Example sentences of "may have [been] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little by little you will start to release any unnecessary tension that may have been stored unknowingly for many years . |
| 2 | ( 4 ) He explicitly introduced the fact that the committing justices had found a case to answer whereby the jury may have been influenced adversely to the appellant . |
| 3 | The following comments pertain only to enquiries which involve scientific , horticultural , photographic or library staff — even though the enquiry may have been handled initially by Public Services . |
| 4 | It may have been enacted beforehand by the witnesses , so that they testify to what they have actually witnessed ; alternatively , the organiser of the mock trial may simply have given to each witness a statement of his evidence , which he is expected to remember . |
| 5 | The large buildings at Zakro , Mallia and Phaistos possess plans that have many features in common , though with significant variations ; their designs may have been based loosely on that of Knossos or they may have evolved independently from a common set of functions . |
| 6 | But success or failure for the entire project may have been determined long before then . |
| 7 | The scapula and pelvis were broken , but they may have been broken already in the pellet . |
| 8 | This ‘ Truman Doctrine ’ may have been intended primarily to ‘ scare ’ Congress into giving the required money . |
| 9 | Detection of a semantic anomaly is highly informative because it indicates that an error may have been made either in understanding the context , or in perceiving the new unit . |
| 10 | The march of the matriarchal society may have been stopped here in the United Kingdom , but it is but a temporary halt , a moment in time . |
| 11 | To ease the credit policy , the Federal Reserve Board cut interest rates to their lowest level since November 1964 after chairman Alan Greenspan admitted that January 's and February 's surge in growth may have been caused only by a mild winter after all . |
| 12 | Secondly , James may have been killed either before the battle or at its beginning . |
| 13 | The majority of victims were Jews but they were not alone — as many as 4,000 gypsies may have been killed there in one session . |
| 14 | The smear may have been taken too near a period . |
| 15 | Power dressing may have been left firmly in the 80s , but the suit has a Pierre Cardin label and a £39 price tag . |
| 16 | Cross-examined by David Turner , Mr Carbert said the rope may have been left there by the previous owner . |
| 17 | What may have been looked forward to as a release may instead be an unexpected let-down , with retirement from work adding to the feeling of helplessness and lack of purpose . |
| 18 | Alternative plans are being considered which may have been discussed unofficially with the Scottish Office and the Office of Fair Trading to find out if they are acceptable . |
| 19 | Such trading emporia may have been established purely for the profit of the king and the servicing of his estates . |
| 20 | Perhaps he did not like to argue with Jean-Claude , suspecting that my lover may have been put fully in the picture . |
| 21 | In any event , Ermold assumed that the parents would relish the description of their son , and be amused by the contrast between the adults ' formality and the child 's spontaneity ( though such licence may have been permitted only to under-sevens ) . |
| 22 | Amongst smaller introduced animals are fire ants , which out-compete with the native ants ( and which can cause uncomfortable nights for camping scientists ) ; and cockroaches , which have been discovered on one or two islands and may have been transported inadvertently amongst supplies destined for scientists doing long-term research . |
| 23 | Some , more recently arrived , may have been captured directly from interstellar space . |
| 24 | C's promise may have been induced either by A's promise to perform his outstanding obligation under the contract with B , or by A 's actual performance of it . |
| 25 | Three swords and two sceptres were carried before the English king at his coronation in 1189 : the sceptre with the cross probably signifying power and justice , the sceptre with the dove , equity and mercy , while the three swords may have been associated singly with authority , mercy and justice . |
| 26 | Such weaponry may have been designed principally for warfare and combat , yet the existence of wild animal bones on settlements , especially deer , points to hunting being a means of supplementing the diet ; yet what was used to bring down such game ? |