Example sentences of "[noun pl] may [not/n't] be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , the relationship between the application of orthofunction and functional improvements may not be a causal one . |
| 2 | Seen in this light the family analogy can still have a powerful influence although all its elements may not be an accurate description of reality . |
| 3 | If we are concerned with ex ante possibilities , then actual incomes may not be a good guide . |
| 4 | The topic of cataloguing and catalogues may not be an exciting one to many of you , yet in the context of this seminar and the concerns of research library provision for the 1990s there is some special pleading to do on their behalf . |
| 5 | There are other signs that might lead you to believe that there 's things not as they might be , the legs may not be equal length particularly if only one is dislocated and that 's fairly obvious is n't it because the , the , the ball joint 's not in the socket and there 's a bigger gap so the leg hangs down longer and you 've all changed a baby have n't you and you see that they 've got little creases in the insides of their legs and across their buttocks , and those creases may not be a mirror matching they are normally , so those are clues . |
| 6 | Algae may not be a welcome sight in a neat formal layout , so some algae eating fish would be advisable : Sucking Loach , Otocinclus , Plecs , Platies , Mollies , or other algae grazers are very useful . |
| 7 | Er there 's a sense also in which memories may not be an individual phenomenon but may be a collective phenomena and if you listen to families reminiscing about things or people who 've know each-other for a long time reminiscing about things , different people supply different details , they contradict one-another , they erm fill things in , they say no it ca n't have been then because um because that was the Christmas when Uncle Sydney had his kidney stones and um y'know stuff like that . |
| 8 | On the basis of this limited experience of one institution Wood concludes that paper qualifications may not be a reliable guide to likely DipHE performance and that experience of recent pre-entry study does not affect the performance of students . |
| 9 | Though it 's often debated , undergravels may not be a good choice for those who wish to grow plants . |