Example sentences of "may [not/n't] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some mannerisms may not be of great use to the interviewer in assessing your character but they may work against you by being irritating . |
| 2 | This can be difficult to organize and may not be of great use to the teacher either in planning lessons or in providing feedback for diagnostic purposes . |
| 3 | On some occasions it may not be of great importance to the patient 's health whether he is treated at that time or perhaps at all . |
| 4 | Although the issue may not be of great interest in urban areas , it is important in rural areas , and I wonder whether the Bill will tackle the problem of road widths and the width of vehicles travelling down narrow country lanes . |
| 5 | In the student example , the fact that the person is female may not be of great significance and therefore there could be an attribute ‘ sex ’ of the person entity . |
| 6 | Naturally we lose some points at the beginning and end ( four in this case ) but this may not be of great importance in a long series . |
| 7 | Extensive microbiological evaluation obviously increases the number of abnormalities detected ; however , these may or may not be of pathogenic relevance as also indicated by the persistence of symptoms after eradication of several infective agents reported by others . |
| 8 | The situation in which a sexual problem is " masked " by a non-sexual presenting problem which may or may not be of true significance is not uncommon . |
| 9 | If , however , we are talking about the number two or number three in a particular market , they may not be of sufficient size to achieve these objectives . |
| 10 | I think , I may not be in perfect shape , but I ai n't gon na run away from you . |
| 11 | It is our dawning awareness that peat may not be in endless supply , and the prevalent fashion to be ‘ green ’ that have opened the way to alternatives . |
| 12 | This provision has caused a great deal of controversy since different countries have classified certain jobs as public functions , which they may not be in other countries , and this domestic classification has been used as a bar to foreign nationals applying for those jobs . |
| 13 | And father we pray that our hope may not be in vain but may lead us to sharing again in your kingdom . |
| 14 | Yet an evaluation seems so often to be understood more as a sort of independent commission of enquiry undertaken at a fairly late stage in the life of a programme or project by ‘ experts ’ from outside whose findings may or may not be in straightforward language . |