Example sentences of "it may have [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the minor , circular designs of the latter , it may have possessed a number of concentric bands . |
| 2 | Where government withdraws or reduces its direct contribution to welfare it may still make an indirect contribution if the social security system subsidizes private provision , or it may have to acquire a new range of regulatory concerns about the quality of private services , or it may face increased problems in the other areas of concern because of the new pressures placed upon individuals and families . |
| 3 | But it may have to do a lot more than talk . |
| 4 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc , however , says it may have to do a Pentium-specific version of its Unix operating system . |
| 5 | Jack 's ‘ going with someone ’ , as Karen Black put it , was still Mimi , a relationship which had survived all predictions ; and , though it may have stopped a few magic moments between him and Black , it did not prevent an entanglement with another of his co-stars , Susan Anspach . |
| 6 | It may have saved a lot of time . ’ |
| 7 | It may have made a decision which it had no power to make . |
| 8 | He says that it was a bit unfair — it may have made a difference . |
| 9 | But like many other paternalistic firms , it may have to become a little meaner to stop its past from handicapping its future . |
| 10 | It may have started a bit playfully but I thought it got out of hand . |
| 11 | Well we do n't have a definite answer erm Gill but we think it may have experienced a shock of some sort during that season and of course when this happens to fruit trees they can go into bi-annual cropping and then they come back again , it may be that this horse chestnut 's experienced something very similar . |
| 12 | It may have had a certain validity , especially in Scotland with its constellation of key organizations within or close to Glasgow . |
| 13 | It may have had a more sinister purpose later , as it is now known as The Whipping Stone . |
| 14 | It may have had a different meaning in a different place ( e.g. " cot " means a child 's bed in British English , but also a bed for adults in Indian English ) , or at a different time ( e.g. " gentle " used to carry the meaning of " upper class " , as in " gentry " , but which now can be used as an approving description — something like " sensitive " — of anyone 's character ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Grenville 's manor belonged to Edward Grenville of Wotton Underwood , and was worth £10 to him ; in 1606 it may have comprised a house and 89 acres . |
| 16 | It may have provided a perfect ‘ apprenticeship ’ for building a movie empire . |
| 17 | It may have evoked a response in our personal nature , or have been in keeping with the mood of the moment . |