Example sentences of "but it may not be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even with ground handling someone must take charge , but it may not be the pilot . |
| 2 | But it may not be enough according to some industry commentators . |
| 3 | Professional management will be needed to keep firms afloat , but it may not be enough to restore the explosive growth of the past few years . |
| 4 | But it may not be appreciated that Miller 's work provided the foundation for later encyclopaedic horticultural works ( see William Stearn , Chapter 20 ) and the ‘ bright beam of gardening ’ , of which John Rogers wrote in 1839 , has continued to shine for two centuries . |
| 5 | It is perfectly natural , but it may not be efficient . ’ |
| 6 | But it may not be enough for clubs with their own tours . |
| 7 | The company has a continuing obligation to pay the head-lessor for the rents due under the lease , but it may not be able to recover any of that cost in the future unless it can find a sub-lessee . |
| 8 | But it may not be too late to suggest that Waugh 's reputation for right-wingery — a reputation swallowed by Orwell and many since — has been mildly overdone . |
| 9 | As far as your gerbil 's nose is concerned , it could well be a tumour , but it may not be serious . |
| 10 | The animals may be there but it may not be easy to see them because they are too small ; therefore use the microscope ( Chapter 5 ) . |
| 11 | But it may not be possible to order worlds according to their closeness to the actual world , for two reasons . |
| 12 | This poses a problem in that a school with high ability pupils would expect ‘ good ’ results but it may not be a ‘ good school ’ — a problem we look at under ‘ Issues ’ later in this chapter . |
| 13 | But it may not be necessary to kill him . |
| 14 | However , this effect is small , but it may not be insignificant . |
| 15 | In other words , syntactic analysis is always carried out but it may not be used in the interpretation of any particular sentence . |
| 16 | The user may find a book on a subject but it may not be what he really requires or may only partially satisfy his needs . |
| 17 | But it may not be the same as the system of depreciation used by firms in arriving at their reported earnings . |
| 18 | Now , if it 's not , we know that labour is n't , is n't perfectly mobile , it appeared , migration would seem to suggest it 's , it 's pretty mobile geographically , but it may not be particularly mobile occupationally . |
| 19 | We would hope that that has been defined er by somebody of the hierarchy but , if we 're moving onto new work areas , it might not The sequence maybe self-evident but it may not be and it would be nice to have it written down . |
| 20 | I do n't put a meaning on them for other people , they must form their own ideas ; I know what I meant when I made them , but it may not be the same thing for other people . |
| 21 | The memorandum is useful but it may not be the last word . |