Example sentences of "[noun] may [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Closure of the USM may prompt a rush of restructuring by USM companies that decide that this is the opportunity for an MBO or a delisting , or even to maximise shareholder value by break-up or sale , but the current recession may not be the ideal timing for any of these options , ’ says PW 's Nigel Crockford . |
| 2 | The data from the recession may not be useful in managing in normal times but on the other hand may help in managing the next recession . |
| 3 | A male may not be aware or the possibility or a female 's alternative reading of what an object constitutes or signifies ; similarly , it may never occur to a member of a one social class that some revered object may be subject to a parodied and subversive interpretation by members of another . |
| 4 | And father we pray that our hope may not be in vain but may lead us to sharing again in your kingdom . |
| 5 | Even illustrations may not be adequate , details of pictures often being poorly represented , leaving an artist 's techniques , materials and handling to be discovered from more specialist studies . |
| 6 | It will even take account of the fact that some relevant objects may not be described as ‘ wooden ’ at all , but as being made of ‘ beech ’ , ‘ mahogany ’ , ‘ deal ’ or the like . |
| 7 | While perception of objects may not be prior to those mental apparati which absorb them ( a version of the Kantian categories ) , it does act as a firm physical constraint upon them . |
| 8 | Within such an approach , objects may not be reducible to the workings of a central hierarchical principle , or be directly related to what are otherwise considered the most important social divisions . |
| 9 | The proportion of non-flying invertebrates may not be as high , and they are harder to sample systematically , but I am optimistic about the numbers that remain undiscovered . |
| 10 | For in secondary schools , so often organised in this way , a child 's experience may not be as ‘ coherent ’ ‘ broad ’ and ‘ balanced ’ as the curriculum planners imagine . |
| 11 | Guidelines for acute severe asthma based on hospital experience may not be an appropriate yardstick by which to judge how asthma attacks are measured in the community . |
| 12 | The industry may be run down to 12 or 14 pits , and there may be no interest from the private sector , because long-term contracts may not be negotiated , especially in view of the amount of imported coal . |
| 13 | But although his selected trio — Northwich Victoria 's Liverpool-born defender Jeff Parker , Warrington Town utility man Paul McNally and Northern Ireland Under-21 midfielder Norman Kelly may not be household names , he is convinced they are the right choice . |
| 14 | In the end , the failure to offer an entitlement curriculum may not be a failure of the National Curriculum , but of the market-led sections of the Reform Act . |
| 15 | Such attitudes may not be shared by everyone , but are accepted by most people without question . |
| 16 | A subpoena may not be issued where the proposed witness is out of the United Kingdom . |
| 17 | Ingleston ( 1986 ) , discussing an updated surgical dressings technique , declares that masks are not needed , while Ayton ( 1985 ) questions the use of masks even in theatre and says , ‘ if there is good ventilation , the levels of airborne contamination may not be altered whether masks are used or not ’ . ] |
| 18 | It may be true that ‘ an uncompromised normal fetus may not be harmed by intense maternal exercise in the first and second trimesters ’ . |
| 19 | This is , of course , no indication that strenuous aerobic exercise during pregnancy is not harmful , but an uncompromised normal fetus may not be harmed by intense maternal exercise in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy . |
| 20 | The right of the fetus may not be the only — or even the main — consideration in the abortion issue , as anti-abortionists insist . |
| 21 | If there remains an insistent voice that keeps telling you there is something ‘ wrong ’ with sleeping twelve hours a day , or reminding you of how much there is to do , turning into a vegetable may not be an effective technique , and something more explosive or cathartic may be required . |
| 22 | The transfer may become null and void , as here , or the certificate may not be renewed , as in Miller , but nothing that can happen to the transfer or transferee will ever revive the right of a man who , ex hypothesi , has removed or yielded up possession of the premises to which the certificate relates . " |
| 23 | They are especially important to younger children whose riding skills may not be highly developed . |
| 24 | ‘ The problem is that we are a retailer , and our skills may not be easily exported . |
| 25 | Teachers may do project work for reasons more concerned with class management than skill development , and the use of project work as a means of advancing skills may not be exploited . |
| 26 | MARTIN COWAN , 48 , is a musical instrument technology student who is well aware that his own particular skills may not be in demand when he finishes his training . |
| 27 | Our sense of smell may not be as advanced as most animals ' but aromas have huge effect on our mental and physical states . |
| 28 | Deliberately broken clubs may not be replaced . |
| 29 | But , in a situation in which an arboreal habitat has led to a reliance on visual cues and a generalized body-structure and postural suppleness , even the correct mating-position may not be obvious and automatic as it is in many other animals . |
| 30 | Ranges in ‘ pure ’ cash and carry 's tend to be limited to fast moving items so specialist products may not be stocked . |