Example sentences of "[pers pn] may [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every Home has its own way of doing things , and yours may not be run exactly along these lines . |
| 2 | It 's just possible Mr Deputy Speaker , it 's just possible I may not be selected for all kinds of reasons but if I was selected it might at least give the people of that lovely part of the world the chance of having the referendum they never had over Maastricht because of the shameful way in which the Labour party was not willing to allow the people to have their say on that vital issue . |
| 3 | I have begun to sense that , despite the touching and the ‘ precious boy ’ , I may not be headed for the Dark where the soft , fat spiders watch and wait . |
| 4 | ‘ I may not be allowed to stay here , ’ the woman said . |
| 5 | What happens on the you may not be employed ? |
| 6 | If you are not disciplined enough to arrive at the agency as though dressed for work you may not be taken on to the books . |
| 7 | For example , you may not be allowed to study , say , economics unless you also take statistics or computing . |
| 8 | The Judge said , " You may not be hanged for your crime , you must be sentenced to seven years to his Majesty 's colonies in Virginia , where your bond will be purchased , and you will work as a purchaser directs for seven years in Virginia . " |
| 9 | You may not be insured for theft or malicious damage by a lodger and usually you can only claim for theft if there has been a forced entry from outside . |
| 10 | She may not be taken out of Scotland without special permission . ’ |
| 11 | Midfielders Jon Gautrey and John Roche are both expected to have recovered from injuries suffered last weekend , although they may not be risked in view of next week 's F.A . |
| 12 | Like the Israelite prophets , they may not be honoured in their own country but they are recognized as belonging . |
| 13 | Large district libraries with bookstocks of between 40,000 to 100,000 volumes should ‘ meet the demands of all those whose main need is for books and information on specific subjects , even though they may not be engaged in formal study ’ , and also ‘ meet the needs of those who wish to select their books from a wide range of cultural or recreational materials of high standard ’ . |
| 14 | Unusual terms may need to be given special prominence , or be highlighted in some way , otherwise they may not be incorporated in the contract ( Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd [ 1988 ] 1 All ER 348 ) . |
| 15 | I think one has to remember that these are people coming from a war-torn area that had been held in either refugee camps or detention centres and they will be traumatised and although they may not be injured , they 've suffered some horror , so they 'll have emotional problems to be dealt with as well . |
| 16 | Reliance on the tenant 's audited accounts for the purpose of calculating turnover may be unwise for the landlord , not because those accounts may be inaccurate but because they may not be settled until well after the end of the rental period in question . |
| 17 | Sometimes better ( > ) for passive motion ; they want to be carried the whole time but even then they may not be quietened for long and will demand to be carried by someone else . |
| 18 | Clients also worry about discussing their troubles in case they may not be allowed treatment . |
| 19 | it would be sacrilege if he gets the vacant No 4 shirt , they may not be allowed to do that anyway . |
| 20 | Er , so that 's okay to an extent , but obviously we 've got an approved list of building societies and banks , which we never used to have , but we 've realized that er since B C C I p particularly and the housing market as bad as it is , there are some building societies and banks who may be in difficulties , and if they go down erm then they may not be taken over . |
| 21 | They may not be used extensively now , but countries could easily turn to halons as a replacement for some CFCs . |
| 22 | They may not be used routinely , but there certainly are circumstances in which they do provide assistance . |
| 23 | The ban takes the form of a circular stating that it is illegal to sell , purchase , import , export or even carry tiger bones or rhino horns and that they may not be used in medicines . |
| 24 | But , molly-coddled by the government for years , they may not be equipped to stand on their own two feet . |
| 25 | The following year he sent to Gronovius in Holland ‘ many curiosities ’ via Collinson , hoping they may not be intercepted by the French and Spaniards , as the year before . |
| 26 | It may not be echoed up on Stanley Hill Top , however , where once mighty Stanley United are chasing promotion from the Wearside League second division . |
| 27 | It may not be charged on similar sales to purchasers outside the EC . |
| 28 | This is not to say that it may not be revised . |
| 29 | If the revised bid is unattractive , it may not be accepted , and since the minimum number of shares stipulated in the offer document will not be acquired , the takeover will not proceed . |
| 30 | It may not be adjusted or working correctly or as it is operated by water temperature , it may be air locked . |