Example sentences of "[adj] may [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Based on the small quantity of jewellery I had found , that may very well have been the case . |
| 2 | An object as a temporally extended existent may very well have the predicate p at time t , and the predicate not-p at time t . |
| 3 | With hindsight , this may not now seem to have been a very remarkable step forward but , in the context of the times , it was highly significant , the beginning of a quiet revolution and one ill which teachers were keen to participate . |
| 4 | This may not only affect 7-alpha-dehydroxylase activity ( responsible for secondary bile acid formation ) , but also the ionic composition and the solubility of bile acids in the water compartment of faeces . |
| 5 | Livestock can appear to become split between two or more pieces of glass and while this may not initially seem to be a problem , it can become very irritating when you have to keep altering your viewing position to see your fish and other livestock in their entirety . |
| 6 | The myth that community care is cheaper than institutional care has long since been dispensed with , but this may not necessarily deter the government from seeing the impending changes as an opportunity to cut costs . |
| 7 | This may not necessarily mean the area has a scarcity of attractive buildings and open spaces . |
| 8 | A symbol which is a male symbol appears in our culture to represent maleness , in a way in which earlier this may not necessarily have been the case . |
| 9 | He can also play at fullback and handles the place-kicking duties well , and looks a player of genuine class , although this may not really blossom on this tour . |
| 10 | This may not always hold good . |
| 11 | This may not always produce a uniquely best action , because a higher probability of lesser utility may equal a lower probability of greater utility . |
| 12 | Items within each of these are pre-selected for massive reproduction , and though this may often still fail the general effect is of a relatively formed market , within which the buyer 's choice — the original rationale of the market — has been displaced to operate , in majority , within an already selected range . |
| 13 | This may as easily refer to discourse type as to discourse topic ( Lecture notes on X , for example , or An article about Y ) . |
| 14 | However , institutions will be tempted to try to undercut one another in bids to attract funding and this may very well result in reductions in the unit of resource . |
| 15 | This may very well have to be the hallmark of the future church in modernity , just as it was in the early days of Christian existence . |
| 16 | And this may very well occur in practice because superconductors used in integrated circuits can have cross-sections less than 10 -12 m 2 . |
| 17 | As can be seen , this may very significantly increase the price ; two stamps make the price six times higher for Flemish-Dutch drawings and may multiply the price by as much as twenty for French drawings . |
| 18 | These may not only reduce industrial competitiveness but are also likely to influence the location of industry , since spatial variations in the distribution of the constraints do exist . |
| 19 | The imaginative may not unreasonably see in these actions the source of communal meal-taking in man and its importance to social life and ritual . |
| 20 | The fact that humans have an EQ of 7 and hippos an EQ of 0.3 may not literally mean that humans are 23 times as clever as hippos ! |
| 21 | A person who is illegitimate may very well resent being called a bastard , although it happens literally to be true . |
| 22 | Thus the fact that quoted prices appear to be inflexible may not necessarily imply that prices broadly interpreted are . |
| 23 | Any course you choose to undertake before updating is made mandatory may not later satisfy the Boards if you decide to delay return to nursing or health visiting in the meantime . |