Example sentences of "may [adv] [be] necessary [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you allow the opponent to come too close , then a step forward may not be necessary but you will have to be very quick with your responses ! |
| 2 | Gibson 's ( 1969 ) account of these effects suggests that discrimination training may not be necessary but the same conclusion can be derived from more prosaic considerations — it might be argued , for instance , that the results described so far reflect no more than a disruption in control subjects confronted by novel stimuli at the start of the test discrimination . |
| 3 | But taking out your own cover may not be necessary if you belong to a trade association which offers its members the benefit of confidential advice if they run into difficulties at work . |
| 4 | Retraining may not be necessary if new outlets can be discovered for present skills . |
| 5 | Above that height an abbreviated circuit should always be possible , although it may not be necessary or desirable in very windy and turbulent conditions . |
| 6 | Drainage may also be necessary and a pioneer crop may be required in the first year . |
| 7 | An interpreter may also be necessary where English is not the family 's first language . |
| 8 | A reduction in interest rates , albeit difficult given our currency 's position within the Exchange Rate Mechanism , may well be necessary if we are to avoid an even deeper recession . |
| 9 | Helping the patient to modify such attitudes may sometimes be necessary before he is able to change his behaviour or effectively pursue tasks necessary to achieve his chosen goals . |
| 10 | It may sometimes be necessary or desirable in certain contexts to specify plurality or duality in languages which do not normally specify such information because they do not have a category of number or a dual form . |