Example sentences of "may [not/n't] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ks ' case demonstrates that his intention may not be easily carried out . |
| 2 | The removal of technical barriers may not be easily achieved by regulation ; changes of attitude will be needed to recognise the freedom of investors to receive the best return on their capital . |
| 3 | ‘ The problem is that we are a retailer , and our skills may not be easily exported . |
| 4 | The disparity between groundmass compositions reconstructed by and and the Haiti glass trend suggests that the selective clast melting and alteration are important effects that may not be easily circumvented when attempting to decipher impact melt petrogenesis . |
| 5 | This is particularly true of libraries and archives in which valuable information is stored in a manner that takes up vast amounts of space , is prone to decay , and may not be easily accessible . |
| 6 | More water percolating through the soil is likely to leach out minerals which may not be easily replaced ; calcium may be removed and , where the bedrock can not replace the material essential to the soil ‘ crumb-structure ’ , permanent damage and degradation may result . |
| 7 | Generally , one topic merges into another , and it may not be easily seen at the time that a change of topic has occurred . |
| 8 | The process of disordering can be characterized by a relaxation time , but may not be easily measured . |
| 9 | The giving of warranties by the vendor is not confined to a share sale , though where a target company , rather than assets , is being acquired Newco needs a great deal more warranty protection , as Target 's liabilities may not be easily determinable and , unlike an assets sale , Newco will " acquire " all Target 's liabilities ( ie , the net asset value of Target , on which the purchase price payable by Newco is likely to be based , could be reduced because of undisclosed and unforeseen liabilities which crystallise after completion ) . |
| 10 | In addition Mr Patient is very likely to have had one or two close friends , probably from some ti me back in his life history , who may be dramatically affected by his death , even though they may not be visibly there close by or apparently very emotionally involved . |
| 11 | Purchasers may find that although land has detailed planning approval it may not be economically viable to develop and local planning authorities may be reluctant to embrace alternative proposals . |
| 12 | Like the markets for many other services , the market for bus services can not be perfectly competitive , which is why outcomes may not be economically efficient , and why theories of imperfect competition are needed to interpret what happens . |
| 13 | Nowadays botanists divide the cycad-like plants into two major groups which may not be particularly closely related : the Cycadales , which include the living species , and the Bennettitales , an important Mesozoic group of plants which have smaller fructifications scattered among the bases of the leaves . |
| 14 | Health care is an unusual ‘ commodity ’ and the demand for it may not be particularly responsive to price . |
| 15 | More recent research has not only failed to support this view , but has also laid open the possibility that simplified input may not be particularly useful . |
| 16 | Renting out the family home while working abroad on contract may not be particularly appealing ; but selling it and having no stake in the home housing market on returning at the end of the contract is by no means an ideal solution . |
| 17 | His immutable figures and symmetrical designs seem to allow authors to project views onto the work that may not be particularly relevant . |
| 18 | However , temporal order was only rarely mentioned in the children 's explanations of their judgements , indicating that children may not be particularly aware of the temporal order information on which they base their judgements . |
| 19 | Although these matters may not be particularly important as far as the haematological features are concerned , they certainly are with respect to ventilation . |
| 20 | Preclinical staff usually have busy schedules and may not be particularly well oriented to clinical matters . |
| 21 | Our application of these ready-made stories and stereotypes to our lives may not be particularly apt , but the web of intertextual concepts which forms the substrata of our experience nevertheless plays an inescapable role in our lives . |
| 22 | The results of BBC WILDLIFE 'S favourite animal survey may not be particularly representative of the British population as a whole , but they certainly shed some interesting light on the particular animal characteristics that readers find most appealing . |
| 23 | As long as the context of work allows good working relations and a pleasant environment then morale may be high but individuals may not be particularly motivated to seek responsibility . |
| 24 | This latter character may not be particularly useful as pointed out by Clark ( 1970 ) . |
| 25 | With a large stock the order of main classes may not be particularly important , although most users would appreciate disciplines placed adjacent to related disciplines . |
| 26 | However , if a police officer is suddenly told by control that the member of the public with whom he is dealing may be suffering from a mental disorder , he may start to deal with that individual differently , and in a way that may not be particularly helpful . |
| 27 | For all George may not be particularly clever , ( though certainly not stupid ) , he is quite wise . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | So that answers all those years that I have been conducting these seminars , it answers my question not in the way I was particularly happy about I have to say , but I mean it did answer my question and then it may be them having you know I mean like sort of things I may not be particularly happy with , but maybe it is good that the papers are reflecting what the community wants . |
| 30 | If your not your spouse may not be either . |