Example sentences of "[adj] may [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enlightened bureaucrats who were primarily responsible for drawing up the legislation of 1861 may not have achieved everything for which they were striving , but they were undoubtedly trying to achieve more than the modernization of the gentry 's sources of income or the revivification of the state machine . |
| 2 | Without it , any 100th-birthday binge in 1998 may not find New Yorkers in much of a party mood . |
| 3 | It may be that the examiner disagrees with the candidate in his answer to ( i ) , and although that may not affect the candidate 's marks on ( i ) , the candidate will lose the marks on ( ii ) if he does not deal with it . |
| 4 | That may not bother AXA , providing it is the dominant shareholder . |
| 5 | That may not bother him because it was in Christchurch that he had his Ireland tour brought to a premature end last year by a punch from Canterbury 's Andy Earl which broke his jaw . |
| 6 | That may not go down so well in the middle of Leicester Square if you are wearing a suit . |
| 7 | Now that may not go quite as far as as as would would favour . |
| 8 | that may not have involved , been involved in a cash economy . |
| 9 | While that may not sound brilliant for the performance , it should be borne in mind that the 300E-24 saloon , weighing the best part of 500lb less and with a four-speed automatic 'box , achieved 18.8mpg while on test . |
| 10 | Again , that may not sound much but it 's more than enough to disrupt the delicate balance of different gases . |
| 11 | That may not sound like the most exciting plot you have ever heard but every MP in the Commons seemed to think it was better than Indiana Jones , The Terminator and Alien rolled into one . |
| 12 | That may not sound very imposing , but it represented a major advance . |
| 13 | That may not sound a lot but Wordbase Personal is just £84+VAT while Professional is £380+VAT . |
| 14 | ’ That may not sound like much , but when you 're selling suits at £900 and dresses at £2,000 , losing just one or two items can really eat into your profits . |
| 15 | On the other hand , all Same and Lamborghini engines undergo an initial running-in process in the factory at Treviglio , so that may not happen . |
| 16 | But that may not happen soon … so the Tajiks … with extraordinary commitment are building a school for their children … with their bare hands . |
| 17 | Of course the answer is changing the myth would have made Moses Hebrew and not Egyptian , because if Moses had been the daughter of Pharaoh he would had to been Egyptian and that the Hebrews could n't tolerate because at a later stage their religion became strongly ethnic and racially divided , you really got to be born Jewish to be Jewish , so they could n't tolerate their , their founding fathers of not being anything but Jewish , so they altered it , they changed the records and they falsified the myth , but they left this glaring inconsistency in it , so the myth is no longer it 's er rewritten and this is one of the little bits of evidence and now of course erm if you do n't take psychoanalyst insights into the family romance seriously , that may not cut much ice for you , but if you erm appreciate the force of these unconscious stereotypes in creating this like this , it 's cert it 's a quite potent piece of evidence because you think well why should the , the Bible change the myth , why ca n't it just put up with the normal myth . |
| 18 | But even that may not help as the worker may be waylaid by those who have ‘ just come in for a form ’ or an address or have to collect their children from school in five minutes . |
| 19 | But that may not help much either . |
| 20 | Well he might just have got out of bed , that may not help . |
| 21 | Those who are mentally alert may not find it easy or pleasant to take help from the very ones they have supported and cared for over the years . |
| 22 | What will emerge from Alpine may not have the sprint car look , nor the integral tonneau or open-to-the-elements driving position but it will have most of Laguna 's mechanicals . |
| 23 | ‘ Improving the national economy is the single most important program the federal government can take to help urban America ; because our economy is predominantly an urban one , what 's good for the nation 's economy is good for the economies of our cities , although not all cities will benefit equally , and some may not benefit at all . ’ |
| 24 | The degree of emphasis given in each religion may vary considerably — some may not give it the prominence which another does . |
| 25 | Some may not apply to your work — but , if so , are you clear why ? |
| 26 | More than one treaty is known to have been made with the Burgundians , although some may not have had imperial approval . |
| 27 | Some may not like this idea , because it veers away from established convention , but it 's quicker , plus it saves the hassle of breaking a string peg at an important moment and being left dangling , so to speak . |
| 28 | Many will therefore appear relaxed and sleepy but some may not remember much of what they were told pre-operatively and may experience disorientation , alarm , pain or occasionally confusion . |
| 29 | Some may not find suitable lodging until they get 4,500 feet up in the mountain . |
| 30 | N.B. Languages and language learners are very idiosyncratic and what works for some may not work for others . |