Example sentences of "[det] may [not/n't] [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 Some may not apply to your work — but , if so , are you clear why ?
2 We also saw how closely related these two stitch formations really are , even though at first sight this may not appear to be true .
3 As Fulbright presented it , in what amounted to a proclamation of American innocence and British guilt , the US had been had' by her allies ; and while this may not appear to be entirely convincing , Fulbright had picked up the importance of what Acheson had described as the danger of Ho Chi Minh 's ‘ direct communist connection ’ — and might , indeed , have gone further .
4 This may not appear to be a splendid dish , but its star-rating qualities are in its simplicity .
5 Now , this may not seem to be a feasible solution , except for the odd application such as electric blanket or underfloor heating where full wave rectified unsmoothed 50 or 60Hz AC will produce heating from a mixture of 81% DC and 19% AC at 100 or 120Hz and above .
6 This may not seem to be a very daunting task , but when a man who has been flying four engine jet transports all over the world is suddenly confronted with a young pilot who has just written-off the landing gear of a light aircraft while trying to land in a cross wind , the true qualities of the new inspector are under test .
7 This may not correspond to any major structural difference between languages ; for example , the spoken forms of Urdu and Hindi are almost identical but are perceived as different apparently because of their strong association with Muslim and Hindu ethnicity ( Linguistic Minorities Project 1985 : 45 ) .
8 But this may not apply to other offences .
9 This may not prove to be a serious problem , but having it happen twice in a short period of time makes me wonder .
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