Example sentences of "may [adv] be [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of them send stuff that might be the greatest thing they 've ever produced , but looked at objectively it may not be up to much . |
| 2 | Meantime according to the new ClieNT Server News , Microsoft 's 24 OEM hardware suppliers have been told to expect client and server Windows NT products from June 15 , though other insiders say the server software may not be around until later in July . |
| 3 | Microsoft 's 24 OEM hardware suppliers have been told to expect client and server Windows NT products from June 15th , though other insiders say the server software may not be around until later in July . |
| 4 | However , the worst may not be over for the embattled Chancellor . |
| 5 | The change has been a major exercise , and while the civil war may not be over in the eyes of the excise collectors , the next issue of Guinness Today will carry the story of the people behind the massive change to End Product Duty . |
| 6 | This may not be out of unwillingness but rather ignorance on the part of parents : they do not know how to go about encouraging such skills . |
| 7 | In addition to their normal teaching duties , many college teachers will teach evening-class students , which means they may not be back at college until late the following day . |
| 8 | ‘ Lovey , he may not be back till eleven ! |
| 9 | The worst may soon be over for Australian wool farmers . |
| 10 | The Highlands and Islands may soon be off on a spending spree to boost its amenities and infrastructure with European millions . |
| 11 | Biddlecombe 's new beat is around the horse sales … his year 's of racing expertise is being harnessed at last … and the best news of all is that he may soon be back in the saddle |
| 12 | Not only do books often tend to be rather broad in their approach to a subject , but they can also take a long time to be published after they are written and the information may thus be out of date . |
| 13 | These treatments kill off the tiny worms in the large intestine but because the eggs may still be around for a while , everyone must be scrupulous about scrubbing their nails and ultra-hygienic when handling food . |
| 14 | But experts say the Worcester treasure hunter may still be in for a pleasant suprise . |
| 15 | And this factor of priorities is reflected in the literature directed towards parents , which , though it may often be out of touch with individual parental needs and circumstances , is written within a total social context and expresses closely enough prevailing social trends . |
| 16 | But this class of molluscs includes not only the greatest number of living molluscan species , including those that have most successfully colonized land , but also some of their shells have a financial value that may even be out of proportion to their aesthetic qualities . |
| 17 | If not he may even be out of the team . |
| 18 | Alternative readings or critical analysis of this entrenched reverence for a rule of law ( which at times may well be out of step with a wider interpretation of ambiguous social behaviour ) smacks of subversion simply because it denies the primacy of the institutional framework . |
| 19 | THOSE Welsh fathers whose sons hero worship Emyr Lewis and Robert Jones rather than Ian Rush and Mark Hughes could be in for a nasty shock next Christmas when they discover the Welsh rugby kit they bought this year may well be out of date . |
| 20 | Well I 'm not prepared to become involved in er er discussing the speeches which I did n't hear or er which may well be out of context or anything of that sort . |
| 21 | There 's Easter Sunday and the Sunday after that because some of you may well be off on holiday . |
| 22 | And the ESF , just down the road from the Council of Europe 's building in Strasbourg , may well be in on the planning , particularly in areas in which the Council of Europe does not yet have its own contacts . |
| 23 | It may indeed be out of date in that it was yesterday 's intellectual fad , but the positivist position I have outlined seems the only possible one for someone who is seeking new laws , and new ways , to describe the universe . |
| 24 | Monkeys also use sticks to reach food that may otherwise be out of reach , and they can use stones to help them open fruit and nuts . |