Example sentences of "or may [adv] [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are lesser seas which must also be included , in particular the fifteen around the islands of the East Indian archipelago : the Sulu , Celebes and Molucca Seas , the Gulf of Tomini , the Halmahera , Ceram , Banda , Arafura ( which may or may not contain the Gulf of Carpentaria , depending on which atlas is used ) , Timor and Flores Seas , the Gulf of Boni , the Bali Sea , the Makassar Strait , the Java and Savu Seas ; and there is the Gulf of Thailand , the Strait of Malacca , the Singapore Strait and the Inland Sea of Japan . |
| 2 | Each college of education has its own particular theory and philosophy of education and may or may not influence the trainee teacher . |
| 3 | A goal may or may not be scored ; the abbot may or may not admit the refugee from justice . |
| 4 | A difference in age or gender between speakers of English , for example , may or may not affect the way things are said , whereas in Urdu , such differences are always reflected . |
| 5 | A third response is to agree that as things are presently constituted females do end up with poorer spatial visualisation skills by adolescence ( which may or may not affect the learning of mathematics ) , but then claim that the reason for this outcome is differential male-female learning experiences . |
| 6 | Where the third party act is negligent , it may or may not break the chain of causation . |
| 7 | Bristol offers a range of self-help therapies including a vegan diet , counselling and spiritual healing , none of which is mandatory — patients may or may not follow the treatment advised . |
| 8 | Thus prayer became seen not as formulated exercise , which may or may not concentrate the mind , but as a state of consciousness . |
| 9 | The researcher may or may not attend the group discussion , but he or she will have to evaluate the results and put them into report form , adding his or her conclusions . |
| 10 | So , although a wild horse would continually roam in search of food , a domestic horse may not , or may not have the opportunity to do so . |
| 11 | And may or may not have the resolution , the constancy , so to do . |