Example sentences of "may not [verb] the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's hard to accept that the people we care for may not feel the same way about us . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Consultancies may not enjoy the same growth as in-house public relations departments for this reason . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Of course , the identity of the region and the regional identity of its inhabitants may not coincide : what outsiders identify as a particular region may not have the same contours as the insiders — on the outsider 's and the insider 's view , see Johnston ( 1988a , 1988b ) . |
| 11 | The lessons may not have the same applicability in the UK where health care costs are already much lower . |
| 12 | Now , it seems , the meteorites may not have the same origins as the Earth . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But it does point out that " almost perfectly contestable " may not have the same status as " almost perfectly competitive " . |
| 15 | In contrast , social workers may not have the same status and their power will be less . |
| 16 | Although the latter may be slightly cheaper than sateen , it may not have the same draping quality . |
| 17 | Stan Reynolds , Harry Little , Carl Einstien and Fred Grummidge may not have the same ring about them but between 1950 and 1960 these were the names on the footballing tongues of Whaddon . |