Example sentences of "may have [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clumps and individual Lees we see today may only have been planted in the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries as part of the general landscape revival , on the apparent whim of an individual farmer , but some clumps may have survived better than others because the energies were right , and this may have enabled some of them to have had a continued existence from more distant times . |
| 2 | However , before you sally forth on your next video shoot , take a long , cool look at your first tape to identify any mistakes you may have made so that you can avoid them next time . |
| 3 | Er and I suspect some of our competitors may have to do so as well . |
| 4 | Three of the meteorites were found on rocky terrain where they may have fallen directly or been deposited by melted ice . |
| 5 | As a result , Mr Nicholson himself may have received more than $50m . |
| 6 | He may have realised earlier than most of us that the King was in the long run unfitted to be King . |
| 7 | The slick programmes and vast fees may have contributed less than is apparent to those outside government , who can not see how policy conclusions are actually reached . |
| 8 | The covers may have rusted badly and the handles broken off , in which case the best tool to lift them is a garden spade inserted under the rim , followed by a stout length of wood . |
| 9 | They may have believed too that he appeared too prominently in his own History — the desire for reputation again . |
| 10 | Investors may have to wait longer than they anticipate before enjoying maximum premiums . |
| 11 | HARD-UP university students from the Southern Board area may have to wait longer than usual for their grants after Thursday night 's bomb attack in Armagh badly damaged the Board 's offices . |
| 12 | Health Authority figures show some outpatients who 've been referred by their GP to an orthapedic consultant there , may have to wait more than 2 years just to be seen . |
| 13 | The Irish may have scored socially but they came a poor second on the field because , says DON CAMERON , they were not prepared for the speed and the impact of the N.Z. game . |
| 14 | The first solution is mutual confession of sin and wrong feelings , and this may have to happen again and again with the same people . |
| 15 | From infancy they may have wanted more than they were given , indeed , they may have needed more , more love , more attention , more education , more stimulation , more explanation about the nature of this world in which they found themselves . |
| 16 | These grades are currently being reviewed so some may have altered slightly since we went to press , but they range from the 2∗ to 5∗ . |
| 17 | Ossett is mentioned in the Domesday Survey as Osleset , and the town guide explains : ‘ The name has Saxon origin , but a settlement may have existed here when the Romans were using the Via Vicinalis or Accommodation Road which ran between Agbrigg and Dewsbury ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ The patients may have died even if they had been admitted . ’ |
| 19 | Katherine Chidley may have died soon after this episode , since nothing more is heard of her , whether as religious writer , political activist , or successful woman of business . |
| 20 | With its 14,000 workers , Dagenham may still be the company 's biggest centre of employment in the UK , it may have produced more than 10 million vehicles in the last 60 years and its name may be inseparable from Ford of Britain . |
| 21 | It may have happened differently but that is the picture Diana carries with her . |
| 22 | For all we know something may have happened today but I might not hear for ages |
| 23 | Chamberlain may have shrunk visibly as the clouds across the face of Europe had grown darker , but the British people had taken a different path . |
| 24 | As each subject may have used more than one of the strategies when evaluating a person , in order to calculate inter-rater reliability two different judges decided individually which strategy they believed the individuals had described . |
| 25 | Check the report log file , ABLE_REPORT.LOG , for errors which may have occurred earlier and resolve these . |
| 26 | Check the incident log file for errors which may have occurred earlier and resolve these . |
| 27 | In matrimonial law , the courts have recognised that cohabitation may have ceased even where the parties live in the same dwelling , provided that they are no longer ‘ living with each other in the same household . ’ |
| 28 | In a syndicated article that ran all over the country , The Washington Post summarised Strickland 's disclosures : ‘ Prof. Rick Heber 's group at the University of Wisconsin may have settled once and for all the question of whether the disproportionate mental retardation of slum children is the result of heredity or environment . ’ |
| 29 | Sometimes our bodies and minds seek excuses to experience griefs that we may have put aside or denied because we could n't face them at the time . |
| 30 | But the staffing budget is cash limited , and some practices may have to accept less than 70% reimbursement if their application is successful . |