Example sentences of "may [be] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is some indication that the seasonal downturn may be flattening out a little bit earlier this year than usual . |
| 2 | If on the other hand you specify the languages in advance , you may be leaving out a language group in which there are people who want to train that you did not know of . |
| 3 | A second and commodious objection to the view of nomic connection which has been set out was anticipated earlier ( 1.3 ) , and may be shored up a bit by the fact lately mentioned , that science broadly speaking is not much engaged in arriving at complete descriptions of causal circumstances-causal circumstances as we have conceived them . |
| 4 | ( 6 ) Hilton Mining ( Harvard OTC ) " Between ourselves , somebody may be picking up a huge stake in this company . |
| 5 | It is possible , of course , to imagine that the first of these sentences describes one event and the second describes another , quite unrelated , event ( so the person identified as ‘ a mother ’ may be picking up a chair in the course of cleaning a room ) . |
| 6 | You also may be held up a little on the A three six one at Wardington where there are some temporary traffic lights , that 's just north of Banbury on the main Banbury to Daventry road . |
| 7 | Advice about any adaptations required will usually be given by the physiotherapist or occupational therapist and the patient may be taken on a home visit to assess his needs ( e.g. amputees may need several aids ) . |
| 8 | All available goods may be taken on a sale or return basis . |