Dic: may/might (~ but) carrying a meaning of 'although'

• I may be 50, but there's not a lot of things I've forgotten.
• I may be slow, but at least I don't make stupid mistakes.
• Although this may sound like a simple process great care is needed.
• Strange as it may seem, I always felt I belonged here.
• Leeds might be an excellent team, but today they played appallingly.
• The school may not be as good as it was, but is still popular.
• He may be a good father but he's a terrible husband.

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△You use may in statements where you are accepting the truth of a situation, but contrasting it with something that is more important.

△[ALTHOUGH] used to say that even though one thing is true, something else which seems very different is also true.

△might: used to introduce a statement which is very different from the statement you really want to make, in order to compare the two.

△may~but: used when you agree that something is true, but you argue that this does not change the main fact that you are stating.

△used when admitting that something is true before introducing another point.

.... COBUILD, LDOCE, CALD, Macmillan, OALD