Example sentences of "may [be] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been recent attempts to obtain planning permission for the mill 's conversion into a dwelling and this may be its best chance of survival . |
| 2 | The domestic Ferret , used for catching rabbits , is closely related to the Polecat , which indeed may be its wild ancestor . |
| 3 | As everyone knows who has translated from a foreign language , it is no excuse for a bad translation that the meaning chosen was found in the dictionary ; for the document may be its own dictionary , showing an intention to use words in some special shade of meaning . |
| 4 | It may be her only opportunity . ’ |
| 5 | A cup of tea may be her usual tipple , but on such a special day , Nancy allows herself a drop of something a little bit stronger . |
| 6 | Her best defence may be her demure appearance . |
| 7 | Indeed , for many children , this may be their first chance to play freely , experiencing hard surfaces , grass , fences , trees , ponds and sand pits . |
| 8 | It may be their first experience of death at close quarters and they will be surprised at how much there is to do . |
| 9 | Telemetry data and photographs are still being analysed by US intelligence agencies , but it may be their much-vaunted fighter spacecraft . |
| 10 | Can we provide the means and technical expertise to help peoples avoid the need to destroy systems which may be their only lifeline ? |
| 11 | ‘ On the other hand , you also need to make them feel that this may be their one chance to make a record — and they 'd better work pretty hard to make sure it sounds good . ’ |
| 12 | Before residents arrive and on arrival , it 's important that a care assistant , who may be their key worker , is on hand to help them feel at home . |
| 13 | The practitioner must be able to analyse the inter-connectedness of needs and identify underlying causes , beginning with the service user and carer , but also moving the focus beyond what may be their limited horizons . |
| 14 | Italy may be what some people have called a geographical expression , but England certainly is not , and we have 1,000 years of history to prove it . |
| 15 | ‘ After Chelsea tomorrow we play Arsenal on Wednesday and they may be our toughest games so far . |
| 16 | Paradoxically , Diamond feels this loss of linguistic diversity may be our best hope . |
| 17 | He was silent for a long moment then said : ‘ It may be our only hope . |
| 18 | Ari may be our only salvation in this matter . ’ |
| 19 | Whatever may be our private feelings about the modern scholarship on Posidonius , one of its most durable results is the reconstruction of Posidonius ' chapters on the Celts . |
| 20 | If it is not those of Garrafad and Carnach we will soon have to face , it may be our own people . |
| 21 | It may be our last chance to influence the Secretary of State 's thinking . ’ |
| 22 | I think this may be our last journey . ’ |
| 23 | He may be our missing spark claims Rideout |
| 24 | Similarly when I recall an experience of fear , the question of the existence or non-existence of the object of fear need not enter into my consideration , for the experience itself may be my exclusive concern . |
| 25 | It was on that occasion — in the strangely bare study of Darlington Hall — that Mr Farraday shook my hand for the first time , but by then we were hardly strangers to each other ; quite aside from the matter of the staff , my new employer in several other instances had had occasion to call upon such qualities as it may be my good fortune to possess and found them to be , I would venture , dependable . |
| 26 | You may be my elder brother , but for once you 're going to do as you 're told ! ’ |
| 27 | This may be my last question , Mr. Speaker . |
| 28 | Look here ’ — we peeked out — ‘ he 's thinking to himself : This may be my last harvest . |
| 29 | This may be my last utterance in the House before the next general election , but I hope to be back — although that is not a matter for me . |
| 30 | It is n't a page makeup program , indeed there is very little interaction involved whatsoever , but if you have a requirement for properly typeset material then it may be your only solution . |