Example sentences of "[noun sg] may not [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Patients who suffer a myocardial infarction may not have widely distributed coronary disease . |
| 32 | A DoH source describes cases where a decision is taken not to record an interview because the child 's lack of English , learning difficulty , or age mean workers believe the evidence may not stand up under cross examination . |
| 33 | But despite all this the power station may not go ahead . |
| 34 | Similarly , conflict may not occur overtly , and after the deliberation phase ( forming ) the trust phase ( norming ) may lead straight to a solution ( reinforcement of group membership ) . |
| 35 | The second ( b ) suggests that the ratio may not increase as steadily in the mid-1980s as it had hitherto because the freeze on places and the shift towards science and technology would militate against women . |
| 36 | In developing societies , primary education appears to be more of a social investment than individual consumption , while in affluent societies the demand for education may not come so much from the needs of the economy as from the demands of individual people . |
| 37 | So quite apart from the need to make new vaccines against flu from time to time to deal with the problem of antigenic shift , individuals have to be vaccinated against flu every year and even then the vaccine may not protect more than 80 per cent of them . |
| 38 | And trouble may not mean just the change of ruling party that it would in Western Europe . |
| 39 | For instance , a woman may not understand why her husband 's only response is frustration when she rubs her fingers over his shoulder . |
| 40 | Presenting a product at its true value to a consumer who does not know about the product requires more than objective information because the consumer may not know how that information relates to his or her needs . |
| 41 | In such a situation , the features of those relationships which reflect less well upon the interviewee may not emerge easily — an important point demonstrated very effectively by Cornwell 's ( 1984 ) research on contemporary family relationships . |
| 42 | Policy may not change much . |
| 43 | He said he was convinced the buses would continue to serve the estate but added the 20mph speed limit may not go far enough . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | Of course , as with any investment in stocks and shares , the value of units and the income from them can go down as well as up , and an investor may not get back the amount originally invested . |
| 46 | But the presence or absence of specificity may not matter much where the most serious penalty is an OFT or MMC inquiry . |
| 47 | And more than this she 's sensible enough to know that her success may not last forever . |
| 48 | In the current climate Take That can do no wrong , but they are acutely aware that their success may not last forever . |
| 49 | Success may not come swiftly but both men seem sure that it will arrive . |
| 50 | Or the clause may not say how they are to be paid , in which case this should be covered at the time of fixing the procedure . |
| 51 | This explanation may not seem very attractive . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | Money you deposit in your account may not show up in your balance immediately . |
| 54 | Social background may not matter much now ( but until they publish the list we can not judge this for ourselves ) , but the 100 per cent increase in party professionals getting on the list and getting elected to Parliament between 1979 and 1987 can not , surely , be just coincidence ? |
| 55 | Unless France and West Germany — traditionally western Europe 's biggest spenders on space technology — can be persuaded to pay more , the project may not go ahead . |
| 56 | But the matter may not end there . |
| 57 | That Asian children are teased about their food may not seem very important in itself , but it does rather lead to the thought — if people eat food which is thought of as disgusting and unclean what are these people like ? |
| 58 | But a small company may not set up and run its own scheme . |
| 59 | Imposing English at all levels of the education system may not turn out to be either practical or appropriate . |
| 60 | … traditional budgeting also has the defects of its virtues … comparing this year with last year may not mean much if the past was a mistake and the future is likely to be a bigger one . |