Example sentences of "may not have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Calves in this category may not have developed a strong immunity and after treatment should not be returned to the field which was the source of infection ; if this is impossible , parenteral ivermectin is the drug of choice since its residual effect prevents reinfection for a further three weeks . |
| 2 | If the patient has been misled or misinformed he may not have given a genuine consent or refusal . |
| 3 | Jesus may not have supported a particular party line , but His criticism of the political-religious leaders of His day led to His crucifixion on a Roman gibbet . |
| 4 | Consequently , other market members ( and their customers ) may not have had a proper opportunity to participate in the trade . |
| 5 | Thus , prices on Simex may not have had a measurable effect on the index . |
| 6 | She may or may not have had a longstanding paranoid personality ; that 's hard for relatives to cope with , but not necessarily pathological . ’ |
| 7 | There is no reason to think that people in the past may not have had a profound understanding of God , an understanding which will illuminate one 's own . |
| 8 | Lord MacLean told MacIver , who drove the lorry after the robbery : ‘ You may not have occupied a principal role , but you played an essential one . |
| 9 | The blacks , like Bailey and Wint who were in athletics , tended to be from established occupational and social backgrounds and , to them , sport may not have yielded a direct material benefit . |