Example sentences of "[noun] the [noun sg] may [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As suggested above , one of the central planks in Lord Devlin 's argument that the law does not simply exist to protect the individual , but also to protect society , was the fact that in all but a few cases the victim may not consent to the commission of an offence against themselves . |
| 2 | In other words the patient may not mean what he says . |
| 3 | in a package the unpoetic may not understand . |
| 4 | As the original tenant will in any event have a continuing liability under the lease the tenant may not consider it totally unreasonable for its assignee to have a similar liability . |
| 5 | However that theory has to a certain extent been undermined by the ratio of this judgment which says that during employment the employee may not disclose or use his skill and knowledge to the detriment of his employer without being in breach of his duty of fidelity . |
| 6 | However in this situation the auctioneer may not accept a bid on behalf of the seller ; s57(4) and ( 5 ) provide : ( 4 ) Where a sale by auction is not notified to be subject to a right to bid by or on behalf of the seller , it is not lawful for the seller to bid himself or to employ any person to bid at the sale , or for the auctioneer knowingly to take any bid from the seller or any such person . |
| 7 | It is important to note that solicitors practising wholly overseas may go into partnership with foreign lawyers , whether RFLs or not but unless all the foreign lawyer partners are RFLs the partnership may not practise in England and Wales . |
| 8 | If it had been less populated open country the application may not have been refused . |
| 9 | Application should normally be made to the appropriate education authority for grant aid before 1 June of the year in which the student wishes to enter a course , even though at that time the student may not have been offered a place . |