Example sentences of "[subord] this may [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As S. G. F. Brandon has pointed out , the great popularity of the cult of Osiris meant , in effect , the adoption by the Egyptians of a definite concept of time , although this may not have been consciously recognized . |
| 2 | The survey figures also suggest very clearly that the lack of really severe cold in any winter since has enabled many resident birds to maintain increased populations in woodland , although this may not be so in other habitats . |
| 3 | He can also play at fullback and handles the place-kicking duties well , and looks a player of genuine class , although this may not really blossom on this tour . |
| 4 | A popular shift for returning district nurses is the twilight shift — assisting patients into or out of bed — although this may not be what you want for the rest of your life . |
| 5 | Fantastic aspects on the 8th and 9th to both Uranus and Neptune in Capricorn should provide one or two rather blissful moments , although this may not be enough to lift your spirits entirely . |
| 6 | Although this may not be widely applicable , the reference will used to justify out-of-town foodstores in wholly inappropriate locations . |
| 7 | The selection rules for Raman spectra are different , but parallel and perpendicular vibrations of symmetric tops may be distinguished by Raman band contours in the same way as described above for IR bands , although this may not be enough to allow us to assign symmetry species to all bands . |
| 8 | Such agreements are likely to be unrestricted-use credit although this may not always be the case , for example where a financier who has no arrangement with the seller insists on paying the money directly to him ( s13 ( a ) ) . |
| 9 | We feel differently about our parents when we are children than we do as adults , and while this may not alter our recollections of everyday family life , it will affect what we choose to highlight , and how we sum up our relationship with them . |
| 10 | While this may not be a problem in public parks and other open areas , it could be harmful to the environment if a dog were running loose in woodland , for example . |
| 11 | While this may not present a problem if the child 's difficulty is perceived as one of understanding syntax , it does emphasise the point that , although LARSP is very detailed , it is not necessarily the best assessment for every child . |
| 12 | Livestock can appear to become split between two or more pieces of glass and while this may not initially seem to be a problem , it can become very irritating when you have to keep altering your viewing position to see your fish and other livestock in their entirety . |
| 13 | While this may not create such serious problems if the dog is a small Jack Russell terrier , a larger dog could quite easily knock someone over and cause serious injury . |
| 14 | And while this may not apply in an ‘ equal opportunity ’ marriage , where the domestic jobs are shared equally between husband and wife , in a majority of households women still do the lion 's share of the cooking and cleaning . |
| 15 | In Unix , it has succeeded in creating the impression that it has far more of the management , security and support capabilities in place than any of its competitors , and while this may not be entirely valid , time and again in the computer industry , winning the perception is nine tenths of the battle : in the 1970s , it was universally acknowledged among the cognoscenti that Burroughs Corp had by far the best mainframe architecture and operating software , but that did nothing to prevent the vast majority of its users migrating to IBM over time . |
| 16 | As Fulbright presented it , in what amounted to a proclamation of American innocence and British guilt , the US had been had' by her allies ; and while this may not appear to be entirely convincing , Fulbright had picked up the importance of what Acheson had described as the danger of Ho Chi Minh 's ‘ direct communist connection ’ — and might , indeed , have gone further . |
| 17 | While this may not be true for some black speakers , particularly in neighbourhoods with a high proportion of Caribbeans , it seems to be true for the majority of my black informants from the areas of Leyton , Catford and Southwark . |
| 18 | While this may not mean they are preventable , there is at least the possibility of fortifying the individual against their effects . |
| 19 | That is , we continue to work with God , or maybe even without him , but the thought of self-sufficiency is not expressed so boldly : Finally , we reach a stage at which , whatever our external life is saying , our internal attitude is one of complete autonomy and arrogant self-sufficiency , though this may not be evident , especially to ourselves . |
| 20 | Criticism connected to choices we have made — about restaurants , films , books to read — may be interpreted as reflecting on the person who made the choice or suggestion , though this may not be the critic 's intention . |
| 21 | Adults are at least able to acquire , even though this may not be at a sufficiently high level of competence . |
| 22 | The people are generally called on to elect a special constituent assembly mandated to draft a constitution , though this may not always be the case — as in General de Gaulle 's constitution for the Fifth Republic . |
| 23 | If it is at all possible a teacher should preview the place to be visited , though this may not always be possible with places at a distance . |
| 24 | The only disadvantage is that the final sample is unlikely to have exactly n members though this may not be very important . |
| 25 | A pupil 's suitability is usually determined by an interview and/or entrance examination , though this may not be necessary in the case of senior pupils holding Standard Grade , GCSE or other examination qualifications . |
| 26 | As this may not always be the case , paragraph 58 requires a brief description of the obligations and legal arrangements relating to any debt which are different from those usually associated with debt . |