Example sentences of "[noun] may no [adv] " in BNC.

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1 It argues that even though the Italian authorities may no longer bail out any old bank that gets into trouble , the likelihood of government support for big banks has not changed enough to affect its ratings .
2 The civilians caugh ( in this week 's crossfire may no longer put their trust in UN protection .
3 However , if the item in question was sent overseas then please wait at least one month before sending in the claim form to allow sufficient time for delivery , but do try to submit it within four months from the date of despatch , otherwise the Foreign Administration may no longer have a record of delivery .
4 Clothes that suit teenagers may no longer suit the forty-five-year-old , but she , in turn , is able to carry off fashions that youngsters would not have the poise or elegance to wear .
5 ‘ What was once a desirable role for the public sector may no longer be appropriate today .
6 As a result of changes effected by the Companies Act 1989 the objects clause no longer limits the company 's capacity , or at least , the validity of an act may no longer be ‘ called into question on the ground of lack of capacity ’ .
7 It is capable of measuring the height and direction of wind and waves — even through cloud and at night — meaning that oceanographers may no longer have to travel the seas in weather ships .
8 An old plan may no longer be operating officially but it may still be operating unofficially .
9 Mr MacMullen , a lecturer in politics at Durham University , believes Labour will bring its biggest guns to bear on the Tories ' record and the Conservatives may no longer be able to rely on traditional Tory vote winners , like defence , management of the economy and crime .
10 Housing experts fear lenders may no longer be able to be flexible — and have to repossess as the slump in the housing market worsens .
11 After retirement these expectations may no longer even be relevant , yet habits die hard and probably patterns of caring have already been established which will go on exerting an influence even though there is no longer any need .
12 In the fullness of time when products are superseded , module versions may no longer be required and consequently may no longer need to be retained in magnetic form .
13 With respect to goods purchased from a non owner , this rule has been construed by the Swiss Supreme Court to mean that ‘ whenever the circumstances raise doubts as to the quality of the seller , the purchaser may no longer content himself with the mere appearance constituted by possession ; the purchaser must enquire into the seller 's capacity to convey property right ’ .
14 Alternatively , the leader may no longer feel confident to continue in the situation of effectively soloing and require belays from his seconds to tackle more difficult sections .
15 Even after the appropriate hearing experience is restored at the periphery , even though sound stimulation can be heard through the aid , the higher processes for dealing with sound may no longer be available .
16 Husband and wife may no longer find each other exciting — and are n't bothering to do anything constructive about it .
17 In particular , the long-run rate of growth of output may no longer simply be determined by the growth of effective labour .
18 Today 's Communist ruling circles may no more believe in Party infallibility than latter day absolute monarchs believed in the divine right of kings .
19 An Observer sale would not make much of a dent but it would staunch losses Lonrho may no longer want to suffer .
20 People who were housegroup leaders may no longer have a group to lead .
21 They fear that responsibilities and attitudes once a prominent part of a teacher 's life may no longer be regarded as essential ; they fear an erosion of the teacher 's role and status , and see changes as signalling moves to squeeze him out of concerns that were and are rightly his .
22 Squalls will buffet it , but the ship of government may no longer be destined to lurch permanently from crisis to crisis .
23 If the deviation from Raoult 's law is sufficiently great , the mixture may no longer remain homogeneous over the complete range of compositions .
24 Similarly , where Community law sets up a comprehensive system of health controls on export , as in trade in fresh poultrymeat , the importing Member State may no longer impose systematic checks on importation under its own law .
25 Running a large application on a PC is fine but steal between 32K and 128K for your desktop accessory and your spreadsheet model may no longer fit .
26 Since this study the use of the TOM has increased significantly and , given the growth in options trading , the results may no longer be completely valid .
27 Points for winning a critical match in the European League may no longer be the same as for victories in a three-star tournament ; defeats may be taken into account as well as victories ; and victories in the European Club Cup should also be included .
28 Questions of authorial intention or even authorial ascription may no longer be paramount within critical inquiry , but discussing texts as cultural documents implies that there is a discernible document , an artefact .
29 The refusal to talk , believed to have been decided in a meeting of the Politburo , contributed to renewed speculation here that Mr Honecker may no longer be in full control .
30 It has declared in the past that since British powers stations are able to meet targets for reducing the emissions that cause acid rain , research on the problem may no longer be a top priority .
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