Example sentences of "or may [not/n't] be [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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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 . |