Example sentences of "this may [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This may not necessarily mean the area has a scarcity of attractive buildings and open spaces . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This may not always hold good . |
| 9 | This may not always produce a uniquely best action , because a higher probability of lesser utility may equal a lower probability of greater utility . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This may as easily refer to discourse type as to discourse topic ( Lecture notes on X , for example , or An article about Y ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And this may very well occur in practice because superconductors used in integrated circuits can have cross-sections less than 10 -12 m 2 . |
| 15 | 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 . |