Example sentences of "may not be [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Part of a proceeding , such as a motion , may not be transferred from a county court to the High Court with the proceedings in general remaining in the county court ( Re Kouyomdjian ( 1956 ) 2 All ER 286 ) .
2 The employees in such departments are often out of touch with changes in public opinion , relying instead on research data which may not be framed in a context most likely to discover what changes of attitude are occurring in consumer habits .
3 But there is no reason why the doctrine of justice actually reflected by the constitutional arrangements of a state may not be reached as a result of people realizing that their different ideals of the good , each leading to a different doctrine of justice , can not be implemented because of the widespread disagreement in society concerning their value .
4 They also may not be prepared for a long walk to a phone .
5 Furthermore , the ability to image in multiple planes is particularly valuable in the pelvis , where extension of a rumour into adjacent structures may not be detected on a cross sectional computed tomogram .
6 It is of course true that the work they carried out may or may not be done by a small part of some other organization but this in itself is a startling example of fragility .
7 Every good game defines the parameters of what may or may not be seen as a legitimate action .
8 Generally unschooled in the scientific method , judges have the legal duty of deciding what may or may not be presented to a jury .
9 Each period of casual employment will be treated separately and a previous period may not be aggregated with a current period for determining sick leave allowable .
10 Terms may not be added to a contract once it has been made .
11 It may seem a chore to gather invoices to document your expenses , but without these , items of expenditure may not be allowed as a deduction from income by the Inland Revenue .
12 About 160 people in England and Wales die each year from liver failure after an overdose of paracetamol , although this official figure may underestimate the true annual mortality as many cases of liver failure may not be attributed to a suicidal overdose to alleviate bereaved relatives ' distress .
13 He quotes a figure for deaths from liver failure after an overdose of paracetamol and states this may be an underestimate as ‘ many cases of liver failure may not be attributed to a suicidal overdose to alleviate bereaved relatives ’ distress . ’
14 This list does not include unusual or specialised weapons such as repeater hand guns , Goblin Fanatic ball and chain , etc , and such weapons may not be chosen for a character .
15 The dilemma of whether to improve ( or not ) an old building which may not be needed in a few years ' time can last for decades .
16 Slogans , quotations and catch-phrases , which may or may not be indexed under a controlled indexing language ; for example interracial adoption .
17 First , preference shares may not be issued on a secured basis whereas loan stock can be charged on the offeror 's assets and ranks ahead of unsecured creditors ( both present and future ) .
18 After judgment , execution may not be issued against a third party without leave of the court until the defendant has satisfied the judgment against him ( Ord 12 , r 3(4) ) .
19 Questions relating to an offence may not be put to a person after he has been charged with that offence , or informed that he may be prosecuted for it , unless they are necessary for the purpose of preventing or minimising harm or loss to some other person or to the public or for clearing up an ambiguity in a previous answer or statement , or where it is in the interests of justice that the person should have put to him and have an opportunity to comment on information concerning the offence which has come to light since he was charged or informed that he might be prosecuted .
20 Nevertheless , its point about the evidence for God 's goodness — that it is not compelling and that , indeed , there may be moments when it appears that the facts of life may not be reconciled with a good Creator at all — might also be applied to the evidence for God 's existence .
21 This agent , who may or may not be affiliated with a freight forwarder , prepares the charter party bill of lading and gives it to the captain for his signature , subject to charter party conditions .
22 Gift Aid may not be used by a donor as a means of writing of a debt or loan owed to him by the charity .
23 Such ability may or may not be accompanied by an understanding of the theory that lies behind the skill .
24 However , modules and SPRs may not be deleted from an SSR once the SSR has been submitted .
25 Modules and SPRs may not be deleted from an SSR once the SSR has been submitted .
26 A judgment in such " representative proceedings " may not be enforced against a non party without the leave of the court ( Ord 5 , r 5(5) ) .
27 In other cases misconduct may not be aimed at a specific customer , but may impact on the integrity of the market as a whole .
28 ‘ There is no science that is not capable of additions ; there is no art that may not be carried to a still higher perfection .
29 However , even if the covenantee would not have entered the agreement without the covenant , the contract may not be invalidated as a whole if there is consideration independent of the covenant : see Vancouver Malt & Sake Brewing Co Ltd v Vancouver Breweries Ltd [ 1934 ] AC 181 and Amoco Australia Pty Ltd v Rocca Bros Motor Engineering Co Pty Ltd [ 1975 ] AC 561 .
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