Sentence examples for may not overturn from inspiring English sources

"Was anything done?" is the question that Shakespeare constantly asks as he dies; while plays may not overturn the social order, they can both reflect and unsettle it.

This looks like a small price to pay for a cure to a crisis that already has paralysed the nation.The recount may or may not overturn the preliminary result.

By drawing attention to broadcasting bias, intimidation, ballot-rigging and other shortcomings, they may not overturn the outcome, but they can encourage the opposition, perhaps strengthening it for later battles.

Among his other arguments, Mr. Lockyer maintained that the Ninth Circuit had exceeded its jurisdiction under the federal habeas corpus statute, under which a federal court may not overturn a state court conviction without finding the conviction "contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law" as determined by the Supreme Court.

He also said that Sauls had heard the evidence, and his ruling was based on factual findings that appellate courts may not overturn.

The same goes to its unclear economic operational feasibility [19], since the higher purchase cost and respective recharging requirements may not overturn the lower operating costs per kilometers when comparing similar electric and conventional vehicles.

They may not, however, overturn a veto in the first year of a new term, since the bill would have been passed during the previous session.

The Supreme Court may not have overturned the law, but Republicans still plan to do it themselves after ejecting Mr Obama from the White House.

Such a car may grind to a halt, but would probably not overturn.

Still, the league did not overturn its ruling.

The Supreme Court did not overturn that finding.