Example sentences of "may [not/n't] look " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the greatest player of her day , Jane Austen wrote only that ‘ We were quite satisfied with Mr. Kean , ’ — which may not look so good splashed across the marquee but which is all many of the experts demand : as far as Miss Austen is concerned , he did n't get in the way of the drama . |
| 2 | Plunging into the midst of a soft US market may not look clever in the short term , particularly since Thames 's own revenue is starting to feel the effects of the slowdown in advertising spending . |
| 3 | Roodepoort Hyperama may not look like the sort of place where white South Africa bares its heart . |
| 4 | The rash in such cases may not look at all like simple uncomplicated scabies . |
| 5 | They may not look ill . |
| 6 | The South American porcupines ( below , left ) may not look as impressive as the great crested species from Africa ( below , right ) but their quills are sharply barbed so that once they have entered a predator 's flesh they can not easily be removed . |
| 7 | He may not look it , but he is a smooth operator . |
| 8 | These Koi may not look much at the time you part with your cash , but then , certain varieties never show their full potential until they are mature . |
| 9 | While they may not look much . |
| 10 | If their receptive fields are illuminated with spectrally pure light , say red , these cells respond vigorously , even though the stimulus may not look particularly red to a human observer . |
| 11 | The rule is firmly established that we may not look at Hansard and in general I agree with it , for reasons which I gave last year in Beswick v. Beswick . |
| 12 | It may not look it now , but I think it will be over the next five years . |
| 13 | It would not be consistent with the obligation for a national court to be subject to a precondition such as a requirement that it may not look behind the text of a national implementing measure unless it is first found to be ambiguous . |
| 14 | Thus , in construing a written agreement the court is entitled to take account of surrounding circumstances ( with reference to which the words of the agreement were used ) and the object appearing from those circumstances that the person had in view ; but the court may not look at the prior negotiations of the parties as an aid to construction of the written contract resulting from those negotiations ( Prenn v Simmonds [ 1971 ] 3 All ER 237 ) . |
| 15 | It may not look like it , but the main basin of Gloucester Docks is a drinking water reservoir for the city of Bristol . |
| 16 | He may not look the fittest man on the field , but he has the biggest heart . |
| 17 | I may not look like one of these stick insects you see in magazines but at least I 'm happy . |
| 18 | ‘ It may not look much but my profits are high . |