Example sentences of "[Wh det] may [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Welfare rights services , for example could be defined in a variety of ways which may not make them readily understandable . |
| 2 | In the process of counselling , he goes on , the nurse does not offer interpretations laced with ‘ oughts ’ and ‘ shoulds ’ — or the exercise degenerates into advice which may not fit the patient 's beliefs and value systems . |
| 3 | Usually one who is a professional teacher is not ideal — he/she may have very set ideas on how to teach , which may not meet your needs , and he/she may teach you as if you were a child . |
| 4 | While I appreciate that in many cultures a woman 's failure to marry can have serious socio-economic implications which may not exist for many women in the UK , I was distressed by AI promoting this view of marriage as the raison d'etre of a woman , and of a woman whose hymen has been perforated as ‘ damaged goods ’ . |
| 5 | The second point is that the staff and the community , with the support of the Labour group and now the Democrats , have finally got a compromise solution which may not give them everything but again gives them what is achievable within the political complexion of this council and they must now accept that there is an onus upon them to make it work and thirdly we have got to make sure that the staffing arrangements that are referred to in here and I quote there there 'd be posts for each centre who will be expected to add each with staff teams to coordinate the delivery of services by the two centres . |
| 6 | This is self-explanatory and the tenant should be cautious of allowing the landlord to include various prohibited users which may not affect the tenant 's business but could restrict the persons to whom the tenant may wish to assign or sublet the premises . |
| 7 | Which may not rank the outsiders in the eyes of the Ladbrokes odds-maker , but if they look over the fence they will certainly be able to see the outsiders from where they have been placed . |
| 8 | One of the very positive aspects of the information centre is that is provides choice rather than immediate solutions ( which may not match the requirements ) . |
| 9 | Changes which may not manifest even for millennia , until circumstances warrant it ? |
| 10 | There are general references within the Pactus to Lex Salica , which may not refer to any individual title . |
| 11 | Societies have an extraordinary capacity either to consider objects as having attributes which may not appear as evident to outsiders , or else altogether to ignore attributes which would have appeared to those same outsiders as being inextricably part of that object . |
| 12 | There are numerous difficulties in making an historical study which depends entirely on written evidence , which may not represent the experience of the mass of children , and is at best a distillation of the views of the literate classes . |
| 13 | Other compounds contributing to the odour may also be present which may not react with either an alkaline or acid reagent . |
| 14 | Of course , the state is not insulated from economic pressures or political demands from the working class and other groups , but this analysis suggests that it will respond to them in ways which are to its own advantage , which may not coincide with the narrowly defined interests of capital or other political forces . |
| 15 | On a time-scale which may not coincide exactly with our present scientific calculations of geological time , they say that the cycle commences with a period of 1.7 million years when the power of the Life Force is immeasurably stronger and more evident in physical affairs than it is today . |
| 16 | ( d ) The elastic symmetry of the inhomogeneities — which may not coincide either with the lattice symmetry , if any , of ( b ) or with the local geometrical symmetry suggested in ( c ) . |
| 17 | Recognition that the members of organizations share group identities and have interests which may not coincide with others who are contributing to the same goals began with the Human Relations movement and its founder George Elton Mayo ( 1933 ) . |
| 18 | ULSTER cattle herds could be under threat from ‘ imported ’ bovine diseases which may not show themselves for several years . |
| 19 | Mr Cash and his Friends of Bruges seem to want to fight a battle against federalism today which may not have to be fought at all . |
| 20 | Secondly , the tests may produce inconclusive results , or expose some minor defects which may not have the effect of causing mental or physical handicap , but which may affect the child . |
| 21 | Many different social sciences — economics , geography and sociology in particular — show how individually intended actions combine to produce social outcomes which may not have been the intentions of the actors . |
| 22 | You will be faced with one or more prompts , words followed by a colon , eg TRANSFER : which may not have responses already filled in . |
| 23 | As things are , President de Klerk 's hasty initiatives might have solved some of our problems , but they have certainly created others — problems which may not have abated but could well have intensified come 1995 . |
| 24 | In doing so , it is important that the counsellor tries to extract the feeling within the statement , which was real , rather than the literal meaning of the words , which may not have been . |
| 25 | In the absence of such a general right many multilateral treaties have accession clauses to encourage wide participation ( especially from among States which may not have had treaty-making capacity at the time of the treaty 's conclusion ) . |
| 26 | Black minorities have frequently been casualties of rules and procedures which may not have been intended to discriminate against them but which , in effect , do so and there is considerable resistance when the hitherto taken-for-granted procedures are brought into question . |
| 27 | In the trade credit sector , Infolink 's customer base has grown , as many companies — which may not have used credit information when times were good — have become far more careful about offering credit to customers or suppliers . |
| 28 | We often get enquiries from companies which may not have resources to sponsor a tournament , but are anxious to become involved with women 's golf , so we suggest a player sponsorship . |
| 29 | An anonymous memorandum sent to Rome just after his death accused him of storing up great wealth and even of having profited from the neglect of the episcopal estates , accusations which can not be substantiated but which may not have been complete fabrications . |
| 30 | And we should perhaps add to this list of discourses the critical one which organises an anecdote , which may not have taken place at all , to re-iterate a point about Shakespeare and power . |