Example sentences of "may [not/n't] [verb] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may not see a great deal of your creative team — many agencies take the quite reasonable view that the creative people should be busy making advertisements , not chatting up clients , and in one or two like Collett Dickinson & Pearce , the creative department holds itself superior and aloof and deals with clients only through its emissaries , the account executives . |
| 2 | I lifted Harry until he was sitting on the walkway and then , still gripping him tightly , wriggled up beside him so that we were both sitting there with our heads wholly above water , which may not sound a great advance but which was probably the difference between life and death . |
| 3 | Although linking pensions to prices rather than incomes may not produce a great difference in one year , after twenty-five years , assuming incomes rise by 2 per cent per annum faster than prices , the price-linked pension will be worth only approximately 60 per cent of the earnings-linked pension . |
| 4 | However , many carers may not have a great deal of energy left over for campaigning , and may simply want to go along to the group for support , advice and a break from usual responsibilities . |
| 5 | This may not seem a great deal . |