Example sentences of "may have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Boro may have lost a couple of home games , but we always seem to be the whipping boys who allow teams to regain their form . ’ |
| 2 | Queen Philippa died in August 1369 , and the removal of her influence may have hastened a deterioration in his character which became all too apparent in the 1370s . |
| 3 | It may have saved a lot of time . ’ |
| 4 | Nevertheless , uncritical acceptance of the results of classical twin studies may have misled a generation of researchers . |
| 5 | I think the one you show may have risen a bit too much … |
| 6 | For example , a bank loan may fall due three months after the balance sheet date but the borrower may have obtained a commitment from the bank to provide a further loan for the same amount for a further three years . |
| 7 | … they meant well — they felt kindly towards him , and acknowledged his provocations ; but they fell into the too common error of supposing that the finer feelings , which induce a man to prefer death to dishonour , are only to be recognised among the higher classes ; and that , because circumstances may have placed a man before the mast , he will undergo punishment , however severe , however degrading … in preference to death . |
| 8 | Not much to report this week on the home front , except that I have a sneaking feeling I may have broken a bone in my right hand . |
| 9 | The Jockey Club is hoping to make better progress elsewhere , by making trainers report anything which may have affected a horse 's running — good or bad -as happens in Ireland . |
| 10 | Cases of illness and other extenuating circumstances which may have affected a student 's performance overall or in an individual assessment or examination should normally be dealt with through the centres regulations and by discussion of individual cases with the HCIMA moderator prior to the Assessment/Examination Board Meeting . |
| 11 | Shortened red cell survival in patients with uraemia may have caused a reduction in carbamylated haemoglobin in all study groups . |
| 12 | It may have made a decision which it had no power to make . |
| 13 | He captured three quick wickets before Richards and Lloyd ( who passed 7,000 Test runs ) steadied the ship , but then had Richards lbw , although umpire Meyer later admitted that he may have made a mistake and had considered recalling the batsman . |
| 14 | Andropulos may have made a mistake , Admiral , in telling you that he was scared that his spare fuel tank might blow up . |
| 15 | All the parties are in close and fairly intimate contact and there is no point in gratuitously annoying and antagonizing people — especially since the oracles may have made a mistake . |
| 16 | ‘ I think you may have made a mistake . |
| 17 | She may have made a mess of her life ; she may have faced problems beyond your comprehension . |
| 18 | We may have made a mess of most of them , including parliamentary democracy , but the cricket culture we have successfully assimilated and , as Graham Gooch may tell you , perfected . |
| 19 | Scientists may have made a breakthrough in the treatment of breast cancer using drugs first developed in the nineteen sixties . |
| 20 | Now community charge may have made a difference but what , what did government do about that to s in a sense ironically to go against one of their one of the , one of the most basic principles of bringing it in ? |
| 21 | He says that it was a bit unfair — it may have made a difference . |
| 22 | ‘ The recession may have made a difference in the sense that people are being more realistic about what they can afford , ’ said the magazine 's associate editor Fenella Willis . |
| 23 | Like the minor , circular designs of the latter , it may have possessed a number of concentric bands . |
| 24 | These tasks may be conducted by the originator or one or more of the consultants who may have expressed a willingness to help . |
| 25 | You may have reached a stage where you feel you have ‘ got over ’ the original cause of your sorrow and even find yourself able to talk calmly about it to others . |
| 26 | It was hard to avoid the conclusion that while pique may have played a part in its foundation , it had come into being not so much to benefit its members in terms of strengthening trade within the seven , but on the basis of a belief that in unity there was strength : in other words , as a group of seven they would be in a less disadvantageous position vis-à-vis the Six than if each separately attempted to negotiate some accommodation with the Six . |
| 27 | Drugs may have played a part too . |
| 28 | Although stratospheric ozone losses following volcanic eruptions are generally attributed to the presence of sulphate aerosol , we present model calculations which demonstrate that gas-phase sulphur chemistry may have played a part in the tropical ozone perturbations that followed the Pinatubo eruption . |
| 29 | That two of his sons had fought for Parliament may have played a part in this transfer of loyalty . |
| 30 | But how do we gain access to Renaissance culture , especially when our readings of the texts that document that culture indicate that a process of necessary counterfeit may have played a part in determining how these texts inscribed their culture ? |