Example sentences of "may [not/n't] be [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you meet people from other countries , they understand what you mean if you say to do the legal thing , or the just thing , or the right thing , in certain ways , but it seems to me to be a slightly soggy , but nevertheless very important , British concept of doing the decent thing , which may be just , may be legal , may not be either of those two , but the British man has a very clear sense of what it entails . |
| 2 | A lot of them send stuff that might be the greatest thing they 've ever produced , but looked at objectively it may not be up to much . |
| 3 | It may not be strictly within my remit , but I am fascinated by the amount of space that is being lavished , particularly by the Sunday Times , on the new list of ‘ The Best of Young British Novelists ’ . |
| 4 | Meantime according to the new ClieNT Server News , Microsoft 's 24 OEM hardware suppliers have been told to expect client and server Windows NT products from June 15 , though other insiders say the server software may not be around until later in July . |
| 5 | Microsoft 's 24 OEM hardware suppliers have been told to expect client and server Windows NT products from June 15th , though other insiders say the server software may not be around until later in July . |
| 6 | However , the worst may not be over for the embattled Chancellor . |
| 7 | The change has been a major exercise , and while the civil war may not be over in the eyes of the excise collectors , the next issue of Guinness Today will carry the story of the people behind the massive change to End Product Duty . |
| 8 | Preparing yourself for a visit to an elderly parent who may not be exactly on your list of favourite people is quite another matter . |
| 9 | The consequence of this is that the records may not be physically in sequence after a control interval split , although they will be handled in sequence by the indexes . |
| 10 | This may not be out of unwillingness but rather ignorance on the part of parents : they do not know how to go about encouraging such skills . |
| 11 | The reason is obvious to you but may not be so to them at all . |
| 12 | They may not be so for much longer . |
| 13 | The survey figures also suggest very clearly that the lack of really severe cold in any winter since has enabled many resident birds to maintain increased populations in woodland , although this may not be so in other habitats . |
| 14 | Similar diagrams to show the periods of flourishing of various natural groups were used by Richard Owen , Darwin 's chief adversary in England ; illustrations which look Darwinian may not be so in fact , but merely indicate that contemporaries were all wrestling with similar problems , and were sharing a good many assumptions . |
| 15 | It may not be there for long |
| 16 | In addition to their normal teaching duties , many college teachers will teach evening-class students , which means they may not be back at college until late the following day . |
| 17 | ‘ Lovey , he may not be back till eleven ! |
| 18 | A reliable little bird tells this column that Frank may not be long for this world either . |
| 19 | The benediction may not be long in coming . |
| 20 | Tony Levens , former investment editor of The Sunday Times , offers sellers of government privatisations through licensed dealers generally the following warning : " It may not be long before one of their sales people is on the phone to you with a very persuasive line , badgering you to buy high risk shares of a very doubtful quality " |
| 21 | £82 may not be much to a Cabinet Minister , but it is a fortune to many of our clients . |
| 22 | Now Mr. Duggan may well have video evidence of Welsh dirty play in the past and also the statements of Will Carling , the England captain , may not be quite to his liking , but please gentlemen , come on ! |
| 23 | The colour may not be quite to their liking but they may be very hungry for example . |
| 24 | His yorker may not be quite in the same league as the Waqar Younis toe-cruncher but , again because of his height , batsmen often fail to pick the length until too late and , with the inswing , the sight of middle and leg stumps splayed is not uncommon . |
| 25 | Even such richness may not be enough for a theoretician . |
| 26 | But it may not be enough for clubs with their own tours . |
| 27 | However , this event may not be enough for full induction of AP genes . |
| 28 | Moreover , it may not be enough for an employer to say " I 'm a wine merchant and my ex-employee is now working as a wine merchant and so I am entitled to enforce an express restriction " . |
| 29 | Motivation may not be enough by itself . |
| 30 | WOSE MAY NOT BE FAR BEHIND COSE |