Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] may [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The formica board you are working on may also be contributing to the buckling , as gum strip may not adhere too well . |
| 2 | In the UK , the commonest deficiencies are of iron and vitamin B. A mild deficiency detected by blood test may not matter if the diet is essentially well-balanced and the person is well . |
| 3 | The sunburn redness may not reveal itself until later in the day and by that time , the damage will be done and could ruin the rest of your stay . |
| 4 | Where fees are based on time charges the effect of programme delay may not influence cash flow , unless the stages at which accounts can be rendered are linked to progress points . |
| 5 | He said he was convinced the buses would continue to serve the estate but added the 20mph speed limit may not go far enough . |
| 6 | The metabolism controversy may not have been aided by the somewhat liberal use of generic terms by Bakker and even by his critics , in popular books and articles . |
| 7 | The odd crisp packet , beer can or carrier bag may not seem to make a lot of difference , but they soon add up and begin to poison and suffocate pond and wildlife , as well as encouraging the spread of disease . |
| 8 | Most of the seminal papers which give rise to paradigm shifts , and the creation of new journals to publish new subjects or combinations of subjects , are first published in the core journal set for the earlier research front , and the clusters which define the new research front may not include the journal which first published the paper which led to its inception . |
| 9 | The Gay News Defence Campaign may not have won the case for the paper , but it helped the community maintain a sense of strength and it led to the setting up of the Gay Activists Alliance . |
| 10 | THE North-South divide may not exist as we thought . |
| 11 | Second , ‘ join a rugby club ’ , also unsatisfactory because : ( a ) it still does n't guarantee you tickets ; and ( b ) there are many good reasons why a rugby supporter may not wish to be a member of a club . |
| 12 | Miss Roybal-Allard argues that a lawyer who is sleeping with a divorce client may not try too hard to reconcile husband and wife . |
| 13 | Bransford and McCarrell ( 1975 ) show clearly that without inference comprehension may not take place effectively in textual material , and that particular contexts produce different structures of organisation and comprehension . |
| 14 | A group action may not turn out exactly as the individuals involved intended ; but in order for it to happen at all there must be individuals acting on the basis of various desires , beliefs and intentions . |
| 15 | Although individual job analysis may not prove conclusive , it allows trends to be established and where appropriate , unprofitable job types singled out for special scrutiny . |
| 16 | ( 2 ) Equally , an offeror company may not wish to launch a bid if its own results are poor . |
| 17 | The need to set up an expensive servicing network may not have been realised . |
| 18 | perhaps some of the real and practical problems of user education may not have been tackled , but some might argue that these might be better researched at single-institutional level , without the necessity of substantial , outside funding . |
| 19 | The other problem is that tasks honoured with a separate colour on-screen may not appear emphasized on a black and white printout . |
| 20 | British Gas water heating may not sound as romantic as the sea but it remains one of the quickest , most controllable ways of providing oceans of hot water . |
| 21 | Imposing English at all levels of the education system may not turn out to be either practical or appropriate . |
| 22 | The psychological barrier , whereby potential clients feel that the CAB worker may not empathise with their predicament , was discussed in the previous chapter . |
| 23 | He says he 's worried patient with a bone injury may not get the care they need . |
| 24 | At £26 or so a square yard , Cottage Collection may not leave you with a lot to spend on lavish celebrations . |
| 25 | AT £26 OR SO A SQUARE YARD , COTTAGE COLLECTION MAY NOT LEAVE YOU WITH A LOT TO SPEND ON LAVISH CELEBRATIONS . |
| 26 | No , so we do n't know we 're really safe in some premises , because the District Council may not have asked . |
| 27 | Like Cadbury 's chocolate , the recipe and packaging of the Mills and Boon volume may not have altered much since its inception , but the methods of marketing and distribution have changed dramatically since the early days of the twopenny library . |
| 28 | In marked distinction to the solicitors ' branch of the profession , the pupil barrister may not earn any money during the first six months of pupillage and there are only limited opportunities for earning in the second six months of pupillage . |
| 29 | Competition for a female or other sex object may not produce the same hierarchy as that for food , simply because a sexually aroused animal , say , is not necessarily a hungry one . |
| 30 | Table 5.4 also suggests another reason not to panic : that over the longer run the rise in the elderly population in the next century and the rise in the numbers of very elderly in this century is to some degree offset by a projected fall in the number of very young non-workers , i.e. , that the relationship between total so-called ‘ dependency ’ and the size of the population of working age may not change significantly . |