Example sentences of "they may [not/n't] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One or both of them may not wish to cope with parenting a second time round , having not long been released from the exhaustion and limitations of childcare on their own account . |
| 2 | Members would , it is felt , like to browse over books they are thinking of buying as without being able to see the items they may not want to buy . |
| 3 | And I think another reason why we do so well educationally is that the baby gives them a sense of direction and purpose and they may not want to get 16+ exams but they want to for their baby . |
| 4 | The ties between parents and child are strong ; parents may be forced into , rather than willingly accepting of , separation from their children ; when separated , they may not want to make the final break via adoption . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Even if the unwelcome possibility was beginning to dawn on them , they may not have wanted to be the first to break the consensus . |
| 7 | Even if the unwelcome possibility was beginning to dawn on them , they may not have wanted to be the first to break the consensus . |
| 8 | They may not have made him the finest British light comedian since his hero David Niven , but at least they rescued him from an uncertain future in Britain where he may have ended up as a cross between Roy Castle and Ronnie Corbett . |
| 9 | The fact is that we give exceptional leave to remain because it would be inhumane to send some people , such as the Croatian that the hon. Member mentioned , back to their country at this time , even though they may not have made a claim of persecution . |
| 10 | my Lord , this is a problem which erm your Lordship 's had submissions from both parties and of course it goes to specialist separates , first of all one identifies , one takes one and strikes out the defending clauses within the agreements that infringe article eighty five on then applies the , the test of severance to see whether the residual agreements remain or stand , but we certainly have not depleted that the entire arrangement avoid but we pleaded the restrictions are avoid , my Lord er and that 's important because it could lead to consequence and we 're pleading it that and if for example er power in the erm standard form agency agreement was rendered void because it was an unlawful restriction , it does n't mean to say that erm an agent er a name might not of instructed an agent to write business , what we 're saying is they may not have instructed him to write all of the business that he did in fact did er write for example L M X spiral and , now if , if a particular defendant can say well have I been well you know proper position that I would of been and the restrictions not been in place I would of instructed the agent to do precisely what he did , then of course he has no defence , that 's a que that 's a point , if he says well erm I , the facts suggest and established that I would never , ever have allowed the agents to underwr to write L M X spiral business and , and the only reason he was able to do that was because of the restrictions then he can escape liability for that part of the business underwritten |
| 11 | Had Robson 's calming influence been available to United against their neighbours , then they may not have lost their composure and the chance to move four points clear of Leeds . |
| 12 | Well the men although they may not have realized they were thirteen must have been pretty stupid not to realize they were perhaps below consent age . |
| 13 | They may not have monitored the firm 's management terribly closely . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They may not have loved him . |
| 16 | What they may not have realised is that that message conveyed itself to the American public ! |
| 17 | They may not have become skilled in using aids to vision such as magnifiers or telescopic aids , or the material that they need to read may be finely or densely printed , visually complex , or difficult to decipher . |
| 18 | ‘ We are working very heavily with them to convert them and give them the business skills they may not have acquired to date , ’ says Mr Smaje . |
| 19 | Parents will frequently already be aware that the child is experiencing difficulties with various aspects of language , although they may not have considered the implications of these problems in any great detail . |
| 20 | They may not have thought of it as expertise , but when people said to me a particular ward is dirty , I went and looked at it , and in a very short time , within about ten minutes , that ward had got a massive clean-up team in there , that 's the sort of thing that I felt was useful . |
| 21 | They may not have mastered the Mad ones ' darkly comical undercurrent , but the Franks ' cheery exterior need n't preclude them from participating in some sussed ponderings . |
| 22 | They may not have enthused him for their particular brand of political idealism , but they certainly sowed seeds of great potential musically . |
| 23 | Nail clippers , combs , toothpaste and toothbrushes , razors and washbags are neatly laid out on tables in the cells to await the arrival of inmates , many of whom will not be carrying such items because they may not have expected to be remanded in custody . |
| 24 | They may not have got their feet up there in the stirrups with the wife , but they did get through two boxes of Kleenex . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The empiricists , although they may not have taken up Descartes ' idea that the mind is an immaterial substance , followed him in treating the contents of mind as objects private and internal to the individual and different from physical objects . |
| 27 | Although they may not have used the above terminology , their written statements confirm the evidence in their work . |
| 28 | They may not have found quite the soulmate in each other that they had been looking for , but their relationship has made up for it in other ways . |
| 29 | They may not mind staying . |
| 30 | Others realise that it will be difficult to extend their stay overseas without becoming an illegal immigrant , an added burden they may not wish to take on . |