagenham may have influenced the decision to switch the Sierra away to Ford 's Belgian plant at Genk even though the company 's strategy is to concentrate a single model at each plant . |
| 26 | Coleridge and Southey may have crossed the River Parrett at Bridgwater in order to reach Shurton ; more probably , like Thomas De Quincey thirteen years later , they decided to shorten the journey by using the river ferry at Combwich Reach . |
| 27 | Adam may have extended the invitation , but it happens to be my house . ’ |
| 28 | If the answer is ‘ no ’ , South Africa may have to confront the beginning of the end of the ‘ homelands ’ system . |
| 29 | ‘ The UK may have won a battle at the Maastricht summit , but not the ‘ war ’ , says David Lomax , Group Economic Adviser at National Westminster Bank , in his January economic review . |
| 30 | Wednesday may have started the season like a Second Division side , but for all the shortcomings exposed in the League , they are still much too good for opponents from the Fourth . |