Example sentences of "[coord] [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It depends on matters such as physical attributes and abilities of individuals , their monetary resources , the availability of mechanized means of transport and the appropriate infrastructure ; but it does not depend on the opportunities that may or may not present themselves as a result of moving : accessibility alone incorporates this feature ( Moseley 1979a ) . |
| 2 | There are lesser seas which must also be included , in particular the fifteen around the islands of the East Indian archipelago : the Sulu , Celebes and Molucca Seas , the Gulf of Tomini , the Halmahera , Ceram , Banda , Arafura ( which may or may not contain the Gulf of Carpentaria , depending on which atlas is used ) , Timor and Flores Seas , the Gulf of Boni , the Bali Sea , the Makassar Strait , the Java and Savu Seas ; and there is the Gulf of Thailand , the Strait of Malacca , the Singapore Strait and the Inland Sea of Japan . |
| 3 | Although first found as a product of the endothelium , endothelin-immunoreactivity has been detected in a range of other cell types and tissues , which may or may not contain similar processing enzymes . |
| 4 | Leaving aside for the moment differences in personal qualities and skills , which may or may not vary with the curriculum , it would seem that graduates who can offer both expertise and ability are in the strongest employment position , those who offer either one or the other may also find a job niche , but that those who offer neither are worst off . |
| 5 | The sufferer from alcoholism may or may not hide bottles but will very rarely run out of stock altogether " because you never know when you might need to entertain someone " — All sufferers from Chemical Dependency will tend to spend scarce money on alcohol or drugs rather than on food , clothing , housing or on unpaid bills . |
| 6 | Seekers after Alpine charm may or may not be content with the neo-Tyrolean style of Vail ; they may or may not adapt to the Wild West clapboard houses of resuscitated mining towns such as Breckenridge . |
| 7 | A Broadcasting Standards Council , to determine what the British people may or may not watch , will be run , under Lord Rees-Mogg , by a bishop , a headmaster , a psychologist , an educationalist , a retired Labour MP and a former television newsreader . |
| 8 | It may or may not go on to say " produced in conjunction with brand X or company Y " . |
| 9 | ‘ You have just told me what patients with heart disease may or may not do . |
| 10 | E. M. WELLINGS objects to the inconsistencies over what a bowler may or may not do to the ball |
| 11 | So you ca n't really take for granted can you that erm he may or may not do anything . |
| 12 | Those may or may not lead to training or jobs but once a person registers for an interview they are taken off the jobless total . |
| 13 | Monotype said yesterday it had received an approach ‘ which may or may not lead to an offer ’ from Mirror Group Newspapers . |
| 14 | Bad driving may or may not lead to an accident , depending on the chance conjunction of other factors and other people 's behaviour . |
| 15 | These impairments may or may not lead to functional disability , resulting in a handicap . |
| 16 | A " slip " , a temporary recourse to the mood-altering substance or behaviour , may or may not lead on to a full-scale relapse . |
| 17 | The Business is constantly engaged in negotiations which may or may not lead to a contract . |
| 18 | The feeling is , rather , that a certain genetic vulnerability is inherited which may or may not lead to schizophrenia . |
| 19 | There is no requirement to name the potential offeror , and the announcement may simply be that the talks may or may not lead to an offer being made . |
| 20 | ( c ) following an approach to the board of the target company , which may or may not lead to an offer , the primary responsibility lies with the board of the target , which must accordingly keep a close watch on its share price . |
| 21 | Readers should note that a warning announcement ( which may be an announcement that the target is having talks which may or may not lead to an offer ) or a temporary suspension of listing ( pending clarification of the position ) may be required . |
| 22 | When compliance is not taken for granted , to is used in order to " futurize " the infinitive event 's actualization , i.e. to evoke it as something which the person receiving the request may or may not decide to do . |
| 23 | Today , with an irresistible single behind them , OCS may or may not stand on the threshold of a wonderfully fresh new scene : they have successfully meshed the musical phenomenon of the past couple of years with a sound of their heroes , The Beatles and the Stones . |
| 24 | Vibrascapers are naturalistic plants in bright colours — blue , pink , fluorescent green , that may or may not reflect their natural colours . |
| 25 | Now he may or may not confirm it , so it 's , it 's very much in its inf , infant stages . |
| 26 | Each college of education has its own particular theory and philosophy of education and may or may not influence the trainee teacher . |
| 27 | Whatever sympathy one might feel for the restaurateur in the present case ( or for any other defendant who might suffer economic loss , social ostracism , shame or intimidation as a result of publication of details pending charges which may or may not result in his conviction ) nothing in the present case comes close to satisfying Lord Diplock 's test . |
| 28 | It may or may not result in the board of the offeror company retaining control , depending on the voting rights they control and the support they get from the enlarged body of shareholders . |
| 29 | According to FSP scholars , restrictions on word order in various languages result in a linear arrangement that may or may not coincide with the interpretative arrangement of an utterance . |
| 30 | Those who are not eligible to claim benefits , therefore , may or may not register — in either event , they will not now be counted as being officially unemployed . |