Example sentences of "may be on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Finally , wherever health-care reform may be on the stormy seas of the Clinton presidency , the public wants health-care reform . |
2 | This little-known company director , chairman of Walsham brothers , may be on the highest salary in Britain : £8 million , according to Labour Research . |
3 | ‘ I think that the boot may be on the other leg ! ’ |
4 | It may be a light aircraft twenty miles away , in which case they will go in their own cars , or it may be on the other side of the world , in which case they will be on the next airline flight in that direction and might not be home again for several weeks . |
5 | Will he therefore do his best to defuse the present unhappy situation and assure the people of that great continent that , although they may be on the other side of the world , they are close to the hearts of the people of the United Kingdom ? |
6 | ‘ He may be on the other team . |
7 | Sotheby 's have estimated its value at $10m-$14m , but this may be on the low side to ensure a sale . |
8 | IBM JOB CUT ESTIMATES MAY BE ON THE LOW SIDE |
9 | As far as the charter is concerned they may be on the right track ( if for the wrong reasons ) . |
10 | In the second movement Allegro con grazia Koizumi may be on the slow side in the main 5/4 theme , but he is very persuasive , and then in the central section brings out an element of fantasy . |
11 | The Unionist fear is that we may be on the last verse of another . |
12 | FOR the first half of the year you should have plenty of attack , although you may be on the receiving end of a show of force . |