Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] may [not/n't] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the rule contemplates a particularly serious form of misconduct , mere fault or negligence may not be enough to ground a breach . |
| 2 | Such a pre-condition or obstacle may not be justifiable . |
| 3 | songs may have to be rewritten , particular studio engineers or producers may not be available when first required , band members may fall ill and the record company may delay the release of the album ‘ until the market is right ’ . |
| 4 | If you feel worried yourself that growth or development may not be normal , consult the doctor to set your mind at rest . |
| 5 | However , although technology and agriculture may not be sufficient conditions for human happiness , they are certainly a necessary prerequisite , Freud argued . |
| 6 | It is above all a crisis of and for British capitalism , but it is one in which the working class and its organisations have been unable to mount an effective resistance , let alone develop an effective struggle for a socialist solution : Conservative ideas and values may not be pervasive amongst working-class people , but they were sufficiently popular in 1983 to deliver 32 per cent of trade unionists ' votes to the Conservative Party . |
| 7 | But times have changed and chefs may not be able to get away with overcharging for simple dishes using relatively inexpensive ingredients for much longer … or perhaps they will . |
| 8 | The focus of this research has reflected growing awareness that preoccupation with a handful of leading figures may create a distorted picture ; that Chernyshevsky , Plekhanov and Lenin may not be typical in terms of social background , personality or motivation ; that both their own ideological development and that of the rank and file must be more firmly located in its social context ; that the schemes and blueprints drawn up by leaders — and the criticisms hurled by their rivals — may be a poor guide to how the revolutionary parties actually functioned . |
| 9 | As to the application of legal procedures deriving from Napoleonic law , it is perhaps worth considering that arrangements formulated in the days of the horse and cart may not be appropriate to a supersonic age . |
| 10 | Secondly , for some people work and leisure may not be clear alternatives . |
| 11 | However , even in advanced capitalist countries , the economic effect of degradation and erosion may not be negligible . |
| 12 | They get on with it and they get on with life in the colleges and life may not be wonderful but they deal with it , and in some senses they are exercising what power they have , but what they get fed up with is constantly having to exercise it . |
| 13 | Moreover , although in the formulation of A the elements Aij and Aji may not be equal , we may note that ( see 1.2 ) unc and on transposition it follows that unc so that A may be replaced by its symmetric equivalent |
| 14 | If present patterns continue , it warns , science and technology may not be able to prevent the slide . |