Example sentences of "[noun sg] may or [vb mod] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that particular instance the money may or may not have been misspent , and for all I know those wards are now full . |
| 2 | This interaction may or may not achieve a successful conclusion for both sides depending on their level of skill . |
| 3 | This decision may or may not have been correct , but it was understandable . |
| 4 | The sufferer from alcoholism may or may not hide bottles but will very rarely run out of stock altogether " because you never know when you might need to entertain someone " — All sufferers from Chemical Dependency will tend to spend scarce money on alcohol or drugs rather than on food , clothing , housing or on unpaid bills . |
| 5 | That has already been increased to fou fourteen hundred er you when you 're making your recommendation may or may not come up with a recommendation for a somewhat larger settlement . |
| 6 | The reply may or may not have been arrogant , but , more significantly , it carried within itself the fatality to come . |
| 7 | The character of this conservation/transformation effect may or may not correspond to the intentions of certain of the forces involved . |
| 8 | Really , two things brought up investigation to consider the first is with trusts the very important piece of work that 's done by trusts on behalf of the provence another provence may or may not know that there are the trusts have now been er , between trusts erm South Wales trusts erm |
| 9 | E. M. WELLINGS objects to the inconsistencies over what a bowler may or may not do to the ball |
| 10 | When compliance is not taken for granted , to is used in order to " futurize " the infinitive event 's actualization , i.e. to evoke it as something which the person receiving the request may or may not decide to do . |
| 11 | A goal may or may not be scored ; the abbot may or may not admit the refugee from justice . |
| 12 | When a complaint is made to the Commission , the Commission may or may not want to send a copy of the complaint to the other party . |
| 13 | On the basis of the findings it is intended to ascertain effective management structures , and to identify the circumstances in which a collaborative approach may or may not work . |
| 14 | Global warming or any of the thousand other worries that come under the environmental heading may or may not have a sound scientific basis , but subjective judgement is still required to determine what priority to give them , and what rules , actions and expenditure are justified to relieve them . |
| 15 | Society may or may not forgive her . |
| 16 | Control over prices and incomes is something which the government may or may not choose to implement in any period . |
| 17 | For example , the government may or may not attach importance to local unemployment when industries with a heavy geographical concentration are allowed to go under all at once . |
| 18 | Love may or may not produce happiness ; whether or not it does in the end , its primary effect is to energize . |
| 19 | The heap may or may not heat up due to aerobic bacterial action , and the end product may be more or less valuable accordingly . |
| 20 | ‘ Moreover , this class or fraction in charge of the state may or may not identify itself with the ruling class or fraction in the political scene ’ ( Poulantzas 1973 , p. 335 ) . |
| 21 | Their romance may or may not have been a whirlwind one . |
| 22 | It could so happen that slight bile acid malabsorption may or may not affect bile acid synthesis . |
| 23 | The chief executive may or may not have worked them out in detail beforehand . |
| 24 | The tendency to leave paid employment at or even before the age of eligibility for state pension may or may not continue into the future . |
| 25 | Chafe suggests two variables which can be used to determine whether an item may or may not have left the addressee 's consciousness : |
| 26 | The issue may or may not be underwritten and the issuing company may or may not engage the services of a broker for advice and/or to organize the insurance of the issue . |
| 27 | Furthermore , there is a wide band of acid secretory rates where an individual may or may not bear an ulcer . |
| 28 | The Advocate Depute may or may not accept this ; he may well consult with the senior police officer in the case , the injured party if there as a witness , or in very serious cases , with the Crown office in Edinburgh . |
| 29 | The researcher may or may not attend the group discussion , but he or she will have to evaluate the results and put them into report form , adding his or her conclusions . |
| 30 | Apart from what the customer may or may not find with the price of beer , is it not the case that what the hon. Member for Rotherham ( Mr. Crowther ) has described would not have taken place if the beer orders had not been passed by the House ? |