Example sentences of "[verb] it may not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beyond that , Softlab is n't giving anything away : US rules say it may not discuss talks until agreement is won . |
| 2 | The Prime Minister says it may not happen this summer . |
| 3 | The two are said to be concerned over Sun 's ability to deliver code on time and suspect it may not prioritise their platforms over Sun 's own . |
| 4 | The person giving it may not realise the full legal consequences of it as regards the release of a co-debtor ; but that is not , in my opinion , a sufficient ground for reading into the document something that is not expressed in it ; and unless you find in it something qualifying the general words , it appears to me that the legal consequences of the general words of discharge must follow , notwithstanding that those consequences may go beyond what the person giving the document would have intended if they had been pointed out to him at the time , and he had had an opportunity of addressing his mind to them . |
| 5 | Yes that does n't exclude but includes all of that , but at the same time although everybody that 's going to read it may not understand the intricacies of it all as professionals we 're giving more than a passing nod , so that was something else , er er and something more involved than English teacher than making them jump through loops |
| 6 | If a company publishes any of its statutory accounts they must be accompanied by the auditors ' report and if it is required to prepare statutory group accounts it may not publish its ( statutory ) individual accounts unless they are accompanied by its statutory group accounts . |
| 7 | THE BBC has admitted it may not go ahead with a TV version of Michael Dobbs 's sequel to his political bestseller House of Cards . |
| 8 | It has never been de rigueur for academics who rise to high places in English departments , and , conversely , students who possess it may not do well in formal examinations . |