Example sentences of "may not [be] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Existing members of pension schemes set up prior to the 1989 Budget or who joined established schemes before 1 June 1989 may not be affected by the rule and may be entitled to a higher tax-free lump sum . |
2 | Measurement and subsequent payment for work executed may take place at weekly , monthly , or at random intervals and therefore may not be related to the date of the main contract valuation or the builder 's costing periods . |
3 | Anger against the person who has died can be experienced as dangerous and may not be tolerated by the bereaved , so other outlets for our anger and sense of loss have to be found . |
4 | This may or may not be joined with the rhythmic designs described in the previous section . |
5 | It is important to remember that such relationships as are displayed in the thesaurus may not be transferred to the index . |
6 | New versions of existing entries may not be stored in the database unless they have first been obtained for update by a known lexicographer , who is the only lexicographer allowed to return it . |
7 | Living in community in 1700 may not be living in the kingdom , but there is a world of common commitments , understandings and religious belief . |
8 | On a single syllable ‘ why ’ , the pitch movement might be of this sort : but if there are syllables following , the fall may not be completed on the tonic syllable : why did you go |
9 | ( b ) Intermediate examination Where it is reasonable to expect someone to inspect the goods before they are used , the manufacturer may not be regarded as the cause of the damage . |
10 | If this is the case , then comparable recovery rates among analytic therapies are hardly remarkable , and may not be caused by the therapeutic technique used with the patients . |
11 | Some kinds of social need may not be met by the state because the groups involved are too small or too unpopular for politicians to be prepared to incur displeasure helping them alcoholics , drug addicts or battered women . |
12 | The fact is that the rotting process in timber can be long and slow , and may not be observed by the householder until a very advanced stage of decay has been reached . |
13 | The hon. Gentleman has just been reminded of the shabby teachers ' pay record of the Labour Government whom he supported some years ago — It was his Government then , although their successors may not be represented on the Front Bench in quite the way that the hon. Gentleman would wish . |
14 | ‘ Nothing that may not be answered by the prayer that Mr Frere would have me join . ’ |
15 | This power may not be exercised against the Crown : Ord 42 , r 5(5). ( 5 ) Affidavit evidence may be used at the hearing if notice has been given ( Ord 20 , rr 5 , 7 and 10 ) . |
16 | Although Poidevin may not be seen in the sky blue jumper of NSW or the gold of Australia , television viewers will be seeing plenty of Poidevin on-screen . |
17 | You said the child may not be developing in the way the parent expects the child to develop , and I think that it 's very important for parents to check out their expectations . |
18 | You said the child may not be developing in the way the parent expects the child to develop , and I think that it 's very important for parents to check out their expectations . |
19 | Notes can be made at this stage and possibly some rough diagrams drawn which may or may not be incorporated into the final document . |
20 | Unusual terms may need to be given special prominence , or be highlighted in some way , otherwise they may not be incorporated in the contract ( Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd [ 1988 ] 1 All ER 348 ) . |
21 | Cruelty often has a hidden sexual element which may or may not be evinced in the actual nature of the offence . |
22 | Although many norms are shared by the majority in society , there are also intra-group norms which govern the behaviour of particular groups of people but which may not be accepted by the majority . |
23 | Solicitors are not permitted to enter into an agreement with their clients that purports to exclude their liability for professional misconduct ( which extends to professional negligence ) though subject to the following rules liability can be limited by contract : ( 1 ) liability may not be limited below the minimum level of cover afforded under the Indemnity Fund ; ( 2 ) liability can not be limited at all for fraud or reckless disregard of professional obligations ; ( 3 ) s60(5) of the Solicitors Act avoids any provision in a contentious business agreement purporting to exclude the liability of a solicitor for negligence or to relieve him of his professional responsibilities ; ( 4 ) ss2(2) and 11(4) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 will apply to agreements between solicitors and their clients to ensure that limited liability provisions which do not fall foul of any other rule comply with the essential requirement of reasonableness . |
24 | These self-imposed restrictions may not be limited to the negative emotions . |
25 | This may not be covered in the initial simple descriptions of the portfolio grids , but one would expect the underlying risk analysis to include such matters . |
26 | ( 2 ) A partial offer may not be made without the consent of the Panel , although this will usually be forthcoming where the offer is for less than 30 per cent of the company 's voting rights . |
27 | false markets may not be made in the shares of the target company , the bidding companies or any other connected companies ; |
28 | I have begun to sense that , despite the touching and the ‘ precious boy ’ , I may not be headed for the Dark where the soft , fat spiders watch and wait . |
29 | But he conceded that rising gas prices , while the cost of coal was falling , could mean further developments of gas-fired stations may not be justified to the same extent in future . |
30 | It was thought that a person charged under one paragraph may not be convicted under the other : Hollis [ 1971 ] Crim LR 525 ( CA ) . |