Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attitudes may not have changed as quickly as some of the tools with which we do the job but there are plenty of examples of progress which deserve credit . |
| 2 | The rash in such cases may not look at all like simple uncomplicated scabies . |
| 3 | For example , a surgeon may justifiably run the risk of killing the patient if the operation is necessary to save life , whereas employers may not take a substantial risk with the lives of their workers in order to increase profits . |
| 4 | Some employers may not run courses for groups of returners but instead offer to help you plan a personal programme of study aimed at satisfying the same requirements . |
| 5 | Such applications are made by way of joint application of the landlord and tenant , one of the parties issuing on behalf of both , supported by an affidavit exhibiting the proposed lease though local practice in some courts may not require this . |
| 6 | His talents may not have been great but his importance lies in his using them all to express in painting his romantic vision . |
| 7 | Hence , worthwhile projects may not proceed or may be unnecessarily delayed , and plans may suddenly have to be changed when constraints are tightened ( see also Likierman , 1984 ) . |
| 8 | The problem is that average or below average performers may not feel sufficiently motivated to put in any extra effort if they consider that only top performers are likely to win . |
| 9 | Discussion among advisers in a bureau might highlight community issues , but , as was shown in Chapter 4 , there can be a lack of continuity among staff due to the part-time nature of voluntary work , so that clear local patterns may not emerge in that informal way . |
| 10 | Operators may not have to update similar boats to prevent it happening again until 1999 . |
| 11 | Private individuals looking for a stockbroker to advise on or manage their investments may not know how to start . |
| 12 | That er goes on in relation to er criminal matters again and er er paragraph three hundred and thi , thirty three forty one er it picks up the subject of expert testament , namely er science , art , trade , technical terms , handwriting , foreign law er the ensuing pages in fact deal with that and then at paragraph thirty two fifty one er in the er section of subjects which experts may not testify on . |
| 13 | In places like Fort William where the rainfall is so high , or on high exposed ground , some vegetables may not make it . |
| 14 | With the really grotesque grotesques , the authorities may not have been quite so lenient . |
| 15 | We are worried that regional health authorities may not have the necessary outlook required to ensure adequate long-term and national provision and that that will be reflected in the allocation of funding . |
| 16 | Some local authorities may not have introduced those measures as quickly as possible , but it goes further than that . |
| 17 | At present it appears that local authorities can draw up individual access arrangements with the new owners , but this is not a satisfactory solution , partly because some authorities may not have the motivation to do so , and partly because they are all very short of money and could not back up the agreements financially . |
| 18 | Where maturation is not synchronous , clinical signs may not occur but the adult worm burdens which develop can play a significant epidemiological role by contributing to pasture contamination in the spring . |
| 19 | Moreton councillor Ken Hemsley said : ‘ I am just concerned that people answering 999 calls may not understand a local dialect and they may be talking about a place which the person they are speaking to will never have heard of . |
| 20 | An adult owl normally knows this and stays in shelter , but inexperienced hunters may not have the sense to come in out of the rain . |
| 21 | All these mean that even large multi-nationals may not have sufficient resources to succeed on their own . |
| 22 | While the permanent collections in the revamped galleries may not merit a vaut le detour in the guide book , this summer 's temporary exhibition definitely does . |
| 23 | Perhaps the most widely used location , though groups may not think of it precisely within this context , is the Netherlands . |
| 24 | Instead , some individuals or groups in society will fail to forecast inflation correctly and so may , for example , seek money wage increases which are lower than necessary to maintain their real wages ; other individuals or groups may not have the power to gain full compensation for inflation even if they do predict it correctly . |
| 25 | This postulates that , although some groups may not have much money in relative terms , they will spend more in defined sectors . |
| 26 | Feminists have dared to suggest that the wisdom of many generations may not have been disinterested , or even very wise ; that human experience is not identical with male experience ; and that our ( whose ? ) ‘ fundamental perceptions ’ keep women in servitude . |
| 27 | sketches may not include reference numbers or the hatch symbol . |
| 28 | Their molecules may not penetrate the blood-brain barrier . |
| 29 | Outdoor activities may not operate for reasons such as unstable weather conditions or lack of support . |
| 30 | Coonts may not have got lost once in three months of eyeball navigation around the Lower 48 , but his writing could do with a position fix . |