Example sentences of "that [art] [noun] may [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that the firm may not be interested in maximising profits or sales ( or anything else for that matter ) , but may simply aim to achieve satisfactory or ‘ target ’ levels of profits and sales . |
| 2 | It is now possible not only to make almost seamless composites of existing photographs and to alter images in such a way that the changes may not be detected , but — using mathematics instead of a camera — it is possible to create images that are nearly photographic in their realism . |
| 3 | However , it is possible that the vet may not be able to come to your home immediately , and it can be extremely traumatic to have to wait a whole day until the vet is free to leave the surgery . |
| 4 | Many groups , and even more interests , are outside the corporatist system ( clients and consumers in particular ) ; many issues continue to reveal a pattern of competitive politics ( especially moral issues like abortion ) or protest politics ( especially on environmental issues ) ; and at the level of the local state the absence of any real concern with economic policies and the central concern with consumption issues suggest that the soil may not be so warm for the development of corporatist arrangements . |
| 5 | The CEGB and other official agencies have regularly pointed out that the public may not be happy to have giant structures in areas of scenic beauty . |
| 6 | Shares in Thames slipped on fears that the company may not be able to shake off the jinx which has dogged so many American acquisitions by British foragers . |
| 7 | Previous studies by the principal investigator and others have indicated that the approximation may not be satisfactory for the samples sizes typical in economic applications . |
| 8 | These data suggest that the reforms may not be responsible for the improved performance observed . |
| 9 | ‘ This theoretically realistic and humorous novel is not unlike The Waste Land , the showpiece of Modernism and Impersonality ’ — which gives the impression that the realistic and humorous can only be deemed compatible with impersonality if they can also be deemed theoretical , and that the novel may not be very funny . |
| 10 | The consequence of this is that the records may not be physically in sequence after a control interval split , although they will be handled in sequence by the indexes . |
| 11 | I know that the Minister may not be in a position to respond in detail to the comments made on this subject by the hon. Member for Cardiff , North and me , but I hope that he will take them on board and I ask him to write to us on these important local issues . |
| 12 | The problem with this argument is , of course , that market forces may sometimes fail , owing to the fact that the customer may not be in a position from which to tell whether he is being treated fairly by the financial conglomerate . |
| 13 | If a usage is particularly unreasonable it is possible that the customer may not be bound . |
| 14 | Always bear in mind that the diet may not be the answer . |
| 15 | Nevertheless it is an utterance of the Amis who has made himself known on other occasions , and it can be none the worse for being read by those who are able and disposed to pay intelligent attention to this range of information — which is not to imply that the information may not be disastrously misunderstood . |
| 16 | Instead , I propose that the independent scrutineer should be allowed such access on behalf of any union members who are concerned that the list may not be accurate . |
| 17 | Although the book will be published in a jurisdiction with literary proceeds legislation , the report indicates that the author may not be deprived of his royalties because of the absence of an identifiable victim . |
| 18 | Both techniques have been used and separately give good straight lines with the same slope , but the fact that the lines do not overlap precisely indicates that the measurements may not be exactly equivalent . |
| 19 | Even so , the Panel recognises that the Code may not be appropriate to such companies in every circumstance and is willing to grant dispensations in suitable cases . |
| 20 | There are dangers in over emphasising a particular set of test scores in that the results may not be replicated in future years and all sorts of qualifiers will need to be introduced . |
| 21 | That the situation may not be anyone 's fault does not mean that no sacrifices are required . |
| 22 | It is possible , though , to envisage the case of a man who does not even care enough , or think it important enough , to address his mind to the possibility that the woman may not be a willing party . |
| 23 | ’ — It also says that a woman may not be given in marriage without her consent , ’ Jehan countered . |
| 24 | If he considers that an inquest may not be necessary , he may act under section 19(1) . |