Example sentences of "may [adv] [adv] be [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These enhancements may most obviously be a matter of adding value to commercial offerings through images and sound . |
| 2 | The effect is that matters disclosed in this way may not later be the subject of warranty claims . |
| 3 | Pam Nelson may not yet be a household name but if this young American progresses in the same manner as previous Pilkington Glass U.21 Champions Steffi Graf , Arantxa Sanchez , Jana Novotna and Manuela Maleeva , then it will not be long before her name appears in the latter stages of the world 's leading tournaments . |
| 4 | We may not yet be a vigilante state but there is no doubt that more people feel compelled to mete out their own justice rather than entrust it to the police and courts . |
| 5 | And we in the church may not yet be an army ‘ mighty and terrible with banners ’ , but we can muster resistance by coming together in little bands of hope ready to strike in deep raids behind enemy lines . |
| 6 | PETER MARSHALL may not yet be the household name outside squash that Jonah Barrington was , but he could be very soon . |
| 7 | It may not yet be the FBI but , just as in the movies where the American flag stands behind the FBI chief 's desk , Mr Mullett has already propped the Union flag against the wall . |
| 8 | This may not just be a change in location and hence in pattern , since there may be contemporary settlements beneath the present villages , an aspect Bob Smith is examining in the Wiltshire valleys . |
| 9 | Platelet-specific protein levels have been compared in diabetics with and without clinical evidence of vascular disease ( Betteridge et al , 1981 ) , and although there was a more pronounced increase in diabetics with retinopathy , those diabetics without clinical evidence of vascular disease still had higher levels of platelet-specific proteins than controls suggesting that the enhanced platelet activation may not just be a consequence of vascular damage but may precede its development . |
| 10 | Furthermore , a masters degree may not even be a qualification in the usual sense at all : Oxford and Cambridge University BA graduates can , after a specified number of years , obtain an MA without any further study or assessment . |
| 11 | With the establishment of Excavations Units , especially in the cities , the situation has changed drastically , for now that the specialists can operate as members of a team , there may not even be the need for those responsible for pottery to have to draw it all themselves . |
| 12 | What Mrs Finni may feel is the answer may not actually be the answer . |
| 13 | Of course , yours may not necessarily be a dress . |
| 14 | a client , who may not necessarily be a KPMG audit client . |
| 15 | Well he knows that his views may not necessarily be the majority and count in the end , but at least they 're being taken into account and being considered to be important . |
| 16 | Promotional and sales effort will need to find the right target ( which may Not necessarily be the buying department ) , otherwise it may be wasted . |
| 17 | In some respects , today 's emphasis on women 's rights , literature and issues may not only be a drive to increase women 's standing in relation to men , but may rather be a celebration of the rediscovery of the shared communication that women have . |
| 18 | Similarly , the distinction between ‘ old-fashioned ’ and ‘ modern racism ’ may not always be a distinction in kind , but may reflect an ability to provide justifications , often post hoc , for views and positions . |
| 19 | The significance of the decision here , given that the case concerned a child who was not terminally ill , is its recognition that it may not always be a doctor 's duty in law to preserve life , provided certain conditions are met . |
| 20 | This suggests to me that it may not always be the lack of children that causes the distress — I 'd watched them childless , enjoying life enormously — rather , it is the realisation that biologically , they will not now be parents . |
| 21 | As this may not always be the case , paragraph 58 requires a brief description of the obligations and legal arrangements relating to any debt which are different from those usually associated with debt . |
| 22 | This may not always be the case — for example , in rapidly expanding populations , selection may favour reproductive rate at the expense of lifetime reproductive success ( see Lewontin , 1965 ; Elliot , 1975 ) — but exceptions are probably rare , especially in long-lived species where variation in longevity greatly exceeds variation in age at first breeding . |
| 23 | This may not always be the case , but when it does apply it constitutes a very tight linguistic constraint . |
| 24 | The people are generally called on to elect a special constituent assembly mandated to draft a constitution , though this may not always be the case — as in General de Gaulle 's constitution for the Fifth Republic . |
| 25 | For example , although industry is often considered as a major contributor to smog , this may not always be the case . |
| 26 | This may not always be the case . |
| 27 | Any such movement usually occurs in the early part of a buildings 's life but this may not always be the case depending upon the nature of the subsoil upon which the building is founded . |
| 28 | Although in the normal course the maker of any written statement filed at court will be called to give oral testimony this may not always be the case . |
| 29 | Such agreements are likely to be unrestricted-use credit although this may not always be the case , for example where a financier who has no arrangement with the seller insists on paying the money directly to him ( s13 ( a ) ) . |
| 30 | These may not always be the people who sparkle a great deal because they often have a maverick quality . |