Example sentences of "may have [been] [adj] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , while the procedure which produced the Enham texts may have been similar to those responsible for some of Æthelstan 's codes and I Edmund , the promulgation of archiepiscopal admonitions as royal decrees is also reminiscent of those issued by Henry II after the synod of Dortmund in 1005 . |
| 2 | The significant results achieved using this text may have been specific to this domain and hence not necessarily repeatable in other domains ( i.e. the OALD may provide unusually good coverage of commercial or financial terminology ) . |
| 3 | There is also the great hill-figure , the Cerne Giant , which has been identified as Hercules and may have been one of many such figures . |
| 4 | Hallucigenia may have been one of these . |
| 5 | Frank and Wallerstein 's versions of the international division of labour may have been accurate for some countries during some periods , but the re-formation of capitalism on a global scale in the latter part of the twentieth century has rendered it increasingly less so . |
| 6 | The effect of this may have been beneficial to some of the British potters , especially in Oxfordshire where good quality imitations of provincial samian vessels were produced . |
| 7 | Detectives believe the same gunman may have been involved in all three killings , firing one shot before disappearing , and then leaving other terrorists to dismantle the rifle . |
| 8 | ‘ Kevin Brown believes he may have been involved in some way . |
| 9 | No explanation for the fall was ever given , though Sir Thomas believed he may have been involved in some stupid jape . |
| 10 | He may have been involved in some other misdemeanours at the same time , but he was also supporting the poll tax in the Cabinet . |
| 11 | They believe Mr MacDonald may have been involved in some kind of argument shortly before his death . |
| 12 | Mr Bond was deemed to be insolvent at the time the bankruptcy judgment was entered against him and the bankruptcy notice was served — ‘ about three weeks ago ’ — but Mr Bond may have been insolvent before that time . |
| 13 | The early Malays may have learnt the ‘ Malay knot ’ made by birds , perhaps by copying the animals , while their medicinal knowledge may have been common with that of other species : monkeys in the Malay Peninsula eat jelly surrounding the germinating seeds of Scaphium spp . |
| 14 | The programmers who designed them may have been any of these things , but that is irrelevant . |
| 15 | Another factor which may have been important in this first year of the reforms was the determination of these pioneering fundholders to ensure the success of the scheme . |
| 16 | It appears that the scent of these oils can affect the etheric body , perhaps creating the right atmosphere for particular states of consciousness , and ancient peoples may have been aware of this . |
| 17 | Erm it may have been deliberate in that how the Par Party could n't be seen as too radical in order to maintain er as broad a support as possible and allow the peasants to erm give them leeway to do what they wanted to do , but erm it 's quite interesting though that whatever the Communist Party did , people were going to respond in which ever way they wanted to whether or not there was a law there , but they still had to sort of erm establish their legitimacy . |
| 18 | The parish boundaries were often indistinct until after the Norman conquest , but there may have been 150 of these by 1066 . |
| 19 | It may have been idyllic to some but evidently not to the people who lived as close to the land as James Seely did . |
| 20 | This represents a major step forward in unlocking the commercial potential of our inner cities and of breathing new life into areas which may have been derelict for many years . |
| 21 | Although family health services authorities may have been oblivious to these activities , this does not indicate their absence . |
| 22 | The Golf tickets are of particular interest , the B.C.Rly may have been unique in this respect . |
| 23 | This tough process , it was realised , did not accord with their own equal-opportunities policy , in that candidates for paid advice workers ' posts were given only an oral interview , even though their job description may have been identical to that of a voluntary advice worker . |
| 24 | Things may have been different under another Minister , or under the same one in happier and healthier days , but it seems doubtful . |
| 25 | Our study population may have been different from that examined in other studies in respect of different bowel habits ( less consistent diarrhoea in our patients ) . |
| 26 | Clearly their views may have been different from those of the people who died , but respondents are likely to have taken into account the reactions of their relatives and friends , and how these respondents felt about the care in the homes is also of interest and concern . |