Example sentences of "may [not/n't] [vb infin] [pron] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eating your greens may not make your hair curl , but knowing what might happen to you if you do n't eat enough cabbage and other vegetables and fruit might make your hair stand on end . |
| 2 | The fact that R&D-intensive companies in some sectors may not perceive their market rating as appropriate to their future profitability is ‘ a symptom of a communication problem ’ ( pharmaceutical/health care company ) ; an inappropriate market rating is due to a ‘ failure of communications rather than a failure in accounting ’ ( metals and mining sector company ) . |
| 3 | A member who made less than 10 per cent of the average number of dealings in the year immediately preceding the general meeting may not exercise his voting right . |
| 4 | The two are said to be doubtful about Sun 's ability to deliver the code on time and they suspect the company may not give their systems priority over its own . |
| 5 | Though this following comment may not affect her work performance as such , Muriel is a person with strong views generally , particularly about religion . |
| 6 | There are , of course , problems with measuring and interpreting trade union membership since in the United States , for example , some professional bodies may not call themselves trade unions although they engage in bargaining activities and in France the only source of such statistics is from the unions themselves ( or , indirectly , via the support given to the various unions in elections for enterprise committees ) . |
| 7 | The prescription of glasses may not help their reading distance , but they may be able to read adequately by holding their books at closer than the normal distance . |
| 8 | A vertical restraint may take one of two forms : one is unilateral imposition of substantive conditions for supply , for example a manufacturer saying ‘ you may not take my product X unless you also take my product Y ’ . |