Example sentences of "may not [be] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anger , which may not be expressed because of personality factors , such as excessive control , or fear of the consequences . |
| 2 | Near vision may not be affected but distance vision will be reduced , possibly severely . |
| 3 | When this happens , items may not be re-registered but will retain their original identity . |
| 4 | Ingleston ( 1986 ) , discussing an updated surgical dressings technique , declares that masks are not needed , while Ayton ( 1985 ) questions the use of masks even in theatre and says , ‘ if there is good ventilation , the levels of airborne contamination may not be altered whether masks are used or not ’ . ] |
| 5 | Although his work may not be rated as true poetry by the purists , no one else has ever caught the spell of the Yukon as well as Robert W. Service . |
| 6 | Britain still has the highest debt to income ratio in Europe and the appetite for credit may not be blunted until the review date comes and with it the monetary day of doom . |
| 7 | For example , taxes may not be levied and public money may not be expended without the authority of an Act of Parliament ; an individual may not be deprived of personal liberty without positive legal authority ; private property may not be seized or searched by government except with legal authority . |
| 8 | According to her , aggression ‘ involves the intention to hurt or emerge superior to others , does not necessarily involve physical injury ( violence ) and may or may not be regarded as being underpinned by different kinds of motives ’ . |
| 9 | And , although progress in conventional careers may not be regarded as achievable , clearly certain things are , as I will now show . |
| 10 | Though there seems to be no public law right of consultation , the issue may or may not be regarded as germane , depending on other points of law in the case . |
| 11 | Their political activities may not be perceived as very significant and useful by the bulk of the membership . |
| 12 | Even this can affect refugees adversely — their stories of torture may not be believed when they apply for asylum . |
| 13 | Strongly held beliefs at the individual level may not be maintained when describing health at the societal level and vice versa . |
| 14 | Diversity may not be treated as remarkable , and " deviance " will be defined differently as a wider range of possibilities will be treated as normal . |
| 15 | At present , such guidelines require that options may not be exercised until at least five years from their date of grant and then only if over a five year period following the date of grant the Company has achieved growth in earnings per share which exceeds the growth in the Retail Prices Index by at least ten percentage points . |
| 16 | Note however , that if you do not run VALIDATE frequently ( and are not using Offline ) , infrequently accessed files may not be checked before the tape with the last good copy has been re-used . |
| 17 | ( v ) Mental patients may not be registered as being resident in a particular constituency solely by reason of being in a mental hospital within that constituency . |
| 18 | Your solicitor , during the course of making enquiries about the home you are going to buy , may not uncover a right of way because it may not be registered and the present occupant of the property may not be aware that there is a legal right . |
| 19 | It may not be adjusted or working correctly or as it is operated by water temperature , it may be air locked . |
| 20 | The Minister of Culture of the Netherlands , Mrs Hedy d'Ancona , has informed Parliament that important works of art in Dutch museums may not be deaccessioned before the Arts Council has advised the Minister on their importance for the nation . |
| 21 | There is the theory of art , and there is aesthetics ; there is writing about artefacts which may or may not be categorised as art , but are in the hands of the archaeologist or the anthropologist ; and there is art appreciation . |
| 22 | I appreciate that this purpose may not be served if consent is given on behalf of , rather than by , the patient . |
| 23 | Any rights in respect of your TESSA may not be assigned and those rights may not be used as security for a loan . |
| 24 | 14.1 This Agreement may not be assigned or otherwise transferred by any Party in whole or in Party without the express prior written consent of the other Parties . |
| 25 | You can leave a library without a book , but with information obtained from the Reference Section , from which books may not be withdrawn but only consulted . |
| 26 | This social sanction will be , in the first place , some kind of social ostracism or discomfort ; it may or may not be wished that it be associated with a legal penalty . |
| 27 | Since all information given to patients may not be retained or understood , you must try to give information clearly and concisely , check patients ' understanding , offer patients opportunities to ask questions and be prepared to repeat information when necessary . |
| 28 | Some vineyards may not be mentioned because they have only recently been cultivated and , therefore , have not been in production long enough to establish any sort of reputation . |
| 29 | In all the provisions there are exception clauses : an obligation can be revoked or modified only with consent ‘ unless it is established they had otherwise agreed ’ ; assent shall be presumed ‘ so long as the contrary is not indicated ’ ; a right may not be revoked or modified ‘ if it is established that the right was intended not to be revocable ’ . |
| 30 | Minor thefts , for example , may not be reported as the victims feel there is little chance of them getting their goods back or of the offender getting caught . |