Example sentences of "may [not/n't] [be] [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the presumption of wives ' financial dependence on their husbands is not outdated in the 1980s , equitable treatment of the sexes in tax , pensions , social security and the financial arrangements on divorce may not be achieved by equal treatment . |
| 2 | The law makes it quite clear that a member of a local authority may not be employed by that authority . |
| 3 | The 5000-word critical analysis , which may or may not be supported by graphical evidence , has also been criticised as being a test more of the candidate 's authorship than of his professional ability , and an exercise more easily tackled by the ex-full-time student than by the part-time candidate . |
| 4 | New uses may generate traffic — particularly heavy traffic which may not be welcomed by local residents . |
| 5 | In the duodenum and ileum , a major component of HCO 3 - secretion is independent of luminal Cl - and therefore , may not be mediated by apical Cl - /HCO 3 - exchange . |
| 6 | The realities of modern politics are such that roles may not be confined by constitutional definitions of office . |
| 7 | But in which he says that he 's talking about himself ‘ That so many good and learned men among the neighbouring nations who read my works may not be induced by this fellow 's calumnies to alter the favourable opinion they have formed of me , followed by the assertion that the people of England whom fate , or duty , or their own virtues have incited me to defend may be convinced from the purity and integrity of my life that my defence , if it do not redown to their honour , can never be considered as their disgrace . ’ |
| 8 | The manual working class may not be divided by social origin , but it remains divided by industry , region , housing tenure and other factors , which are not politically irrelevant . |
| 9 | ‘ Forasmuch as the exercise of archery is lawful , laudable , healthful , and innocent and to that end that God 's holy name may not be dishonoured by any of that society , it is agreed … that if any one of them shall that day curse or swear , in the hearing of any of the company … he shall forthwith pay down one shilling … to be distributed by the Captain , to the use of the poor of that place , or township where they shoot . ’ |
| 10 | The reader may not be persuaded by some of the cases , but the whole mass of them carries conviction . |
| 11 | According to the type of enterprise chosen , certain formalities may or may not have to be carried out , those participating in the finance of the company may or may not be protected by limited liability , and the potential growth and financial resources of the enterprise may also be determined . |
| 12 | It may be true that ‘ an uncompromised normal fetus may not be harmed by intense maternal exercise in the first and second trimesters ’ . |
| 13 | This is , of course , no indication that strenuous aerobic exercise during pregnancy is not harmful , but an uncompromised normal fetus may not be harmed by intense maternal exercise in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy . |