Example sentences of "may not [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ANALYSTS AND THE CASH FLOW STATEMENT Analysts may not view the annual report as the best source of information about a company , but they do prefer the cash flow statement to the funds flow statement |
| 2 | It 's hard to accept that the people we care for may not feel the same way about us . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Regrettably no , the safety standards and regulations in operation overseas are those of the country in question and may not reach the same level as those we enjoy in the UK . |
| 5 | This might be an advantage for some , but these factors ‘ may not favour the extrovert student who prefers the companionship and competition of the classroom . |
| 6 | This might be an advantage for some , but as has been pointed out , the factor of isolation may not favour the extrovert student who prefers the companionship and competition of the classroom . |
| 7 | For any given solution of this equation , a function M can always be found satisfying the remaining equations ( 6.22b , c , f ) , although such a function may not satisfy the required boundary conditions . |
| 8 | Disclosure of the " basis " only of commission in accordance with SIB Core Rule 18(2) may not satisfy the fiduciary disclosure requirement . |
| 9 | Although CBT may not cover the full range of expert decision support facilities such systems incorporate additional , purely training features such as teaching , practice and checking . |
| 10 | Although the 12 such patients were identified for more than 400 patients with DU examined , this may not represent the true prevalence of H pylori negative patients with DU as not all the 400 patients with DU had their H pylori state determined with the same stringency . |
| 11 | Variegated varieties will often produce green plants from seed , and seedlings from a flower mixture may not represent the full range of colours . |
| 12 | The analytical results may not tell the whole story because they depend upon samples taken at particular times , whereas supplies . |
| 13 | ‘ But even he may not tell the whole story . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The following excerpts may not clarify the best form of action should that occur , but they do at least point up some of the dilemmas . |
| 17 | Friends who are very dissimilar may not give the same thing to each other , but what each gives can sometimes be even richer for this : it can make up for the other 's deficits . |
| 18 | Topham ( 1983 ) argues that this may not affect the optimal number of residents in the locality but would influence the optimal provision of the good . |
| 19 | These new relationships may or may not affect the physical arrangement of the structure or artefact being designed . |
| 20 | As some debates may not last the full time allotted to them , it is the responsibility of hon. Members to keep in touch with developments if they are not to miss their turn . |
| 21 | But its reports are not as comprehensive , they have to be requested singly from the main menu ( which means multiple passes of your text through the analyser ) and the reports may not offer the intuitive help that the other programs give you . |
| 22 | Modification of the fluids through washing thus not only changes the salt concentrations , but may also induce separation or aggregation of the particles , so that subsequent size analysis may not indicate the natural interrelationship between the particles during deposition or achieved since . |
| 23 | Consultancies may not enjoy the same growth as in-house public relations departments for this reason . |
| 24 | Their molecules may not penetrate the blood-brain barrier . |
| 25 | On this basis the Council issued a statement the following year on Procedure for Validation of Courses of Study , the kernel of which was the CNAA 's wish to respond differently to institutions which themselves differed widely in range of work and in experience : ‘ an application from a college where the staff for the proposed course is of known academic quality and experience may not require the same scrutiny of detail by the Council as in other cases ’ . |
| 26 | Competition for a female or other sex object may not produce the same hierarchy as that for food , simply because a sexually aroused animal , say , is not necessarily a hungry one . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Often people are unclear themselves about their motives for doing something so even if you question them you may not reveal the real motive . |
| 29 | He may not look the fittest man on the field , but he has the biggest heart . |
| 30 | 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 . |