Example sentences of "or may [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is the theory of art , and there is aesthetics ; there is writing about artefacts which may or may not be categorised as art , but are in the hands of the archaeologist or the anthropologist ; and there is art appreciation . |
| 2 | However , potentially educable as a painter Schnabel may or may not be , his work is just not worthy of serious attention by anyone with a developed taste in this particular art form . |
| 3 | which were and still are a display of dances that may or may not be applicable to the plot . |
| 4 | The canon may or may not be oppressive : it is not inert , as Pound 's revisions of it prove . |
| 5 | The mother , as I say , may or may not be the hen which hatched the first brood ; but from her behaviour , which seems slightly less frenetic , I reckon she is someone else . |
| 6 | Seekers after Alpine charm may or may not be content with the neo-Tyrolean style of Vail ; they may or may not adapt to the Wild West clapboard houses of resuscitated mining towns such as Breckenridge . |
| 7 | But on the hill , crouched against a stone wall which may or may not be providing protection against wind-swept rain , such a dainty arrangement fast loses all its attraction . |
| 8 | It may or may not be true that positive control of development , the compelling of development to conform to a particular plan determined by the state , is unattainable without nationalisation . |
| 9 | ‘ That may or may not be reality out there . |
| 10 | The author may or may not be aware of it , but he is stating a biblical principle . |
| 11 | In so many areas the advance man ( who may or may not be the same as the event organiser ) has the on-the-spot knowledge which headquarters staff or the committee can never have — and it 's a mistake not to get the maximum use from it . |
| 12 | They are built on axioms that may or may not be universally true , and can carry false assumptions with them . |
| 13 | This bacterium has a battery of three genes ( G 1 , G 2 , G 3 in the figure ) , which code for proteins ( P 1 , P 2 , P 3 ) needed by the cell if it is to use galactosides ( energy-rich compounds which may or may not be present in the surroundings ) . |
| 14 | After the handing over of the baby contact may or may not be maintained . |
| 15 | It should be noted that an organizational type unrepresented so far is the reputedly widespread model whereby there is informal specialization by client group through weighted caseloads ( which may or may not be similar to the model exemplified by Team C ) ; and that it may not be easy to find many examples of the Team A type . |
| 16 | Every good game defines the parameters of what may or may not be seen as a legitimate action . |
| 17 | A goal may or may not be scored ; the abbot may or may not admit the refugee from justice . |
| 18 | Lord Goff said that it was the denial of choice that was the critical factor , rather than the denial of a form of education that may or may not be available in other of the authority 's schools . |
| 19 | Ideally some of the training centres should be phased out with a view to developing more flexible training arrangements for a wider range of young people who may or may not be mentally handicapped . |
| 20 | Consenting to have one 's mail opened by another , to be visited without prior arrangement , and to have another arrange aspects of one 's plans or activities without prior consultation ( e.g. accepting invitations in one 's name ) may or may not be justified by their instrumental value , but in any case they are taken in our culture as expressing the existence of certain attitudes , as in part constituting those attitudes . |
| 21 | Arthur Beck may or may not be cooperative . |
| 22 | The baby may or may not be due at any time . |
| 23 | Such ability may or may not be accompanied by an understanding of the theory that lies behind the skill . |
| 24 | Each woman brings her own particular gifts to whatever she does — which may or may not be those that are commonly labelled ‘ feminine ’ . |
| 25 | The manager of the recruiting bureau may or may not be present at the interview , but may be present when discussion takes place afterwards , or may have submitted a written report on the recruit 's attitudes and progress so far in the bureau . |
| 26 | The obese diabetic ( Ideal body weight > 120 per cent : Metropolitan Life Insurance Company , 1959 ) must be encouraged to lose weight as this has been found to have a blood-pressure-lowering effect which may or may not be related to concomitant reduction of dietary sodium ( Reisin et al , 1978 ; Tuck et al , 1981 ; Fagerberg et al , 1984 ) . |
| 27 | Depressive illness can result in suicidal thoughts and there may or may not be expression of intent . |
| 28 | We may or may not be aware of this . |
| 29 | In its ideal form this is observation carried out in an environment which may or may not be a natural one , but even if it is natural a situation has been deliberately created and is observed unbeknownst to the actors . |
| 30 | In some cases people are invited into a laboratory and may be given tasks to carry out which may or may not be quite what they seem to be . |