Example sentences of "[pron] may not [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is particularly important for young children who may find it difficult to explain their ideas and for children whose mother tongue is not English and who may not have the necessary English vocabulary to explain their ideas to their teacher . |
| 2 | Though you may not want the negative situation to arise and though you may do your best to avoid it , once you know what the worst possible outcome would be and that you could cope with it , a great deal of the anxiety is removed . |
| 3 | Thus , if it is the first time someone tells you a particular genre of joke , you may not know the appropriate type of response . |
| 4 | Even when you have done this , you may not have the whole story , as is discussed on pp. 128–9 . |
| 5 | Before I go on , some of you may not have the foggiest what a fanzine is . |
| 6 | Often people are unclear themselves about their motives for doing something so even if you question them you may not reveal the real motive . |
| 7 | If you invest here , your money may lose its value , your products can not be reliably priced for trade across Europe ; you may face high transaction costs ; and you may not get the full benefits of a single market . ’ |
| 8 | We may not possess the same mind structure , the same subtle energy anatomy and function , but enough similarities are present for some sort of meaning to be conveyed . |
| 9 | While they may not alter the actual risks that something will happen , they at least inspire the feeling that such events are not entirely outside the hunter 's control . |
| 10 | They may not face the dreaded inner-city bureau queue but the less frequent presentation of serious enquiries makes training slower . |
| 11 | Weight is important … if the animals are undersized , they may not survive the seven month long hibernation period . |
| 12 | The police are sometimes concerned that they may not have the full information before them . |
| 13 | While measures for closer relations between auditors and shareholders are welcome , they may not provide the complete answer . |
| 14 | On the other hand she regrets the collapse of the grant-aided sector because other women like her may not have the same opportunities in the future . |
| 15 | The person giving it may not realise the full legal consequences of it as regards the release of a co-debtor ; but that is not , in my opinion , a sufficient ground for reading into the document something that is not expressed in it ; and unless you find in it something qualifying the general words , it appears to me that the legal consequences of the general words of discharge must follow , notwithstanding that those consequences may go beyond what the person giving the document would have intended if they had been pointed out to him at the time , and he had had an opportunity of addressing his mind to them . |
| 16 | Even if , in general terms , the curriculum model is adequate , and the test items valid , it may not match the particular curriculum experienced by the student who is being tested . |
| 17 | For example , it may not want the same sweets as , as the little kid , you know little kids like little kids ' sweets , and grown up kids like more grown up sweets , they may like bubble-gum and things you would n't give to a little baby . |
| 18 | My own view is that while that type of system will be important in the future it may not have the central role assumed for it by John Alvey — hence my plea For more resources to be devoted to looking at real user needs and trying out alternatives to the IKBS approach . |
| 19 | Although the latter may be slightly cheaper than sateen , it may not have the same draping quality . |
| 20 | ‘ But even he may not tell the whole story . ’ |
| 21 | His work rate has been prodigious all season , and although he may not have the quickest service around , he must rate currently as the world 's no 1 scrum-half . |
| 22 | The man may or may not be earning a wage ; he may not understand the particular needs of the children . |
| 23 | Given a free choice , children usually choose the apparatus they are ready for and although a three-year-old may imitate the feats of an older child with a funnel , tube and bottle , he may not gain the same satisfaction as he does from achieving something much more simple on his own . |
| 24 | He may not look the fittest man on the field , but he has the biggest heart . |