Example sentences of "of [noun] may [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fragment A is more difficult to analyse as the evidence is incomplete and the habit of keeping to a set rate of progress may not have evolved at the A stage of composition ; but it could have been completed between June 1758 and April 1759 , in a shorter or longer time depending on whether he wrote one verse or three each day . |
| 2 | But the similarity between the two of an early influence of nutrition may not stop there . |
| 3 | The effects of the seeds that were hopefully planted in the minds of the young students during this period of contact with the world of photography may not become evident for years , but it seems likely that as long as lively and enthusiastic people remain involved in showing young people the variety of their creative options , Britain 's high artistic standards will be zealously maintained for some time to come . |
| 4 | Some graduates , particularly those of the 1950s who remember the Julian Slade musical Salad Days at the Old Vic , of course may not wish to let nostalgia blind them and begin retracing their track . |
| 5 | For anyone who is not involved with philosophy and who has read and understood Saussure , the charge of logocentrism may not seem pertinent . |
| 6 | This might be an advantage for some , but as has been pointed out , the factor of isolation may not favour the extrovert student who prefers the companionship and competition of the classroom . |
| 7 | The change of attitude may not have appeared so dramatic since the word ‘ philosophy ’ was more general in its meaning than today , and scientists were called ‘ philosophers ’ or ‘ natural philosophers ’ down to the end of the eighteenth century . |
| 8 | ‘ Though we have seen much of the liberality of Nevada practice , ’ he told them , ‘ we assume that even in that forward-looking jurisdiction , parties to a case of divorce may not litigate by day and copulate by night . ’ |
| 9 | Goods such as soft toys and items of clothing may not need such protection , but here other considerations apply , such as the appearance of the goods on the shelf , or the possibility of seeing the contents through the packaging . |
| 10 | These expressions of opinion may not represent overt Russian policy — indeed top men in Moscow now deny they were ever made ; but there is good evidence that they were , and certainly the Ukrainians take them seriously . |
| 11 | The fact that this revelation would doubtless be made in a context of privacy and confidentiality so as to insulate him as far as possible from the prying eyes of scandalmongers may not reduce his desire to put actual and legal distance between himself and his spouse . |
| 12 | Even improvements in a number of effluents may not realize a noticeable change in water quality unless they constitute a substantial part of the flow of a watercourse . |
| 13 | Second , we should recognise that a two-party dominance in the House of Commons may not reflect the pattern of electoral support in the country at large since our first-past-the-post electoral system makes it difficult for third parties to break through into parliament in proportion to their support in the country . |
| 14 | Interestingly , the manuscript regarded as providing the best text of the poem , Bibliothèque National fr.19152 , labels the work a " " fable " " in the first line while the other copies read " " fabliaus " " or " " fableaus " " , suggesting that the category of fabliau may not have been so clearly defined and recognized at this early date as it was later to become . |
| 15 | Such individuals counselling is not very suitable for covering in this feature because advice which may apply to one case of aggression may not apply to another … and so could even make matters worse , or put owners at risk . |
| 16 | For example , the last syllable of teacher may not need to be distinguished in the tree until the addition of another word of two or more syllables such as tedious . |
| 17 | Other kinds of troops may not include detachments . |
| 18 | The fantasy had by the reader of Penthouse may not involve any beliefs that real women behave as he imagines the woman on the page does . |
| 19 | Thus , we may be helped to avoid the trap of ruling out as irrelevant , even before we start , whatever forms of knowledge may not fit into the currently accepted general scientific approach to reality as a whole . |
| 20 | The supply of metal may not have been a problem if supplies of scrap were plentiful and if there was a continuous re-cycling of the raw materials . |
| 21 | As far as records of achievement are concerned , the attitude of pupils is likely to be even more problematic , since pupils ' natural concern with the currency of their certificates , and their now well-documented tendency to see schooling largely in terms of its capacity to provide qualifications ( see , for example , Turner , 1984 ) , suggests that records of achievement may not have as immediate and enthusiastic support among pupils as they do among many teachers . |
| 22 | If so , these clashes of dates may not occur . |
| 23 | This state of affairs may not last . |
| 24 | The prescription of glasses may not help their reading distance , but they may be able to read adequately by holding their books at closer than the normal distance . |
| 25 | It is the age beyond which a member of staff may not continue ; they ‘ shall vacate their office ’ ( section 35 ) . |
| 26 | I think a lot of er a lot of wives may not have given you as much information as Maggie did . |
| 27 | Although the overall size of households may not have altered dramatically , this still leaves open the question of whether household composition has changed . |
| 28 | On the one hand , a half-promise to save a new-born country , and to show that one lot of people may not dispossess another lot merely by virtue of being better armed ; on the other hand , a growing realisation that this could not be achieved without a fight in which an unknown number of young Europeans and Americans would be asked to die in the name of misty-sounding things like compassion and principle . |
| 29 | It should also be noted that a covenant limiting hours of access may not limit hours of use of the demised property , provided that the tenant arrives before permitted hours cease and leaves after they recommence . |
| 30 | But the presence or absence of specificity may not matter much where the most serious penalty is an OFT or MMC inquiry . |