Example sentences of "and may [not/n't] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , I think that the influence of Matisse is something which is far more elusive and may not yet have been expressed in painting . |
| 2 | The relevant constitutive treaty may be bilateral and may not even satisfy the criteria for a dispositive treaty . |
| 3 | Some of those universities who do demand a dissertation may not deposit copies with the British Library , and may not even have a copy available for inter-library loan . |
| 4 | Probably in this case ( as in many others ) the parties and their lawyers were not familiar with the distinction and were just confused , and may not even have realised that there is a distinction . |
| 5 | Psychologists and philosophers unfamiliar with AI typically underestimate the procedural-representational complexity of human and animal minds , and may not even realize that there are unsolved computational problems related to everyday psychological descriptions . |
| 6 | You could partition off part of the tank for the other fish but this would detract from the overall appearance and may not necessarily work . |
| 7 | The absence of tools , particularly from graves , may actually point more to the decisions which lie behind the choice of grave-goods to be interred with the dead ; tools have a very high use-value and may not therefore have been disposed of in this manner . |