Example sentences of "may [not/n't] be [verb] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain still has the highest debt to income ratio in Europe and the appetite for credit may not be blunted until the review date comes and with it the monetary day of doom . |
| 2 | Note however , that if you do not run VALIDATE frequently ( and are not using Offline ) , infrequently accessed files may not be checked before the tape with the last good copy has been re-used . |
| 3 | Your solicitor , during the course of making enquiries about the home you are going to buy , may not uncover a right of way because it may not be registered and the present occupant of the property may not be aware that there is a legal right . |
| 4 | The Minister of Culture of the Netherlands , Mrs Hedy d'Ancona , has informed Parliament that important works of art in Dutch museums may not be deaccessioned before the Arts Council has advised the Minister on their importance for the nation . |
| 5 | Minor thefts , for example , may not be reported as the victims feel there is little chance of them getting their goods back or of the offender getting caught . |
| 6 | A subpoena may not be issued where the proposed witness is out of the United Kingdom . |
| 7 | N may be too large for there to be room for that number of add instructions to be held economically in the store , or the value of N may not be known when the program is being prepared ( for example it might be read in as a piece of data ) . |
| 8 | However , the election will be desperately close and the final result may not be known until the last constituencies ' counts are declared tomorrow . |
| 9 | But if the polls are wrong and it 's a fight to the finish , the verdict may not be known until the West Coast results are in . |
| 10 | Sufficient funds for this may not be allocated if the allocation is based on the medium deprivation of the larger area . |
| 11 | 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 . |