Example sentences of "may [not/n't] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus freshwater shells and aquatic plants may not give true radiocarbon ages ( see also fig. 7.2 ) . |
| 2 | But changes in its relative abundance may not give an entirely accurate picture of population trends for any species , so the number of contacts per hour of counting for each species is added as an individual measure of abundance . |
| 3 | Although many Homes may not give you an induction pack , you could start to make up one of your own . |
| 4 | If you use it to compare the alcohol contents of a wine and a beer , remember that you 'll probably drink more beer than wine so the % alcohol figures may not give an indication of the amount of alcohol you are really drinking . |
| 5 | Task allocation also means that nurses become very familiar with doing particular procedures , even though they may not give much thought to why they are doing something . |
| 6 | If you use an equaliser during your video editing sessions , carefully check the effect of each adjustment as you go , by monitoring the sound over a loudspeaker ( headphones may not give a true impression of how the tone corrections will sound when played back in the normal way ) . |
| 7 | Although ED 65 does not give detailed guidance on the circumstances in which it is considered that the measure of comprehensive income is incomplete , the discussion paper on ED 65 acknowledges that , under the modified historical cost system , the proposed SCFW may not give a complete reflection of the real change in financial wealth . |
| 8 | York winner Sabre Rattler will be backed for the big two-year-old race , but may not give the weight to Urry Urry Urry ( 3.00 ) . |
| 9 | The two are said to be doubtful about Sun 's ability to deliver the code on time and they suspect the company may not give their systems priority over its own . |
| 10 | Friends who are very dissimilar may not give the same thing to each other , but what each gives can sometimes be even richer for this : it can make up for the other 's deficits . |
| 11 | And it has been well established that some animals , such as pigs , are capable of completely consuming animal bones , along with other kitchen waste , so that even the sample of animal bones from a site may not give a true picture of diet . |
| 12 | What with the cacophony of sounds assailing us from all sides and the crowd of shoppers jostling and pressing between and around us , this reply may not give him a very clear indication of where I am standing . |
| 13 | However this may not give a learner as much help as they can get from seeing the actions , people , objects and settings location footage will contain . |
| 14 | However of course you may not give your permission , for your words of you know , I could n't find the doors |
| 15 | He qualifies advocacy of leading indicators by saying that they may duplicate each other ( market share and sales , for instance ) or may not give additional lead time over conventional measures ( he cites bookings as an indicator of sales ) or do not yield reliable measures . |
| 16 | That said , a week or less , may not give the pursuer all that long to consider his options and leaves the defender with little time for manoeuvre in the event that the Tender is refused . |
| 17 | Members can present petitions at the close of business of the House each day , but in future should we disregard them because people have merely put their signatures to something which , according to the Minister , they may not give a damn about ? |
| 18 | The degree of emphasis given in each religion may vary considerably — some may not give it the prominence which another does . |
| 19 | And it it really is covered by the passages in erm erm , just , I just reiterate that that that expressly referring your Lordship to it , professional duty except in so far as it may be necessary to elucidate the rules that that was at page eight hundred and forty one at the bottom and it goes over the page to eight four two and then proceeds to general proposition to those two experts ordinary witness may not may not give their opinions towards matters legal or moral obligation . |
| 20 | The second point is that the staff and the community , with the support of the Labour group and now the Democrats , have finally got a compromise solution which may not give them everything but again gives them what is achievable within the political complexion of this council and they must now accept that there is an onus upon them to make it work and thirdly we have got to make sure that the staffing arrangements that are referred to in here and I quote there there 'd be posts for each centre who will be expected to add each with staff teams to coordinate the delivery of services by the two centres . |
| 21 | Now erm on the other hand , the experience of being abused may not give one a very strong sense of one 's own survival . |