Example sentences of "[noun] may [not/n't] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implication for memory research of the above research on road sign detection appears to be that even when objects have been initially detected by a driver and the driver 's behaviour has been appropriately modified by their presence , the driver may not be able to describe the object even very shortly afterwards . |
| 2 | You see , even the most sympathetic of employers may not be able to afford to carry on paying you . |
| 3 | You see , even the most sympathetic of employers may not be able to afford to carry on paying you . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The statue at the Old Bailey may not be able to speak , but she is not dumb . |
| 7 | This is not done in man because it leads to Charcot joints and a deafferentation phantom , two signs the horse may not be able to display . |
| 8 | If the ratio is too low , there will be the risk that customers ' demands may not be able to be met : this would cause a crisis of confidence and Possible closure . |
| 9 | The Federal Environmental Office and the car manufacturer Daimler-Benz have warned separately that the car industry may not be able to meet the target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by a quarter by 2005 . |
| 10 | The key worker acts as an advocate — he or she represents a client in drawing up a care plan or at any discussion where clients may not be able to speak for themselves . |
| 11 | A few guests who are invited to a midweek ceremony may not be able to leave work early , are delayed by rush hour traffic , or have to return home to change their clothes , and therefore they reach the reception after it has started . |
| 12 | However third parties may not be able to form a proper view of the extent of the powers of the organisation with which they must deal . |
| 13 | Where the plaintiff obtains such an order , the defendant may not be able to make an effective payment in . |
| 14 | Some Post Offices may not be able to accept parcels over 10kg . |
| 15 | Selective assistance may not be able to attract as many developments . |
| 16 | The view taken here is that parents may not be able to cope , and certainly they will feel this when they first discover that their child is handicapped . |
| 17 | Parents may not be able to stop their child 's tantrums altogether , but they can usually reduce the number and intensity of them . |
| 18 | Even a good marriage may not be able to deliver quite the cocktail of intuition , sympathy , honesty , and insight . |
| 19 | Indeed on one analysis , for procedural reasons , B may not be able to raised the issue dealt with here in Strasbourg . |
| 20 | But while Russia may not be able to compete any longer in that league , the concern which the current power struggle in Moscow has called forth in other capitals demonstrates clearly enough the impact which events in that country still have internationally . |
| 21 | The trustees of the seller 's pension scheme are not under the seller 's control and so the seller may not be able to procure payment of a transfer value equal to that agreed . |
| 22 | It may prove difficult because individuals may not be able to see the whole of the organisation since they are so wrapped up in their own specialised part of it . |
| 23 | In reality , individuals may not be able to borrow and lend freely at a given interest rate . |
| 24 | First , the file may not be able to support such complicated search conditions as a serial file , because the size of work area required to process a request is now much larger ; instead of dealing with one record at a time , the system now deals with all relevant records at once . |
| 25 | This is a high-fibre , well-balanced diet , but allows substantial quantities of dairy products and bread , which your body may not be able to tolerate . |
| 26 | Wolves and hunting dogs may not be able to reach dramatically high speeds over short distances , but they can run and run . |
| 27 | If the budget worsens after revenue-yielding tariffs have been reduced , governments may not be able to wait for the longer term trade gains to emerge to replace the lost revenue . |
| 28 | Which means that owners who have released land under the licence system which was established in 1948 to allow land to be occupied and farmed without the owner being trapped by tenancy conditions may not be able to re-occupy it within the stated term . |
| 29 | If they are to be fulfilled at the time of the service of the notice then , for example , the landlord may not be able to rely on a breach of covenant to decorate " in the last year of the term " since no breach of that covenant can be positively asserted until the expiry of the complete year . |
| 30 | A sub-contractor may not be able to satisfy the buyer in this regard . |