Example sentences of "that may [not/n't] be " in BNC.

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1 With a fictional character , described in the third person , there is nothing that may not be said .
2 A very strong impression , even now , is of a lack of diversity in the planning and delivery of activities in ways that may not be in the best interests of the children .
3 A house that is furnished with good quality used furniture is generally much more interesting and more tastefully decorated than when twice the money is spent on new furniture that may not be a tenth of the quality .
4 It is often more fun to taste a wine 's potential than wait years for it to reach a maturity that may not be so splendid after all .
5 ‘ There is no science that is not capable of additions ; there is no art that may not be carried to a still higher perfection .
6 The Stamp Office has issued a guidance note on which documents can benefit from the temporary higher threshold for stamp duty , where the documents are signed on or before 19 August , but relate to a sale that may not be completed until 20 August or later ( p 117 ) .
7 In the USSR and Japan , national teams are also pursuing the dream , but to many observers it seems to be just that — a dream that may not be fulfilled .
8 To see opportunities that may not be clear to others .
9 Other day-to-day situations that may not be attributed to visual difficulties include the extended time the children may need to complete tasks , their need to come close to the blackboard or to demonstrations , and their apparent clumsiness in certain practical activities and sports such as ball games .
10 As one teacher put it to me , ‘ on a bad day I have the feeling that I am struggling hard to do something that may not be worth doing at all ’ .
11 It includes aid already promised ; debt relief that will deliver no new cash ; bilaterally-negotiated grants and credits , many of them tied to trade with particular ‘ donors ’ ( one man 's export subsidy is another 's development assistance ) ; and a variety of loan facilities that may not be drawn and which are , in fact , conditional on further reform .
12 so that even if we get a young person coming out of the workshops that may not be the best electrician going , we can find them something in a related area — an electrical warehouse , where their knowledge of the bits that they know will be put to good use and they 'll still be in that environment they want to work in .
13 The disparity between groundmass compositions reconstructed by and and the Haiti glass trend suggests that the selective clast melting and alteration are important effects that may not be easily circumvented when attempting to decipher impact melt petrogenesis .
14 It is also stipulated in the agreement that the only works of art that may not be transferred to Bilbao from New York are those that are subject to American legal restrictions , or works that are too fragile to travel .
15 His immutable figures and symmetrical designs seem to allow authors to project views onto the work that may not be particularly relevant .
16 No doubt it will very quickly become apparent to the reader that there are differences in their philosophical assumptions that may not be reconcilable .
17 The building professions are now questioning this rush to implement sophisticated technical systems that may not be advantageous for the occupiers .
18 ‘ Nothing that may not be answered by the prayer that Mr Frere would have me join . ’
19 I have great sympathy with the premise on which the hon. Gentleman bases his question , but such matters are best determined by individual employers and their work forces and not by the imposition of general blanket rules that may not be appropriate to individual countries or companies .
20 However , if a police officer is suddenly told by control that the member of the public with whom he is dealing may be suffering from a mental disorder , he may start to deal with that individual differently , and in a way that may not be particularly helpful .
21 Although in practice this means that some patients with chronic stable renal failure would have been referred for rapid investigation and diagnosis , we believe that this is preferable to taking a lower cut-off for carbamylated haemoglobin , such as 125 g VH/g Hb which would reduce sensitivity to 80% but increase specificity to 75% , since this would exclude some patients with a potentially reversible element to their renal failure that may not be so readily reversible if investigation and appropriate management were delayed .
22 In general terms , a landlord ( like a vendor ) should disclose to the prospective tenant any defects in title that may not be obvious to the tenant unless it was clear that the tenant knew of the defects when it entered into the agreement for lease .
23 There are other things that may not be , so you need to think very carefully about what name you 're going to call them and whether all these documents are mandatory or are advisory .
24 If you go into central London around east er around the East End erm that may not be an assignment that will , you see that 's me prejudging .
25 Consultancies are an integral part of the PR industry and they do possess certain advantages of experience , independence and specialist skills that may not be evident internally .
26 Another fact that may not be known to all is that once again we were privileged to have throughout the week the delightful company and invaluable help of several ladies from the Cathedral .
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