Example sentences of "may [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may not make them popular , but it will usually make them right . |
| 2 | Conversely , the firm may use a non-conventional channel like mail order which requires minimal investment in salespeople , although the physical characteristics of the product may not make it suitable for mail order . |
| 3 | ‘ But he may not think it grand enough . ’ |
| 4 | Mr Menem 's show of leniency towards a few elderly officers may not keep them quiet for long . |
| 5 | Those who pin their hopes on highly specified , short range solutions may or may not get it right . |
| 6 | New Zealand , silver medal-winners last time , may not find it easy against the improving Finland . |
| 7 | Those who are mentally alert may not find it easy or pleasant to take help from the very ones they have supported and cared for over the years . |
| 8 | For example , the general notion of a ‘ building ’ is clear , but a judge may not find it easy to decide whether a temporary wooden hut , or a telephone kiosk , or a wall , or a tent , is a ‘ building . ’ |
| 9 | For example , if you choose to write an essay on the novel A Very Quiet Street by the contemporary Glasgow author Frank Kuppner , you may not find it easy to get any critical work either on the book itself or on this writer ( since no books may have been written about him ) . |
| 10 | They may not find it , they may not find it impossible to change contracts but it will become increasingly harder for them to do so . |
| 11 | As the enemy closes in , the hero , safe in the knowledge that his comrades have made it to safety , shoots himself so that the enemy may not take him alive . |