Example sentences of "may [not/n't] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This also permits the company 's affairs to be placed in the hands of those who are equipped with the special abilities and skills which are necessary for effective management and which many shareholders may not themselves possess ’ . |
| 2 | Private parties may not themselves originate requests , but a party 's lawyer may do so if the law of the state of origin so allows , as is the case with attorneys in several States of the U.S.A. |
| 3 | Such groups tend to wield greater power in conflict situations than their members , and indeed the very existence of the groups may be seen to anticipate and perpetuate conflict , to harden and formalise a set of attitudes and values that their individual members may not themselves have recognised or expressed . |
| 4 | The implication of this is that in some kinds of library the librarian acknowledges a degree of responsibility to his users , who may not themselves know whether a particular item contains reliable information . |
| 5 | Implementers will be aware of the controversial character of the policies and may not themselves subscribe to the goals entailed . |
| 6 | Inhibition of metalloproteinases , therefore , may not itself break the autocrine loops of proliferation and destruction that are created in pathological conditions such as cancer . |
| 7 | Of course , the fact that a price may be constant over a given interval of time may not itself mean that it is inflexible ; the price could be equal to its equilibrium value and the latter could in fact be constant as well . |
| 8 | I am sure that an America would love that but it may not you know , to an English audience because er we might not be sure what they are talking about . |