Example sentences of "may no " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The refusal to talk , believed to have been decided in a meeting of the Politburo , contributed to renewed speculation here that Mr Honecker may no longer be in full control .
2 But many commentators believe that there are points of common interest between the government , the traffickers and the traditional ruling class , and that Mr Barco , a lame-duck president in the closing months of his administration , may no longer have the power within his own party to sustain his offensive .
3 A lot of worthy efforts , from a Tory viewpoint , but creating more controversy than popular support : in a political context which may no longer fail to penalise such cavalier indifference to the priorities of the masses .
4 From next season an attacking player who is in line with the last defender when the ball is played up to him may no longer be offside .
5 Points for winning a critical match in the European League may no longer be the same as for victories in a three-star tournament ; defeats may be taken into account as well as victories ; and victories in the European Club Cup should also be included .
6 Michael Joseph does include a note , tucked away in small type , stating that , ‘ since footpaths , cairns and other waymarks described here may no longer be accurate , walkers are advised to check with an up-to-date Ordnance Survey map when planning a walk ’ .
7 An Observer sale would not make much of a dent but it would staunch losses Lonrho may no longer want to suffer .
8 Howell has taken up a job in Aberdeen and feels he may no longer be able to spare the time to travel back to Edinburgh each weekend .
9 Currently this may seem unacceptable as well as unlikely , but may no longer be so if Israel itself experiences military and economic recession .
10 To help ensure diving community safety , PADI now publish the names of PADI divemasters , assistant instructors and instructors who have been suspended or expelled from PADI , and therefore may no longer teach PADI courses or issue PADI certifications .
11 Husband and wife may no longer find each other exciting — and are n't bothering to do anything constructive about it .
12 On the other hand , he may no longer be capable of doing what he did before , although he could still cope with other kinds of work .
13 Although the guest may no longer be there — gone home — his name remains on the board so that the orderly upward progression might continue , thus ensuring fair distribution of fishing .
14 Equally , women like Susannah and Andrea have chosen to continue their work in the grant-aided sector but at some point that option may no longer remain open to them .
15 From just £6.95 a month the Sun Alliance Personal Accident Plan gives you the reassurance of large cash payments at a most difficult time — when you may no longer be able to earn a living yourself .
16 They may no longer have children to provide for .
17 Preservation of the status symbol for the instructor ( who may feel that he may no longer be of service if the ultimate user becomes fully proficient in the handling of the system ) .
18 After retirement these expectations may no longer even be relevant , yet habits die hard and probably patterns of caring have already been established which will go on exerting an influence even though there is no longer any need .
19 That may no longer be true .
20 Clothes that suit teenagers may no longer suit the forty-five-year-old , but she , in turn , is able to carry off fashions that youngsters would not have the poise or elegance to wear .
21 In many respects it may no longer fulfil a useful function and those parts of the job that are still useful could be distributed among existing staff .
22 We may no longer need to raise money to build hospitals , but money is certainly needed to support and build hospices for the terminally ill and for those areas of health care that the hard-pressed resources of the National Health Service do not reach .
23 People who were housegroup leaders may no longer have a group to lead .
24 It is never difficult to think of suitable gifts to take to elderly people who live alone , but apart from the obvious ones it is worth remembering that things like home-made cakes , biscuits , jam or marmalade which they may no longer bother to make for themselves are particularly appreciated .
25 The delicious and time-consuming dishes and sauces they used to make may no longer be possible for them , for many reasons , so there should be no hesitation in trying to interest them in some of the tinned and packet products which may be just as good for them if fresh milk has to be added .
26 Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome .
27 In a few years ' time , it may no longer be meaningful to do so , though it 's a safe bet that the spreadsheet will always be with us as a presentation style .
28 It is further argued that , in the case of those who are mentally frail , they may no longer be capable of exercising informal consent or its converse — refusal ; and that resistance to leaving their own home may sometimes be as much about fear of the unknown as love of the familiar .
29 Alternatively , the leader may no longer feel confident to continue in the situation of effectively soloing and require belays from his seconds to tackle more difficult sections .
30 Housing experts fear lenders may no longer be able to be flexible — and have to repossess as the slump in the housing market worsens .
  Next page