Example sentences of "may have [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was hard to avoid the conclusion that while pique may have played a part in its foundation , it had come into being not so much to benefit its members in terms of strengthening trade within the seven , but on the basis of a belief that in unity there was strength : in other words , as a group of seven they would be in a less disadvantageous position vis-à-vis the Six than if each separately attempted to negotiate some accommodation with the Six . |
| 32 | Drugs may have played a part too . |
| 33 | Although stratospheric ozone losses following volcanic eruptions are generally attributed to the presence of sulphate aerosol , we present model calculations which demonstrate that gas-phase sulphur chemistry may have played a part in the tropical ozone perturbations that followed the Pinatubo eruption . |
| 34 | That two of his sons had fought for Parliament may have played a part in this transfer of loyalty . |
| 35 | But how do we gain access to Renaissance culture , especially when our readings of the texts that document that culture indicate that a process of necessary counterfeit may have played a part in determining how these texts inscribed their culture ? |
| 36 | As it happened a political upheaval in Indonesia in 1965 – 66 ( in which American contacts with the military in Indonesia may have played a part ) brought an unexpectedly early end to the confrontation with Britain . |
| 37 | Sheriff Robert Younger told him : ‘ You are a first offender and perhaps your alcoholism may have played a part in these offences . |
| 38 | If this interpretation is correct , then evolutionism may have played a role in promoting a greater awareness of environmental fragility mainly through its Lamarckian rather than its Darwinian version . |
| 39 | Under the STV as well as in an exhaustive ballot a candidate doomed to exclusion may have received a number of votes that is substantial and only marginally smaller than the number received by the candidate next above him in the relevant count . |
| 40 | You may have received a letter from them early in 1984 asking for up to date details . |
| 41 | You may have received a letter where the letters p.p. are written before the signature of the sender . |
| 42 | She may have killed a rabbit in a spot — a dead-end , for example — where it prevents her escape by blocking the burrow . |
| 43 | Erm I do n't know if if I 'm right in saying , but I think they may have given a tip to other people like er the chore boy , there used to be a chore boy . |
| 44 | You are all familiar with our loyal supporters , but what about those people on the fringes who may have given a donation or done something for Save The Children in the past , but never really followed it up and there are the people who are interested who think , it 's a charity I feel I ought to support . |
| 45 | The additions to his power in the course of the 1470s may have constituted a reassessment of his position , with the king 's perception of his role developing as the duke matured . |
| 46 | The additions to his power in the course of the 1470s may have constituted a reassessment of his position , with the king 's perception of his role developing as the duke matured . |
| 47 | I may have to spend a lot of my time in Scotland now — perhaps even look for a Scottish constituency — and your work is in London . ’ |
| 48 | On the other hand , people whose words are not answered may have to spend a lifetime screaming for what they want or need , convinced that only if they demand loudly , cajole , beg , bully or threaten , will they obtain what they want . |
| 49 | It is possible that against a long-term downward movement of population , perhaps sparked off by a variety of economic concerns , the economic depression helped to determine the immediate attitudes in some of the old declining industrial centres just as the prospect of prosperity , and the accumulation of consumer goods and property , may have stimulated a desire to control family size among the population of the expanding industrial centres of the Midlands and the South East . |
| 50 | Although the plant will have the capability to make it , low-calorie frozen yogurt — that most decadent of Western desserts — may have to wait a while . |
| 51 | CHRIS Patten may have to wait a year or two before he returns to the Commons . |
| 52 | Things may have gone a bit quiet on Intel Corp 's joint venture with VLSI Technology Inc to develop chips that include iAPX-86 cores for use in handheld devices , but Intel says that the effort is quietly progressing and that early next year it expects to see manufacturers offering small , lightweight hand-held computers based on the new chips ; Intel is currently preparing fully functional samples of the chips for shipment to manufacturers in the second half . |
| 53 | With all respect to my old friend , I believe my aims and basic purposes may have gone a mite deeper . |
| 54 | But erm on the other hand we do actually have empty spaces in our old people 's homes , so whilst you will have people who may have to move a bit , we 're not actually reducing the number of occupied beds in the whole old person 's home sector |
| 55 | We may have to sound a warning note of challenge as well as minister a word of comfort . |
| 56 | Some of you may have seen a bit of these before or similar ones , but it does n't matter , because it 's worth looking at again . |
| 57 | You may have seen a film of the African tribe , the Masai , running : they run on their toes . |
| 58 | You may have seen a film , but wish to talk about who did the cinematography or who played a particular character . |
| 59 | Police want to interview anyone who was in the wine bar on Wednesday evening who may have seen a woman drinking with a man . |
| 60 | You may have seen a table of life-events which indicates the relative effects of change on stress level . |