Example sentences of "may [adv] [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a politician , Alan Keen may not yet be in the Premier League but he thinks the Boro will be next season . |
| 2 | A European political union is perhaps in the making but it is doubtful whether a European political union would act as a superpower — the task of co-ordinating military efforts , of ‘ speaking with a single voice ’ , may not even be worth attempting . |
| 3 | The narrator may not wholly be in jest when he refers to sexual intercourse with a certain girl , 17 or thereabouts , as ‘ the ultimate indecorum ’ , and rereaders of the novel are likely to be mindful of the survival here of an old England lived in by people like the middle-aged T. S. Eliot , exponents of a disgusted chastity . |
| 4 | Some programmes are made up of a straight interview , but your spokesman , may not actually be in the same studio as the interviewer . |
| 5 | It may not necessarily be in the gearbox it could be a universal joint seized , a wheel bearing or many other items . |
| 6 | ‘ Otherwise he is keeping in touch and working on his Ministerial papers — although he may not necessarily be in town . ’ |
| 7 | It has n't passed on a penny to the landlord … and his tenancy agreement may not now be worth the paper it 's written on |
| 8 | These conditions may not only be for the vendor 's own benefit , but for his ’ successors in title ’ . |
| 9 | This may not always be on a personal level — it could be in your work when you make an inner stand refusing to accept what is dished out to you by shutting that inner door . |
| 10 | This is because the law accepts that it may not always be in the best interests of a patient to receive further invasive , or aggressive , treatment . |
| 11 | This may not always be in the best interests of the company but as , on the whole , the Press acts in this area with reasonable restraint , it generally is in the best interests of investors and the public . |
| 12 | I would need to revise my knowledge of patient/client confidentiality so that I may not inadvertently be in breach of proper professional conduct . |
| 13 | This tension between political practice and the established constitutional theory suggests that the constitution may once again be in crisis and liable to change , but we will not be dealing with those questions until Chapter 4 . |
| 14 | DGX is aiming at increasing its current budget of ECU95 million by about 30% , but after negotiations with member states it may well only be in the region of 15% . |
| 15 | Preservation of the status symbol for the instructor ( who may feel that he may no longer be of service if the ultimate user becomes fully proficient in the handling of the system ) . |
| 16 | Enzo Ferrari may no longer be with us but the name and legend will live on . |
| 17 | The refusal to talk , believed to have been decided in a meeting of the Politburo , contributed to renewed speculation here that Mr Honecker may no longer be in full control . |
| 18 | The origins of deviant groups will clearly have a distinct socio-historical context , and analysis of such a context may very well be of considerable explanatory value . |