Example sentences of "may have [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least , he may have begun in a monastery , but in the event he took orders and was for years a junior pastor somewhere in Worcestershire . |
| 2 | Later the patient recalled that her spells may have begun after a head injury in childhood . |
| 3 | He lived at Charing Cross in 1585 , in 1589–90 in Writtington , Essex , by 1596 he writes from ‘ my house in Hamsell Park , Sussex ’ , while early in the 1600s he may have lived for a time in Isleworth , Middlesex . |
| 4 | Indeed it may have increased as a result of the general tendency to centralize health , educational and welfare services and even shops in key villages or other local centres . |
| 5 | I guess they may have fallen off a lorry ? |
| 6 | This former hot-spring activity at high elevations on the volcanoes could indicate that the region was more geothermally active in the past ; the activity may have declined as a result of waning heat sources . |
| 7 | The broad philosophy underlying the system is not at fault , although the somewhat inevitable complexity may have led to a failure to grasp implications of changes in time to prevent the odder features of instability . |
| 8 | These factors may have led to a decrease in the exposure of the colonic mucosa to carcinogens and may have protected the colon and negated any effect of the modest increases in the proliferative zone in the distal colon . |
| 9 | Instead they may have formed in a manner similar to many Cordilleran batholiths , from crust that is basaltic ( density 3.0Mgm -3 ) and does not include Precambrian basement-type material . |
| 10 | ‘ Northern Ireland may have faded as a football force since the break-up of the 1986 World Cup finals side — and the rebuilding process has been painful . |
| 11 | Two periods , 1750 – 70 and the 1780s , saw especially sharp declines , although the generally high level of economic activity in the latter may have compensated to a degree with fuller employment . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | George you may have seen in a wine bar , often in the company of younger lawyers ; or at the theatre , with a blonde ; or on the steps of the Garrick , with or without a blonde . |
| 14 | This is not a new phenomenon , however , as the secret of Napoleon 's animal magnetism and his legendary ability to command troops may have discovered by a team of perfume scientists . |
| 15 | Explain the reasons for any misunderstandings which may have arisen as a result of the management 's proposal . |
| 16 | Segmentation may have developed as a way of enabling worms to increase their efficiency as burrowers in mud . |
| 17 | You may have heard of a technique called ‘ path analysis ’ and have wondered if it referred to the methods discussed in this chapter . |
| 18 | There have been occasional remarks that some players may have dallied for a time with what are known as recreational drugs . |
| 19 | An added precautionary measure is to form Newco specially for the management buy-out rather than acquire a shelf company , because a shelf company 's accounting period may have commenced at a time when its Memorandum of Association does not reflect the relevant purpose test , for example , where a general trading company is purchased and turned into a holding company . |
| 20 | As described in the previous section , this may have resulted from a decrease in the number of elderly people using buses following the introduction in September 1991 of fares for concessionary travel . |
| 21 | This may have resulted from a number of factors : progressive stripping of the upper soil horizons , gullying or the introduction of plough agriculture . |
| 22 | There was also a reduction in the number of elderly bus passenger casualties which may have resulted in a fall in the number of trips being made following the introduction of fares for concessionary travel . |
| 23 | A combination of the ideology of the market-place , public hostility to nuclear power and fears of high energy prices adding to the problems of an uncompetitive manufacturing industry may have resulted in a setback for nuclear power in Britain , but fossil fuels would no longer seem such overwhelmingly good value , according to Chris Patten , if their wider environmental costs were allocated and more fully reflected in prices . |
| 24 | It is best known for persecuting Indian peasants , especially the lower castes or ‘ Untouchables ’ , who may have stolen from a neighbour or have demonstrated dirty habits . |
| 25 | For each live animal you see in the pet shop many others may have died as a result of capture |
| 26 | Two of her books were educational , suggesting that she may have worked as a teacher . |
| 27 | Much may have happened to a flue , both during its closure , and when it was previously in use . |
| 28 | Too much may have happened within a matter of days after completion for it to be practical to reverse the sale . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , though Penda may have embarked on a programme of domination of the south-west midlands , there is no evidence that he was responsible for the formation of the Hwiccian kingdom . |
| 30 | The changes we observed may have occurred as a result of an increased absorption of secondary bile acids , previously shown in patients with large and severely dysplastic polyps . |