Example sentences of "[noun sg] may [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A subpoena may not be issued where the proposed witness is out of the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | Ingleston ( 1986 ) , discussing an updated surgical dressings technique , declares that masks are not needed , while Ayton ( 1985 ) questions the use of masks even in theatre and says , ‘ if there is good ventilation , the levels of airborne contamination may not be altered whether masks are used or not ’ . ] |
| 3 | It may be true that ‘ an uncompromised normal fetus may not be harmed by intense maternal exercise in the first and second trimesters ’ . |
| 4 | This is , of course , no indication that strenuous aerobic exercise during pregnancy is not harmful , but an uncompromised normal fetus may not be harmed by intense maternal exercise in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy . |
| 5 | The transfer may become null and void , as here , or the certificate may not be renewed , as in Miller , but nothing that can happen to the transfer or transferee will ever revive the right of a man who , ex hypothesi , has removed or yielded up possession of the premises to which the certificate relates . " |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | For instance , if an employer moves to premises only a short distance from the old ones , the contract may not be breached . |
| 8 | However , even if the covenantee would not have entered the agreement without the covenant , the contract may not be invalidated as a whole if there is consideration independent of the covenant : see Vancouver Malt & Sake Brewing Co Ltd v Vancouver Breweries Ltd [ 1934 ] AC 181 and Amoco Australia Pty Ltd v Rocca Bros Motor Engineering Co Pty Ltd [ 1975 ] AC 561 . |
| 9 | Since clerics had been essentially servants of the Crown rather than of the Church , the change may not be thought to have made much difference . |
| 10 | Although the substance of a decision may not be altered materially , it may be trimmed with the timing of its announcement , or the explanations offered , being geared to the anticipated reception by populist opinion , especially as evidenced by the press . |
| 11 | Given the legal complexities and the likelihood of an appeal to the High Court , his decision may not be announced this year . |
| 12 | He may be not qualified for a number of reasons , including that in the above paragraph , save that if a returning officer has decided that the nomination is valid , that decision may not be questioned ( 1983 Act , sch.1 , para.12(5) , ( 6 ) ) . |
| 13 | Solicitors are not permitted to enter into an agreement with their clients that purports to exclude their liability for professional misconduct ( which extends to professional negligence ) though subject to the following rules liability can be limited by contract : ( 1 ) liability may not be limited below the minimum level of cover afforded under the Indemnity Fund ; ( 2 ) liability can not be limited at all for fraud or reckless disregard of professional obligations ; ( 3 ) s60(5) of the Solicitors Act avoids any provision in a contentious business agreement purporting to exclude the liability of a solicitor for negligence or to relieve him of his professional responsibilities ; ( 4 ) ss2(2) and 11(4) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 will apply to agreements between solicitors and their clients to ensure that limited liability provisions which do not fall foul of any other rule comply with the essential requirement of reasonableness . |
| 14 | The stallion 's anxiety interferes with its natural instinct : it can not manage the choreography and mechanics of the situation , its performance is poor , and the mare may not be served properly — or sometimes not at all . |
| 15 | The most common ranking is E-3 which means ‘ some protection against event risk : protection may not be provided against some anticipated events , or the effectiveness of protective provisions is questionable , or the benefits of protection are modest ’ . |
| 16 | Much more data are collected than it is possible to publish , and access to this additional information is just not possible — indeed its existence may not be known or recorded , with the result that future researchers and revisers have to go through the whole data collection procedure again each time . |
| 17 | Because the generation of a clone library is essentially a random sampling of intervals from the genome , even in libraries of high coverage there is a probability that some parts of the genome may not be cloned . |
| 18 | Strongly held beliefs at the individual level may not be maintained when describing health at the societal level and vice versa . |
| 19 | But if the polls are wrong and it 's a fight to the finish , the verdict may not be known until the West Coast results are in . |
| 20 | Actual violence may not be involved , all that is necessary is for there either to be a breach of the peace or reasonable grounds for suspicion that someone may commit a breach of the peace . |
| 21 | In some cases a term implied by statute may not be excluded by agreement . |
| 22 | Thus the adducts detected in this study may not be derived from bile at all but merely have their binding to DNA increased by bile . |
| 23 | Any rights in respect of your TESSA may not be assigned and those rights may not be used as security for a loan . |
| 24 | Gift Aid may not be used by a donor as a means of writing of a debt or loan owed to him by the charity . |
| 25 | A witness may not be required to answer a question or produce a document which might expose him or a spouse to a criminal charge . |
| 26 | A defence lawyer may not be brought in until a period of " six months has elapsed . |
| 27 | It therefore seems that if a person who signs a document is mistaken as to its effect as a result of the words or conduct of the other party , the signer may not be bound by its terms . |
| 28 | Some passages in Moscovici 's writings suggest that , although present popular consciousness may not be composed entirely of social representations , it is moving towards an objectified character . |
| 29 | The rules appear to assume that a higher level of disclosure should be made to private customers , but unless the common law rules are altered by reference to the entirety of the rules and the assumptions in them rather than to a specific rule , this result may not be achieved . |
| 30 | An almost universal feature of determination is that it involves subtle chemical changes , almost certainly turning on or off genes , and the overt result may not be seen for many hours . |