Example sentences of "may never [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know from experience that many factors — some of which may never be apparent to outside observers — determine whether a prisoner of conscience is released . |
| 2 | Books and catalogues may contain criticism ; but their writers may think of themselves as art historians , philosophers , aestheticians , anthropologists , historians or biographers , and there are many other possibilities ; their books may never be identified as art criticism . |
| 3 | Though it may never be possible fully to understand what converts a man to a religion , Eliot 's view of Baudelaire gives us one of the best guides to his own conversion to Christianity . |
| 4 | IT may never be known whether the Syrian army ever really did intend to seize Baabda Palace , drive out General Michel Aoun , and install the new President , Elias Hrawi , in his place . |
| 5 | The present system of allocations , in which some stately committee offers the franchise to the most persuasive ( or plausible ) claimant on the basis of pledges which may never be fulfilled , is , all agree , very near indefensible . |
| 6 | It is a row that may never be fully resolved . |
| 7 | In practice , the issues may never be put to the test because it is very likely that other parties would succeed in preventing referenda , but it is still enough of a departure for some evangelical DUP activists to have been initially opposed to the change . |
| 8 | However , some horses are not born friendly , and even if many long hours are spent handling the foal , it may never be really friendly , and in fact may be rather standoffish . |
| 9 | They may never be ! ’ |
| 10 | A 600-page report by the Australian Securities Commission into the collapse of Alan Bond 's financial empire may never be made public following a federal government decision that publication may prejudice pending criminal trials . |
| 11 | THE LICENCE for Britain 's fifth television channel may never be awarded if applicants can not provide a convincing plan for retuning the three million video recorders likely to suffer interference , the Independent Television Commission said yesterday . |
| 12 | Given that artists such as Sonia Boyce , Brenda Agard and Jennifer Comrie were first brought to a wider public 's notice in these exhibitions curated by Lubaina , it is not surprising that we owe her a debt which , given the current backlash against Blackwomen 's Creativity , we fear that we may never be able to repay . |
| 13 | In the case of the operated transsexual , the discovery may never be made . |
| 14 | Sometimes the chairmanship may never be explicitly stated and occasionally the role may be shared between several people . |
| 15 | What provoked the panic causing the treasure-seeking tinners to flee may never be known . |
| 16 | God grant that here in this great home of eager thought and enlightened action and generous friendship the bitter cry of outcast London may never be intrusive or uninteresting but that year by year her choicest sons may be arrested by it . |
| 17 | Yet , so many variables are involved that precise sources may never be identified . |
| 18 | The first great and acknowledged object of naval defence … is to maintain such a superior naval force at home , that even the united fleets of France and Spain may never be masters of the Channel … |
| 19 | Meanwhile , back in Norwood , things may never be the same again . |
| 20 | Burrow systems can be very complicated and some rabbits may never be cornered since they are able to move round and round the burrow systems — staying ahead of the ferret all the time and without the slightest inclination or pressure to leave the burrow . |
| 21 | In other words , carp baits have ceased to be merely baits : they are being catapulted in their thousands into every water in the UK to feed up carp that may never be caught . |
| 22 | I can not ask her to suffer further for what may never be . |
| 23 | Your world may never be the same again , so make sure you do n't miss out . |
| 24 | It is equipment that may never be used . |
| 25 | Despite the Prime Minister 's pledge , Diana may never be queen — because Charles may surrender his right to be king . |
| 26 | Whilst non-equity shares have a particular legal status which justifies their inclusion in shareholders ' funds , this does not justify reporting within shareholders ' funds an instrument which does not have that status and may never be converted into one that does . |
| 27 | The pen and ink drawings of Mike Wilks may never be the same again . |
| 28 | But like it or not , the beginning of the week may never be the same . |
| 29 | The existence or otherwise of alternate universes is one of the great unsolved mysteries of science — and one of those that , almost by definition , may never be solved . |
| 30 | It would have appeared a politically harmless work , if it had not contained a violent attack in the Preface on ‘ the impertinent and ignorant preachers ’ appointed by the Government , ‘ who think all religion is a sermon and all sermons ought to be libels against truth and old Governors , and expound chapters that the meaning may never be understood ’ . |