Example sentences of "[ex0] may [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may not be much they can do , but what else is there going for you now ? ’ |
| 2 | In fact , the rudder power of most gliders is very poor in relation to the huge inertia of the heavy , long-span wings , and there may not be any visible effect when opposite rudder is applied in an incipient spin . |
| 3 | Remember , if a PIW links with a previous PIW there may not be any waiting days left to serve because waiting days are served only once in a PIW . |
| 4 | You may need to make an advance payment ( the difference between the total cost of the three year hire for the vehicle selected and the amount of finance available from mobility supplement ) , but for smaller cars there may not be anything to pay . |
| 5 | And , while there may not be a lot of muck any more , there is still plenty of brass . |
| 6 | But even some admirers were puzzled by the aggressively public way he has pursued it , the more so since he has been careful to acknowledge that there may not be enough rebels to defeat the Government 's legislation with — ‘ a sad day for me ’ — Labour 's help . |
| 7 | Because the porpoise is such a slow breeder , there may not be enough individuals left to guarantee the survival of the species . |
| 8 | But the fact that we can perceive no connection does not , for Locke , mean that there may not be one there . |
| 9 | On the other hand , if the industrial use generates low profits , there may not be enough money to maintain the building . |
| 10 | In a proportion of cases the first site of infection is the cervix , when there may not be any local pain . |
| 11 | Although there may not be any benefit on mortality from very good diabetic control immediately following myocardial infarction , it is clearly undesirable to have uncontrolled diabetes at this time . |
| 12 | The second possibility is that there may not be the clear difference between fiction and non-fiction for the young reader that then appears to be for the adult . |
| 13 | There may not be a legal duty but what about a moral one ? |
| 14 | Do not forget that you live alone and there may not be anyone there to pick you up or ring for the doctor if you break a leg or a hip . |
| 15 | But there may not be any tax to pay on it if the pension comes from a former employer of hers , and if she has a National Insurance retirement pension from her own contributions the special ‘ wife 's earned income allowance ’ will be due . |
| 16 | There may not be obvious hits — and his two stabs at the dance floor , ‘ Groovature ’ and ‘ Feels Like The Richter Groove ’ may be a little too self-conscious — but the subtlety and power of the first single ‘ Baby ’ and its follow-up ‘ Colours Will Come ’ are in turns enchanting and evocative . |
| 17 | ‘ I want £750,000 , but there may not be enough money in the fight to give you your million . ’ |
| 18 | The primary remedy is always to sell , but in the current climate , there may not be a market . |
| 19 | There may not be any suitable places to use , or your attackers may all be equally fit and able to stick together while they chase you . |
| 20 | But yesterday 's new blueprint came coupled with a chilling warning that there may not be enough teachers left to carry out the Government 's new wishes . |
| 21 | ‘ There are two things we have to discuss and there may not be much time or another opportunity . |
| 22 | Although there may not be terrible penalties for taking a cautious approach to new and untested technology , it would be imprudent to make excessive investments in the hardware and software that is now offered by IBM and its ilk . |
| 23 | Firstly there may not be time or it may not be physically possible to suddenly introduce a high level operator , for example we can not put a different pilot on the flight deck when an aircraft gets into trouble . |
| 24 | The attitudinist now asks us to consider whether there may not be sentences which express , in the sense of ‘ express ’ in which factual statements express beliefs , something other than beliefs . |
| 25 | There may not be many opportunities to aviate in winter , but those that do appear can provide the best flying of the year — light winds , excellent power and density altitude conditions and a razor sharp horizon . |
| 26 | But it does not follow that there may not be a difference in the procedures which are appropriate on the one hand in requiring the driver to provide a specimen of blood or urine under section 7(4) where it is obligatory for him to do so because one of the circumstances specified in section 7(3) has arisen , and on the other hand in informing the driver of his right under section 8(2) to claim that the specimen of breath which he has given containing the lower proportion of alcohol should be replaced by a specimen of blood or urine under section 7(4) . |
| 27 | This is a point on the lawn where there may not be any starling . |
| 28 | And there may not be any magical answers out there . ’ |
| 29 | What does frighten me is that there may not be sufficient time left to me to do as you suggest . |
| 30 | Therefore there may not be as much agreement on this point in economic evaluations carried out in the future . |