Example sentences of "may [adv] have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Calves in this category may not have developed a strong immunity and after treatment should not be returned to the field which was the source of infection ; if this is impossible , parenteral ivermectin is the drug of choice since its residual effect prevents reinfection for a further three weeks . |
| 2 | If the patient has been misled or misinformed he may not have given a genuine consent or refusal . |
| 3 | Jesus may not have supported a particular party line , but His criticism of the political-religious leaders of His day led to His crucifixion on a Roman gibbet . |
| 4 | Consequently , other market members ( and their customers ) may not have had a proper opportunity to participate in the trade . |
| 5 | Thus , prices on Simex may not have had a measurable effect on the index . |
| 6 | She may or may not have had a longstanding paranoid personality ; that 's hard for relatives to cope with , but not necessarily pathological . ’ |
| 7 | There is no reason to think that people in the past may not have had a profound understanding of God , an understanding which will illuminate one 's own . |
| 8 | Lord MacLean told MacIver , who drove the lorry after the robbery : ‘ You may not have occupied a principal role , but you played an essential one . |
| 9 | The blacks , like Bailey and Wint who were in athletics , tended to be from established occupational and social backgrounds and , to them , sport may not have yielded a direct material benefit . |
| 10 | We may already have built a rewarding business relationship together and feel that by offering you the shell Account Card this will help to consolidate it . |
| 11 | At this juncture you may just have noticed a slight differential in pace between the ‘ amateurs ’ in this democracy game , and the alleged professionals . |
| 12 | … and since this is the nature page , readers may just have noticed a Conservative Party pre-election poster featuring a giant , savings-sucking mosquito . |
| 13 | Previous generations may also have felt a passing pang of regret as they allowed the younger generation to take their place , but they were not subjected to the pressure to stay young which affects men and women of forty or fifty today . |
| 14 | The unanimous condemnation of marriage as a trade by the feminist movement may also have made a significant contribution to the new emphasis on marriage as a partnership . |
| 15 | In addition , the economies of Holland and the Scandinavian countries are especially sensitive to international trade influences , which may also have encouraged a broad approach to wage determination . |
| 16 | These plants probably had high levels of insoluble carbohydrates in their cell walls , principally cellulose , and may also have produced a wide variety of toxic plant secondary compounds . |
| 17 | Sometimes a tool was ground after a breakage or similar accident , and the resulting shape would allow a usage not previously possible , and may even have become a treasured ‘ special ’ . |
| 18 | In both cases , their separate experience may well have created a special atmosphere , although my informants all stressed that they got on perfectly well with the men at work . |
| 19 | King Alfred 's successes may well have owed a great deal to his predecessors , but in the construction of his network of defensive fortresses we see an ability to command similar to Offa 's , and perpetuated by his son Edward the Elder and grandson Æthelstan , who conquered all England for the West Saxon dynasty . |
| 20 | The individual teacher may well have made a significant development in his or her own understanding , but that is not a sufficient condition of securing publication ( thesis three ) . |
| 21 | The increase in this woodland may well have had a beneficial effect on the Woodcock and has provided the increasing breeding Redpoll population with an abundance of habitat . |
| 22 | Nonetheless , he may well have had a guilty conscience : he certainly tried to use his influence to poison Mozart 's career , out of sheer jealousy at the younger man 's superior talents ; but he does not seem to have been directly involved in his death . |
| 23 | The flock are unlikely to have been as completely innocent as the latter suggests , and their guilt may well have had a secular aspect , for it might be doubted whether Cnut would have become involved with spiritual shortcomings . |
| 24 | Like Julian , perhaps , Teresa also had an illness that may well have had a psychological aspect and which brought her to the brink of death ; her autobiography and spiritual writings show how she brought herself a physical and spiritual healing . |
| 25 | What I have presented as analysis of current movements may well have acquired a historical flavour by the time these words are read . |
| 26 | Fergie may well have bought a cut diamond at cut price but how he fits in remains a poser . |
| 27 | To Henry it may well have seemed a sensible way of killing two birds with one stone — chastising rebels and at the same time providing his warlike second son with useful experience . |
| 28 | A second recognised that she may actually have chosen a philandering partner because she 's frightened of lifetime exclusivity herself . |