Example sentences of "may not [vb infin] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tendency to leave paid employment at or even before the age of eligibility for state pension may or may not continue into the future . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , TNCs do introduce much useable technology into the Third World , and while it may not lead to the conquest of global markets it may still have a very positive effect on industry and employment in particular countries . |
| 3 | Today , with an irresistible single behind them , OCS may or may not stand on the threshold of a wonderfully fresh new scene : they have successfully meshed the musical phenomenon of the past couple of years with a sound of their heroes , The Beatles and the Stones . |
| 4 | It may or may not result in the board of the offeror company retaining control , depending on the voting rights they control and the support they get from the enlarged body of shareholders . |
| 5 | Because there are many types of surgery the examples used may not relate to the patients you encounter on your first surgical ward . |
| 6 | Moustaches shall not extend below the vermilion border of the upper lip or the corners of the mouth and may not extend to the side more than one-quarter inch beyond the corners of the mouth … |
| 7 | A force fit will touch all four sides but may or may not reach to the bottom . |
| 8 | The point is that the set of products which are socially relevant to the group-optimality calculation may not coincide with the set which are actually controlled by the firm in question . |
| 9 | Therefore , gaining resources may not depend on the logic of the case but on a number of other factors . |
| 10 | I fear you may not go in the lift . ’ |
| 11 | I may not sympathize with the bombing . |
| 12 | You may not knock over the wine , but the person sitting next to you and other members of the audience wo n't listen to your words . |
| 13 | E. M. WELLINGS objects to the inconsistencies over what a bowler may or may not do to the ball |
| 14 | Be sure to overlap the tape on itself as it may not adhere to the foam |
| 15 | Expatriates may not adapt to the culture and so live in their own world entirely separate from that of the local inhabitants . |
| 16 | He frets that , when it comes to the point , the requirements for SATs may not tally with the requirements for GCSE ; that he may have to regroup the whole school to align pupils according to their ability rather than their age . |
| 17 | Many people may not vote on the basis of a judgement of the party manifestos . |
| 18 | Leaving aside for the moment differences in personal qualities and skills , which may or may not vary with the curriculum , it would seem that graduates who can offer both expertise and ability are in the strongest employment position , those who offer either one or the other may also find a job niche , but that those who offer neither are worst off . |
| 19 | Their main disadvantages are that they are affected by jointing compound and that they may not fit through the loft hatch . |
| 20 | They may not qualify for the names ‘ colonisers ’ or ‘ pioneers ’ , but great numbers of people have gone abroad from the county during this century . |
| 21 | First , what works well during research may not work in the rough-and-tumble commercial world . |
| 22 | 160 , and to us in this court , he imagined that the judges must have assumed jurisdiction by virtue of their inherent power to determine who may and who may not plead at the Bar before them . |
| 23 | At the moment , the establishment of a branch tends to require less documentation , formality and cost , while a subsidiary has the advantage of being a separate legal personality , with the result that disclosure requirements may not apply to the parent , and the subsidiary 's debts will not necessarily become obligations of its parent in the event of insolvency . |
| 24 | Conversely such restrictions may not apply to the desk broker back in the office , and will certainly not apply to non-member customers . |
| 25 | These preferences may or may not weigh with the legislators who take decisions . |
| 26 | As Family Development Nurses , we are still working within a system which is based on uniform structures and procedures which may not allow for the flexibility of approach , or the necessary degree of autonomy which is needed , to be always relevant to the needs of each individual or family . |
| 27 | Do not be fooled by the cheeky chappy grin and baggy jumper — Richard Branson may not play by the rules but he plays to win . |
| 28 | This may or may not happen in the home through storytelling and observing others reading . |
| 29 | It may not happen before the World Cup in ‘ 95 . |
| 30 | Why is that happening , because we like to assume in this country that we have enough safety nets to catch those people , to ensure while they may not live in the lap of luxury at least they do n't have to go without . |