Example sentences of "or may [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The obese diabetic ( Ideal body weight > 120 per cent : Metropolitan Life Insurance Company , 1959 ) must be encouraged to lose weight as this has been found to have a blood-pressure-lowering effect which may or may not be related to concomitant reduction of dietary sodium ( Reisin et al , 1978 ; Tuck et al , 1981 ; Fagerberg et al , 1984 ) . |
| 2 | The Student Advisory and Counselling Service provides help for students with personal problems which may or may not be related to study . |
| 3 | The Student Advisory and Counselling Service provides help for students with personal problems , which may or may not be related to study . |
| 4 | In all four clustered contractions were reported , which may or may not be related to swallowing , which may be peristaltic in nature , or which develop simultaneously at different levels of the oesophagus . |
| 5 | In all the above cases , the trustee removed from office may or may not be given his release . |
| 6 | In the meantime , the task for the teacher or therapist is to examine all aspects of the child 's language , using whatever devices are available , with the objective of generating an assessment which reflects both strengths and weaknesses in the three areas , and indicates the extent to which difficulties identified in each of these areas may or may not be interrelated . |
| 7 | A goal may or may not be scored ; the abbot may or may not admit the refugee from justice . |
| 8 | If a relatively simple redesign of an existing product is to be carried out it will start in the appropriate box , for example that labelled design and development , and that labelled prototype/testing may or may not be invoked , depending on the confidence level that the task can be successfully carried out . |
| 9 | It exists in discrete pockets , is shared among the ‘ locals ’ there , and may or may not be noticed , appreciated or acknowledged by those outside the locale . |
| 10 | Every good game defines the parameters of what may or may not be seen as a legitimate action . |
| 11 | It is of course true that the work they carried out may or may not be done by a small part of some other organization but this in itself is a startling example of fragility . |
| 12 | Generally unschooled in the scientific method , judges have the legal duty of deciding what may or may not be presented to a jury . |
| 13 | As the report itself makes clear , ‘ statistical comparisons serve as a pointer only to possible differences in service efficiency which may or may not be borne out by further investigations ’ . |
| 14 | The 5000-word critical analysis , which may or may not be supported by graphical evidence , has also been criticised as being a test more of the candidate 's authorship than of his professional ability , and an exercise more easily tackled by the ex-full-time student than by the part-time candidate . |
| 15 | After the handing over of the baby contact may or may not be maintained . |
| 16 | As has already been described ( Chapter 4 ) , matter is composed of particles which may or may not be charged . |
| 17 | The selected portion is aligned with the least-significant portion of the other operand ( held in a processor register ) , and sign extension may or may not be applied ( depending on the size of the portion and the value in the selection field ) . |
| 18 | Your child may or may not be tested depending on whether he or she is part of a group progressing from one stage to another . |
| 19 | Cruelty often has a hidden sexual element which may or may not be evinced in the actual nature of the offence . |
| 20 | This may or may not be joined with the rhythmic designs described in the previous section . |
| 21 | We 've got to be able to set out the implications of the decisions , that may or may not be made , and priorities at a given time . |
| 22 | Examination of the behaviour of equilibrium paths in simple models suggests that convergence to a steady state may or may not be assured . |
| 23 | There is the theory of art , and there is aesthetics ; there is writing about artefacts which may or may not be categorised as art , but are in the hands of the archaeologist or the anthropologist ; and there is art appreciation . |
| 24 | According to her , aggression ‘ involves the intention to hurt or emerge superior to others , does not necessarily involve physical injury ( violence ) and may or may not be regarded as being underpinned by different kinds of motives ’ . |
| 25 | Though there seems to be no public law right of consultation , the issue may or may not be regarded as germane , depending on other points of law in the case . |
| 26 | Notes can be made at this stage and possibly some rough diagrams drawn which may or may not be incorporated into the final document . |
| 27 | Consenting to have one 's mail opened by another , to be visited without prior arrangement , and to have another arrange aspects of one 's plans or activities without prior consultation ( e.g. accepting invitations in one 's name ) may or may not be justified by their instrumental value , but in any case they are taken in our culture as expressing the existence of certain attitudes , as in part constituting those attitudes . |
| 28 | In this chapter , we will take a brief look at the variety of grammatical categories which may or may not be expressed in different languages and the way this area of language structure affects decisions in the course of translation . |
| 29 | Non-financial ratios indicate the relationship between quantifiable pieces of information , and may or may not be expressed in percentages . |
| 30 | According to the type of enterprise chosen , certain formalities may or may not have to be carried out , those participating in the finance of the company may or may not be protected by limited liability , and the potential growth and financial resources of the enterprise may also be determined . |