Example sentences of "it may have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Where government withdraws or reduces its direct contribution to welfare it may still make an indirect contribution if the social security system subsidizes private provision , or it may have to acquire a new range of regulatory concerns about the quality of private services , or it may face increased problems in the other areas of concern because of the new pressures placed upon individuals and families .
2 Santa Cruz Operation Inc , however , says it may have to do a Pentium-specific version of its Unix operating system .
3 Jack 's ‘ going with someone ’ , as Karen Black put it , was still Mimi , a relationship which had survived all predictions ; and , though it may have stopped a few magic moments between him and Black , it did not prevent an entanglement with another of his co-stars , Susan Anspach .
4 It may have had a certain validity , especially in Scotland with its constellation of key organizations within or close to Glasgow .
5 It may have had a different meaning in a different place ( e.g. " cot " means a child 's bed in British English , but also a bed for adults in Indian English ) , or at a different time ( e.g. " gentle " used to carry the meaning of " upper class " , as in " gentry " , but which now can be used as an approving description — something like " sensitive " — of anyone 's character ) .
6 It may have provided a perfect ‘ apprenticeship ’ for building a movie empire .
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