Example sentences of "may [adv] not have [be] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But it may all not have been necessary . |
| 2 | It may also not have been the least of Ælfheah 's attractions to the people of London , heavily taxed in 1018 , that he was murdered for being unable or unwilling to give money to the Danes ; nor need it have made Cnut 's position any easier that King Æthelred , too , lay buried in St Paul 's . |
| 3 | Yet had the visitors been England or Australia he may well not have been able to resist the temptation , and this was only partly because they were the leading lights in world cricket ; there was also the racial aspect , in that he passionately wanted to prove that a team of black players led by a black captain was the equal of , if not better than , the white teams . |
| 4 | It looks as if the manuscript version ( with a different ordering from the printed one ) was the one submitted to Mizler , while the engraved plates may well not have been used until after Bach 's death , providing a companion to the posthumous printing of The art of fugue . |
| 5 | As I think you will agree when you have looked at all the evidence it may well not have been quite so simple in this case to determine what was the best for the girl , as we , looking back on events from this point in time , may think . |