Example sentences of "[that] they may [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I send them to you now in a pill-box wrapped close in paper that they may n't chink . |
| 2 | Their main disadvantages are that they are affected by jointing compound and that they may not fit through the loft hatch . |
| 3 | Freud 's view is a realistic one of human nature , which says that people will experience anxiety and frustration and er , all kinds of erm , feelings that they may not want to have . |
| 4 | As in so many other matters , the judge should be given the discretion to tell the press that they may not publicise the name of a person , because to do so would be in contempt of court . |
| 5 | The ‘ Naith ’ of Lórien , though , across the second river , is Heaven ; the company undergoes a kind of death in getting there , while there is a feeling of significance in the fact that they may not touch the water , not even to have their ‘ stains ’ washed away . |
| 6 | This does not mean that national history and culture will not bulk large in the educational systems of particular countries , especially the smaller ones , or that they may not flourish locally within a much broader supranational framework as , say , Catalan culture today flourishes , but on the tacit assumption that it is Catalans who will communicate with the rest of the world through Spanish and English , since few non-residents in Catalonia will be able to communicate in the local language . |
| 7 | Residential care may be necessary not simply for the medical emergencies of starvation in anorexia or electrolyte imbalance in both anorexia arid bulimia but also to monitor adherence to the requirements of basic physical abstinence — This monitoring commonly may need to extend to patients initially being on " locked bathroom " status so that they may not use baths , basins or showers except under staff supervision , nor may they flush lavatories until after staff inspection . |
| 8 | Having taken the initiative on the Northern Territories , officials of the ruling party are worried that they may not get all the co-operation they need from the civil service . |
| 9 | The reason for such an uncompromising policy is made plain : ‘ … that they may not teach you to do according to all their abominable practices which they have done in the service of their gods , and so to sin against the Lord your God ’ ( 20.18 ; see7.4 ) . |
| 10 | or to Jesus and to confuse their language that they may not listen to one another 's language and accordingly Jehovah scattered them from there over all the surface of the earth so , and that was God 's purpose for them to be er spread out all over the earth cos God knew that city life would only break down and all these centuries have passed since then and there 's urgent proof throughout the year , the cities , the cities do n't work so God had his own way , give it , the one , his way is the only one that works and thus when we pray for this king of |
| 11 | In a democracy , the elected member is entrusted with duties towards all persons in his constituency irrespective of the fact that they may not have voted for him . |
| 12 | The librarians in the academic sector are particularly aware that students have few library and information needs and problems it the outset of their academic careers , but are mindful nevertheless that they may not have easy access to the students ( especially in the polytechnics and the universities ) until a much later stage of their courses , if at all . |
| 13 | That is not to say that they may not have doubts , be nervous of , or awed by , the large step they are taking . |
| 14 | The police are sometimes concerned that they may not have the full information before them . |
| 15 | Although I recognise that they may not have pleased everybody , an aim which I think the house would agree , would be impossible to achieve , I believe they have carried out their task in an objective and impartial way . |
| 16 | The sort of programmes that involve the risk that they may not work at all . |
| 17 | A second study suggests that commercially-important species , including herring , shrimp , mussels , clams and rockfish have all suffered from the oil spill , presenting a " risk that they may not respond to conventional management actions for decades " . |