Example sentences of "may not go [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another plea may not go amiss . |
| 2 | THE BBC has admitted it may not go ahead with a TV version of Michael Dobbs 's sequel to his political bestseller House of Cards . |
| 3 | Unless France and West Germany — traditionally western Europe 's biggest spenders on space technology — can be persuaded to pay more , the project may not go ahead . |
| 4 | Companies may not go ahead with every investment with a positive NPV because other stakeholder positions may have to be considered , but that does not mean that there is a theoretical defect in DCF as a market-valuation mechanism . |
| 5 | Opponents of the building programme " which in any case may not go ahead as planned because of a lack of funds " claim that political instability in Russia , antiquated technologies and economic pressures ( to cut corners on safety in order to produce much-needed electricity ) could lead to another major nuclear accident . |
| 6 | But despite all this the power station may not go ahead . |
| 7 | There may be important conditions to be observed ( eg to ensure that the road has been adopted by the local authority ) , and if it is not possible to comply with these , the mortgage may not go through . |
| 8 | We may not go on to assume that informed opinion then had already recognised the nature of the prospective problem , nor to attribute to the reforming Whigs a reactionary motive which depends on that assumption . |
| 9 | It may or may not go on to say " produced in conjunction with brand X or company Y " . |
| 10 | Now that may not go quite as far as as as would would favour . |
| 11 | He said too : ‘ I shall see if we may not go back to Nice in the autumn , or Austria or Switzerland . |
| 12 | That may not go down so well in the middle of Leicester Square if you are wearing a suit . |
| 13 | Schrager and Short may not go this far , but they are certainly right to stress that corporate crime should be conceptualized so as to include acts of omission as well as the more obvious acts of commission . |
| 14 | I recognise that this may not go as far as librarians would wish . |
| 15 | It would make us a lot safer and cars may not go as fast . |
| 16 | It believes that audit committees and the obligatory rotation of audit partners may not go far enough to convince the public of their independence , and suggests that shareholders should be more involved in appointing auditors , determining the scope of the audit , and in the decision to obtain other services from the auditing firm . |
| 17 | If the terms of reference you have in mind are not precise , or if they are not explicitly stated , you may not go far enough in your investigations or you may stray outside the limits that your boss or client has in mind . |
| 18 | He said he was convinced the buses would continue to serve the estate but added the 20mph speed limit may not go far enough . |