Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A subpoena may not be issued where the proposed witness is out of the United Kingdom . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . ] |
| 10 | It may be true that ‘ an uncompromised normal fetus may not be harmed by intense maternal exercise in the first and second trimesters ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The right of the fetus may not be the only — or even the main — consideration in the abortion issue , as anti-abortionists insist . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . " |
| 15 | Our sense of smell may not be as advanced as most animals ' but aromas have huge effect on our mental and physical states . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The implication for memory research of the above research on road sign detection appears to be that even when objects have been initially detected by a driver and the driver 's behaviour has been appropriately modified by their presence , the driver may not be able to describe the object even very shortly afterwards . |
| 18 | Police say the driver may not be aware that an accident has happened . |
| 19 | So it is essential to check with your travel agent or bank on your destination 's quirks and then think about other possible needs , as money may not be your only consideration . |
| 20 | The money may not be brilliant , but it is not very different to what I was on last year . |
| 21 | For example , taxes may not be levied and public money may not be expended without the authority of an Act of Parliament ; an individual may not be deprived of personal liberty without positive legal authority ; private property may not be seized or searched by government except with legal authority . |
| 22 | Although nutrition may not be a responsibility of a care assistant , you may find it helpful to read more about diet as part of each resident 's personal care plan . |
| 23 | But two small marmosets need much attention , and insect hunting with two babies clinging to her fur may not be easy for the mother . |
| 24 | However , although technology and agriculture may not be sufficient conditions for human happiness , they are certainly a necessary prerequisite , Freud argued . |
| 25 | Renting out the family home while working abroad on contract may not be particularly appealing ; but selling it and having no stake in the home housing market on returning at the end of the contract is by no means an ideal solution . |
| 26 | For instance , if an employer moves to premises only a short distance from the old ones , the contract may not be breached . |
| 27 | Thus an agreement to break a contract may not be actionable . |
| 28 | However , even if the covenantee would not have entered the agreement without the covenant , the contract may not be invalidated as a whole if there is consideration independent of the covenant : see Vancouver Malt & Sake Brewing Co Ltd v Vancouver Breweries Ltd [ 1934 ] AC 181 and Amoco Australia Pty Ltd v Rocca Bros Motor Engineering Co Pty Ltd [ 1975 ] AC 561 . |
| 29 | That concession may not be now as fatal as the judge thought due to the extension of the meaning of the phrase " trade secret " found in the Court of Appeal judgments in Lansing Linde Ltd v Kerr . |
| 30 | Even though your settlement may not be in a known danger area , no one can be sure . |