Example sentences of "may have [verb] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Film critics may have disagreed on the merits of Batman Returns , but they did seem to reach a consensus on at least one thing . |
| 2 | Belief in the cyclical nature of the universe found its apotheosis in the concept of the Great Year , which the Greeks may have inherited from the Babylonians . |
| 3 | They may have risen through the ranks of secretarial work or come from journalism . |
| 4 | It is only the company itself which can take action against the auditors to remedy any damage which auditors ' negligence may have caused to the stakeholders . |
| 5 | They may have to turn to the courts for satisfaction . |
| 6 | They may have to turn to the courts for satisfaction . |
| 7 | The evidence actually tends to be ambiguous ( West 1969 ; Jones 1979b ) as indications of timberwork at the lip of the pit may be connected with the superstructure and planking in the base may have fallen from the walls or roof lining . |
| 8 | Past experience in nursing can also reflect a very hierarchical , even military approach , and some ‘ procedures ’ may have suffered at the hands of obsessional and aggressive teaching . |
| 9 | The monastery was borne along on a buoyant prosperity which , while it may have contributed to the dissatisfactions and distractions felt by the few , drew most of its members together in a sense of their importance and independence , and hastened the disappearance of earlier divisions . |
| 10 | Total 360° Nissen fundoplication was used in all these series , though some differences in mobilisation of the stomach , length of the wrap , and diameter of the calibrating gastric sound may have contributed to the discrepancies seen . |
| 11 | But remember that dreams and ambitions change as you get older , by his forties your high-flier may have turned into a slippers and spaniel man , and who knows , by then you may want to be PM . |
| 12 | According to Gregory , Chlodomer 's kingdom was divided equally between Childebert and Chlothar , but in so far as this division can be reconstructed it appears not to have been confined to the two brothers ; there are grounds for thinking that Theuderic also may have profited from the murders . |
| 13 | Indeed , the outline of the lake may have altered in the times between the individual surveys . |
| 14 | In casting , the molten metal may have squeezed between the joins of a mould , solidifying as a seam-like ridge known as a casting flash . |
| 15 | In return , Sequoia has given up any ambitions it may have had in the telecommunications marketplace , but will sell the thing in competition with HP elsewhere . |
| 16 | Although the bird was native to America , its name may have evolved from the days when turkey was first distributed in England by Turkish merchants . |
| 17 | Hercules was a great hero-god and , as such , may have appealed to the Celts whose tribal sagas , like those of other peoples , abound with similar mythical figures . |
| 18 | The acid rain problem may have disappeared from the headlines but it is far from being solved . |
| 19 | Both these positions entail a great deal of risk ; going long produces the possibility of capital losses on the shares held , going short produces the possibility that the jobber may have to buy in the shares at a future date at expensive prices . |
| 20 | He may have cooperated with the Danes in some way at the siege of Canterbury in 1011 , and it was maybe in 1023 that he received the bishopric of Sherborne after the expulsion of Bishop Brihtwine . |
| 21 | Cyclops may have originated with the Arimaspians , a one-eyed race from Scythia who coveted gold and were constantly fighting gryphons for access to their caches of treasure . |
| 22 | This has led to speculations that life may have originated in the depths of space and that it was brought to the Earth by meteorites . |
| 23 | If there was an increase by 1545 , much of it may have come in the years after 1530 , and become important economically only after the period covered by this book ( 75 , p.69 ) . |
| 24 | He was a wealthy man , and although some of his wealth may have come from the profits of war , he benefited substantially from Edward 's patronage . |
| 25 | Wait to hear re Bank ( ie if any i/view ) , and ditto Health Education Board for Scotland , Common Purpose ( a fascinating organisation about which you may have read in the papers ) , the Scottish Rugby Union ( ! ) and some others . |