Example sentences of "[adv] [that] [pron] may [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally the position of the mouth of the river at all stages may not be known so that we may not be certain of which stretch of the former river we are dealing with . |
| 2 | I would therefore argue that one of the chief tasks of education , perhaps its overriding task , is the education and encouragement of a child 's imagination , so that he may not be a slave to a perception confined solely to the present , a perception that is little more than blindness . |
| 3 | Material provisions whose adequacy can not be assessed objectively on the basis of actual experience either in the run up to completion or within a short period from completion ( so that it may not be reasonable to expect to obtain a retention from the vendors ) ; for example , pension provisions and reserves for goods supplied in previous years . |
| 4 | Equations ( 7.9 ) and ( 7.10 ) combine to show that , when the time constant of the inductor is very large , the time constant must be just as large at balance so that it may not be feasible to reach the value of R 2 needed to achieve balance . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's just that there may not be another time , sweetheart , ’ he said urgently . |
| 6 | This is not to suggest that an attempt at measurement is not worthwhile , just that it may not be as simple as some raw figures suggest . |
| 7 | The statute occasionally provides in so many terms that the information may be used in evidence ; sometimes that it may not be used for certain purposes , inferentially permitting its use for others ; or it may be expressly prescribed that the evidence is not to be admitted ; or again , the statute may be silent . |