Example sentences of "they may [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | People in pictures can be more problematic to describe , since they may not be identifiable , a special difficulty with portraits . |
| 2 | ‘ They may not be sending them abroad — ‘ That is what they promised when James enlisted . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ They may not be the future , but they do craft good songs . ’ |
| 4 | They may not be unduly apprehensive about climate change , but they know about the greenhouse effect and how the state of the world and their own localities impinges on their lives . |
| 5 | They may not be so for much longer . |
| 6 | This time they may not be so lucky . |
| 7 | But , molly-coddled by the government for years , they may not be equipped to stand on their own two feet . |
| 8 | Solid profits and a strong balance sheet help make a great company , but they may not be enough to make it admired . |
| 9 | Like the Israelite prophets , they may not be honoured in their own country but they are recognized as belonging . |
| 10 | In addition Mr Patient is very likely to have had one or two close friends , probably from some ti me back in his life history , who may be dramatically affected by his death , even though they may not be visibly there close by or apparently very emotionally involved . |
| 11 | The following year he sent to Gronovius in Holland ‘ many curiosities ’ via Collinson , hoping they may not be intercepted by the French and Spaniards , as the year before . |
| 12 | They may not be deliberately malicious , just children looking for a little adventure , but soon windows are smashed and the doors forced open . |
| 13 | However , she concedes that there will probably always be people who choose to work outside the mainstream , though they may not be formally organised or funded in the future . |
| 14 | Large district libraries with bookstocks of between 40,000 to 100,000 volumes should ‘ meet the demands of all those whose main need is for books and information on specific subjects , even though they may not be engaged in formal study ’ , and also ‘ meet the needs of those who wish to select their books from a wide range of cultural or recreational materials of high standard ’ . |
| 15 | Children of three ( for example ) can be highly aware of , and sensitive to , the fairness of co-operating and sharing , but they may not be so good at returning to these conditions after , say , a quarrel . |
| 16 | Sometimes better ( > ) for passive motion ; they want to be carried the whole time but even then they may not be quietened for long and will demand to be carried by someone else . |
| 17 | Sometimes they may not be able to eat or talk very well . |
| 18 | On the whole , I hope that there is sufficient material in the book for analysts of any persuasion to make a start on the process of using system ideas to investigate and understand human activity ; at the same time , systems students and researchers may well benefit by studying some of the interpretations and practical examples given here , reflecting as they do a Weltanschauung with which they may not be familiar . |
| 19 | Any students who feel they may not be eligible may contact the University to seek clarification of their position . |
| 20 | Sometimes , as in the case of a foreign or inter-state trip , the youngster may just not be old enough or experienced enough to cope , but at other times they may not be showing enough sense of responsibility to be safely granted privileges . |
| 21 | If they are not athletically fit they may not be able to hunt for a while and this could be critical , as most of them must kill regularly to survive . |
| 22 | The company structure introduces the statutory requirement for an audit and the concept of directors ' liability even though they may not be shareholders . |
| 23 | They may not be used extensively now , but countries could easily turn to halons as a replacement for some CFCs . |
| 24 | Although some children may be capable of finding there are the same number of things in two sets ( by matching ) , they may not be at all sure there are still the same number of the objects if one of the sets is differently arranged . |
| 25 | That is inevitable because you are trying to do what God wants and they may not be . |
| 26 | Those who do their best but , for reasons for which they may not be to blame , are not temperamentally suited to deep involvement in the special problems of the elderly , may have other talents for caring . |
| 27 | It can be equally disastrous for them and for others if they make a permanent arrangement on impulse and encourage a relative or friend to give up their own home and move in with them because they are under stress and feel that they may not be able to continue to live alone . |
| 28 | Do n't try messing around with ordinary control units , by the way , as they may not be able to cope with the different wattages . |
| 29 | The ideas expressed may well be wide of the mark , or they may not be , but this does not really matter since the purpose of hypotheses is to stimulate more ideas , and the research to either confirm or refute them . |
| 30 | ( But even they may not be accurate : census-takers last year reported that , in some areas , they found it hard to get people to fill in their forms , because they thought the census had some connection with poll tax . |