Example sentences of "it may [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the way you lot are going , George , it may n't be that long . |
| 2 | It may not be ready in time , I told her , there 's still a long way to go . |
| 3 | Even with ground handling someone must take charge , but it may not be the pilot . |
| 4 | Above that height an abbreviated circuit should always be possible , although it may not be necessary or desirable in very windy and turbulent conditions . |
| 5 | It may not be … prudent for such information to be then read by other than police personnel . |
| 6 | But it may not be enough according to some industry commentators . |
| 7 | It may not be inclined to withdraw its golden share so the earliest shareholders would be able to capitalise on US interest in Jaguar is 1991 . |
| 8 | It may not be the part nearest the house , though this is where sitting out areas always tend to be made . |
| 9 | It may not be long before her view is upheld . |
| 10 | For an unintelligible speaker to learn to speak intelligibly , it may not be the best training , and certainly it is not the only training , to send him to the pulpit of Boston parish church . |
| 11 | It may not be a popular view , but I would dare to say that prisons are our most important , and also our most deficient , social service . |
| 12 | It may not be a legal partnership , but it ought to be one ethically . |
| 13 | It may not be quite what Siqueiros envisaged , but Gironella 's is an authentically Mexican solution . |
| 14 | It may not be very profound , but it is supremely satisfying . |
| 15 | Today it may not be the right way forward because it 's probably much cheaper to buy a hotel , ’ he said . |
| 16 | It may not be what Ferranti wants to hear . |
| 17 | It may not be what Ferranti wants to hear . |
| 18 | It may not be rat-infested , but any good entrepreneur could swiftly see to that . |
| 19 | If it does come , say the Swiss , it may not be until the second week in January . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It may not be quite as easy as some assume in the developed world , either . |
| 22 | ‘ Or it may not be , but we wo n't know till we sue them . ’ |
| 23 | Appendix 1 is the most endangered list , and animals on it may not be traded for commercial purposes . |
| 24 | Yet it may not be enough to satisfy the many officers who refuse to admit that the army was guilty . |
| 25 | Professional management will be needed to keep firms afloat , but it may not be enough to restore the explosive growth of the past few years . |
| 26 | It may not be . |
| 27 | Even if progress is slower than expected , and it may not be , nothing that has happened so far gainsays General Colin Powell 's claim after six days of fighting that the allies , unopposed in the air , are systematically dismantling Saddam Hussein 's ability to wage war , and doing so at remarkably small cost to themselves . |
| 28 | It may not be money that he wants ; and even if he would be satisfied with money , it may be very hard to say what would be a fair compensation for his loss , and a jury may not be the most suitable body for assessing it . |
| 29 | It may not be to women 's advantage , but it is there , and it acknowledges the power , albeit negative , of women 's cycles of fertility . |
| 30 | ‘ It may not be a substantial amount , but it does help with the bank manager . |