Example sentences of "may [not/n't] be [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , as noted previously , a market situation may not be conducive to economic efficiency , but the conduct of the firms that make up the market may be ‘ innocent ’ . |
| 2 | It should be noted that an organizational type unrepresented so far is the reputedly widespread model whereby there is informal specialization by client group through weighted caseloads ( which may or may not be similar to the model exemplified by Team C ) ; and that it may not be easy to find many examples of the Team A type . |
| 3 | While this letter may not be similar to certain ones you 've had recently , I must say that the Morrissey saga has been somewhat overplayed , do n't you think ? |
| 4 | By this interpretation , the problem that appears as subject mismatch may not be due to too little specialism , but to too much . |
| 5 | Finally , none of the elemental concentrations in healthy subjects were different from those in the group with peptic ulcer disease , so the effect of zinc supplementation , which facilitates the healing of gastric ulcers , may not be due to the correction of cellular depletion , but rather a luminal or pharmacological effect . |
| 6 | which were and still are a display of dances that may or may not be applicable to the plot . |
| 7 | it may not be applicable to all contaminated aquifers , in that low permeability or highly sorptive soils may prevent full dispersion of the microorganisms through the aquifer ; |
| 8 | In general , however , the authors of the article point out that this type of method may not be applicable to other caves as many paintings of this type contain little if any datable pigment . |
| 9 | You may not agree with all she says and certainly many things may not be applicable to you — but — she sets you thinking in a refreshing way . |
| 10 | While perception of objects may not be prior to those mental apparati which absorb them ( a version of the Kantian categories ) , it does act as a firm physical constraint upon them . |
| 11 | The major inhibitions to this process are a natural reserve , the fact that people may not be used to being open about their feelings , a lack of trust caused by limited understanding and , finally , reserve brought about by the relative status of team members , personality and gender issues and a lack of training . |
| 12 | They may not be used to telling you so honestly about how you behave , so take it slowly to begin with . |
| 13 | The organisation may not be used to changes : both with regard to the roles of personnel and the technology used . |
| 14 | We are not suggesting that the tasks and skills children with severe learning difficulties are taught in schools under the new orthodoxy are of no value , or that they may not be useful to the children , either now or in later life . |
| 15 | Each item of data on its own may not be useful to the police officer studying the data . |
| 16 | The deposits may not be economic to mine now , though they could be either if the world recession lifts and demand grows , or if supplies from elsewhere are cut short . |
| 17 | The forward rate may not be equal to the expected future spot rate . |
| 18 | As to the application of legal procedures deriving from Napoleonic law , it is perhaps worth considering that arrangements formulated in the days of the horse and cart may not be appropriate to a supersonic age . |
| 19 | This expertise , based on past practice , may not be appropriate to new solutions . |
| 20 | I have great sympathy with the premise on which the hon. Gentleman bases his question , but such matters are best determined by individual employers and their work forces and not by the imposition of general blanket rules that may not be appropriate to individual countries or companies . |
| 21 | The Panel accepts that the provisions of the City Code may not be appropriate to all such private companies and will , therefore , apply the City Code with a degree of flexibility in suitable cases . |
| 22 | This involves responsible self-knowledge ; not a striving after a spirituality which may not be appropriate to one 's particular capacity , but a creative inner process . |
| 23 | Even so , the Panel recognises that the Code may not be appropriate to such companies in every circumstance and is willing to grant dispensations in suitable cases . |
| 24 | The siting of the Gardener may not be appropriate to that . |
| 25 | An expert pharmacologist may not be subject to the authority of the government in matters of the safety of drugs , an inhabitant of a little village by a river may not be subject to its authority in matters of navigation and conservation of the river by the banks of which he has spent all his life . |
| 26 | An expert pharmacologist may not be subject to the authority of the government in matters of the safety of drugs , an inhabitant of a little village by a river may not be subject to its authority in matters of navigation and conservation of the river by the banks of which he has spent all his life . |
| 27 | Such roads may or may not be subject to a public right of way or rights of way to specific landowners . |
| 28 | He agreed with that proposition and stated : The reason is that the third party recipient may be subject to some additional and conflicting duty which does not affect the primary confidant or may not be subject to some special duty which does effect that confidant . |
| 29 | It may not be possible to adequately define ‘ damage ’ to the environment , or even to detect it , when the environmental impact of a genetically engineered bacterium may be as undramatic as replacing a naturally occurring species of bacterium . |
| 30 | It may not be possible to phase |