Example sentences of "[noun pl] may not be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will even take account of the fact that some relevant objects may not be described as ‘ wooden ’ at all , but as being made of ‘ beech ’ , ‘ mahogany ’ , ‘ deal ’ or the like . |
| 2 | The industry may be run down to 12 or 14 pits , and there may be no interest from the private sector , because long-term contracts may not be negotiated , especially in view of the amount of imported coal . |
| 3 | Such attitudes may not be shared by everyone , but are accepted by most people without question . |
| 4 | Teachers may do project work for reasons more concerned with class management than skill development , and the use of project work as a means of advancing skills may not be exploited . |
| 5 | Deliberately broken clubs may not be replaced . |
| 6 | Ranges in ‘ pure ’ cash and carry 's tend to be limited to fast moving items so specialist products may not be stocked . |
| 7 | THESE BACKGROUND NOTES MAY NOT BE COPIED |
| 8 | Judges of the superior courts may not be sued for anything done or said while acting in their judicial capacity even if they act from some malicious or corrupt motive . |
| 9 | Twenty-five watts may not be regarded as knockout stuff , but as Fender are quick to point out , ‘ Tube watts sound a lot louder than solid state watts . ’ |
| 10 | For example , taxes may not be levied and public money may not be expended without the authority of an Act of Parliament ; an individual may not be deprived of personal liberty without positive legal authority ; private property may not be seized or searched by government except with legal authority . |
| 11 | This misleading term tends to conceal the fact that dolphins are intentionally located , chased , harassed and encircled with a fishing net , from which attempts may not be made to release them . |
| 12 | The field ‘ Simultaneous media copies ’ allows you to specify that Primary and Secondary copies may not be mounted simultaneously . |
| 13 | The parameter ‘ Simultaneous media copies ’ allows the user to specify that Primary and Secondary copies may not be mounted simultaneously . |
| 14 | These values may not be agreed between the political parties and may be subject to emotional fluctuations among the general public . |
| 15 | Independence — solicitors may not be tied agents or appointed representatives of , for example , a life assurance company . |
| 16 | If the body is a small one , the younger hunters may not be given a share . |
| 17 | What can be substituted meaningfully in one of the above groups may not be substituted in the others . |
| 18 | ‘ Set-aside could be a unique opportunity for improving farmland for wild game , but unfortunately the present proposals may not be realising their full potential for gamebirds and other wildlife , ’ he added . |
| 19 | Their political activities may not be perceived as very significant and useful by the bulk of the membership . |
| 20 | Fraud inquiry.Drivers and homeowners may not be insured . |
| 21 | Drexel 's 11,000 ex-employees may not be drawn from the rainbow coalition , but lots of consumers and workers in America have reason to like some of what they did very much . |
| 22 | The Russians may not be coming but their wines certainly are |
| 23 | Draw attention , if necessary , to the fact that words may not be pronounced the way their spelling suggest they will sound . |
| 24 | In cases considered since Roe , the Supreme Court has generally shown more deference to congressional restrictions than to the states ' attempts to overturn Roe , for example it ruled that public funds may not be used for abortions whether therapeutic or non-therapeutic ( Harris v. McRae 1980 ) . |
| 25 | The clever Canaries may not be brimming with university honours but assistant manager John Deehan revealed : ‘ We have got a set of very intelligent players — and it would be naive of myself and the manager not to take their advice . ’ |
| 26 | If the competing investments are similar , say a choice has to be made between proposals for new products in the same product range , the complexity of DCF methods may not be justified . |
| 27 | If the competing investments are similar , say a choice has to be made between proposals for new products in the same product range , the complexity of DCF methods may not be justified . |
| 28 | This approach clearly has the disadvantage that subjects may not be driving in their normal manner , however , the information available to the driver can be accurately recorded on video and it is possible to have them give ratings of both subjective and estimated risk . |
| 29 | It repeated the familiar rules that borders may not be changed unilaterally or by force , that gains made by force should not stand and that national rights should be respected . |
| 30 | You can leave a library without a book , but with information obtained from the Reference Section , from which books may not be withdrawn but only consulted . |