Example sentences of "may [adv] have [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , it can not be ignored that Marco did n't have many options , since Eddie was about to kill him , and Marco 's actions were in self-defence : I think that Marco may only have beaten Eddie up had he not drawn the knife , but not killed him . |
| 2 | Elves , like dragons , are embedded deeply in several different traditions of North-West Europe , and the inconsistencies of those traditions may only have made Tolkien itch to create a Zusammenhang . |
| 3 | Wear Valley Council may only have promised Stanley United FC two footballs ( Gadfly March 4 ) but the hidden agenda looks more promising . |
| 4 | At the stage in the growth of a scientific discovery when it is no longer just internal but has not yet become a formal paper , then the scholarly interchange would have depended on whom individuals knew or knew of , the letter writing would be unmanaged and survive by chance ( often only one side of the story ) and , due to concern that ideas should not be stolen , may only have taken place at a late stage of the discovery process . |
| 5 | Pepsi and Shirlie may not have reached George 's superstar status but they know the direction they 're moving in — ‘ We do n't want to be bubblegum one-hit-wonders . |
| 6 | Although you may not have studied French before , you will be surprised at how many French words you know and how much you know about France . |
| 7 | She 's right , I realize — the word ‘ defence ’ may not have formed part of the unit 's name . |
| 8 | One might however comment that it is possibly the case that those theologians whose views are now quoted as the word of God , or whose theological reasoning is taken over without question , may not have believed theology to exist independently of human knowledge or social conditions . |
| 9 | Plate movements may not have altered South-East Asia 's global position , yet they have pushed up mountains and even caused Indosinia to tilt . |
| 10 | Sometimes screening which is not available to older women may not have proven effectiveness for the group to whom it is offered . |
| 11 | These may not have constituted bases in the fullest sense nor been intended as permanent strategic installations , but Western statesmen have focussed on their potential and the capabilities they give the Soviet Union . |
| 12 | In the trade credit sector , Infolink 's customer base has grown , as many companies — which may not have used credit information when times were good — have become far more careful about offering credit to customers or suppliers . |
| 13 | ‘ Of course ’ he added , ‘ our Brit may not have known Miss Tuckey at all since Keyserling signed this photo to her . ’ |
| 14 | This is disappointing for such a theoretically sensitive technique , but we found that tissue itself potently inhibits the polymerase chain reaction if not adequately purified , and despite our spiking experiment we may not have abolished sample inhibition . |
| 15 | I recognise that the draftsman may not have had assignments in mind at all . |
| 16 | They choose the following extract and ask you to submit a target version of it , stating that they appreciate that you may not have had time to read the whole novel but that they just want to see how you might handle Le Carré 's language . |
| 17 | She may not have had time . ’ |
| 18 | It is true that knowledge of the probable origins of the meditations in a series of Anglo-Norman prayers points to the possibility that they have been freely adapted by various compilers who may or may not have included Rolle . |
| 19 | Money may not have changed hands . |
| 20 | Clearly Whiteson is suspicious that Duran may not have shed 30lb to get down to the middleweight limit for Leonard by wholly natural methods . |
| 21 | Many pieces of information given to the reader are subsequently contradicted , many of the events recounted are then said not to have happened , there are conversations which may or may not have taken place and characters are themselves then someone else , or themselves and someone else . |
| 22 | And we should perhaps add to this list of discourses the critical one which organises an anecdote , which may not have taken place at all , to re-iterate a point about Shakespeare and power . |
| 23 | Changes in the management team and consequent changes in investment policy which may or may not have yielded benefits at the time of the dividend increase . |
| 24 | Advice and support at this time could aim to minimise the chances of a girl returning to an unhappy discordant home and to parents with whom she may largely have lost touch . |
| 25 | If you 're a composer , you may already have composed music for an AV production of some sort . |
| 26 | Some of these compounds may already have had metabolism in the liver or small intestine , or both , before reaching the colon by biliary excretion . |
| 27 | ( He may just have over-estimated demand ; but we think that that is unlikely . |
| 28 | If your house was built before the Second World War it may still have lead piping . |
| 29 | You may possibly have heard talk to the effect that I was a damned good scrum half . |
| 30 | Usually , these men 's urine flow will be abnormally slow , even in the absence of prostatic enlargement , and they may always have had difficulty urinating in a public place , according to Graham Watson , who runs a prostatitis clinic at the London Institute of Urology . |