Example sentences of "[conj] may [not/n't] be [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There is the theory of art , and there is aesthetics ; there is writing about artefacts which may or may not be categorised as art , but are in the hands of the archaeologist or the anthropologist ; and there is art appreciation . |
| 2 | According to her , aggression ‘ involves the intention to hurt or emerge superior to others , does not necessarily involve physical injury ( violence ) and may or may not be regarded as being underpinned by different kinds of motives ’ . |
| 3 | Though there seems to be no public law right of consultation , the issue may or may not be regarded as germane , depending on other points of law in the case . |
| 4 | This social sanction will be , in the first place , some kind of social ostracism or discomfort ; it may or may not be wished that it be associated with a legal penalty . |
| 5 | This heater may or may not be calibrated and/or pre-set to a useful fishkeeping temperature . |
| 6 | The issue may or may not be underwritten and the issuing company may or may not engage the services of a broker for advice and/or to organize the insurance of the issue . |
| 7 | These are generalizations , but the probability is that political control does determine what may or may not be censored or , conversely , stocked in a public library . |
| 8 | It includes aid already promised ; debt relief that will deliver no new cash ; bilaterally-negotiated grants and credits , many of them tied to trade with particular ‘ donors ’ ( one man 's export subsidy is another 's development assistance ) ; and a variety of loan facilities that may not be drawn and which are , in fact , conditional on further reform . |