Example sentences of "[noun] it [modal v] [not/n't] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to test , for example , the assumption about item difficulty being independent of the student requires assuming that ability is unidimensional ; in other words it can not be tested ! |
| 2 | All the rest depend on this being present , for if a procedure is not appropriate to a particular patient 's condition it can not be judged quality care ( Shaw undated ) . |
| 3 | Even if a child took a whole bottle full of remedies it would not be harmed ! |
| 4 | Once we play the card of the threat of recognition it can not be used again . |
| 5 | In many wills it would not be needed ; but some of the texts examined show it playing a more vital role . |
| 6 | Some legal experts held that , even if the death sentence were reintroduced , under Peruvian law it could not be passed retroactively on Guzmán . |
| 7 | If the publication of such matter has not incurred penalties under the law it should not be excluded from libraries on any moral , political , religious or racial ground alone , to satisfy any sectional interest . |
| 8 | It was a bit of a Catch 22 situation because without signing the car could not be tested and without a test it could not be driven on the road . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It 's some consolation that it has been found but it 's a shame it could n't be retrieved in time for Remembrance Sunday . |
| 10 | For a senior job it should not be regarded as a burden to see 12 people and then draw up a short list of three or four . |
| 11 | The counterpart is that by its nature it can not be shared with those who by disposition or location are incapable of being represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | In an adult population it can not be excluded on the grounds of age alone . |
| 13 | It is possible that time-gap experiences represent driving at the tactical level which is conducted without controlled processes being involved , the assumption here is the common one that unless a stimulus event receives conscious attention it will not be stored in long term memory ( e.g. Bargh , 1984 ; Broadbent , 1958 ; Moray , 1959 ; Shiffrin & Schneider , 1977 ) . |
| 14 | Once an enforcement notice has been entered against a property as a local land charge it will not be removed . |
| 15 | It was the eternal noise at that bend in the river , but on a normal day it could n't be heard here . |
| 16 | In the nature of things it could not be regulated by any court . |
| 17 | I 'm actually , I 'm quite high on as theorist as well and I like to write everything out in full and I clear structures and if I go to training sessions and they 're all over the place , it 's such a in about five minutes and I have to say hang on a minute it might not be structured in the way that you like it but you can actually learn from it . |
| 18 | It was agreed by the parties that if the proviso on its true construction operated as a restraint of trade it could not be justified on the ground of reasonableness . |
| 19 | Galileo 's comment was that though the Bible was the word of God it must not be taken too literally , word for word , being written not for intellectuals but for common people . |
| 20 | He later remarked that if the government was to fulfil its role it should not be affiliated to any party , and it therefore followed that the Premier should not belong to any party either . |
| 21 | Similarly , if a cancer is found at a screening colonoscopy in a patient presenting to a unit years after the programme entry date for example , colitis of 17 years duration or when referred from another centre it can not be counted a success becaue these cancers represent a selected group detected outside the regular surveillance protocol . |
| 22 | While the Chamber of Commerce is busily advertising in UK newspapers it will not be promoting a firm on the Calais industrial estate who are busily buying direct from European breweries and reselling in Britain . |
| 23 | The data can be accessed through the Longitudinal Study Support Programme at City University ; because it is not supported at Manchester it will not be discussed further in this paper . |
| 24 | It may be argued that because the affective domain deals with qualitative differences it can not be planned for in the same systematic way that is applied to knowledge , and that it is best dealt with by providing suitable models , and by discussion when problems and student needs arise . |
| 25 | If that income is lawfully accumulated in an irrevocable settlement it can not be taxed on the settlor . |
| 26 | However , at present it must not be assumed that sales always produce immediate problems . |
| 27 | However , where such a term is used simply to define the consequences of breach of an express term in the contract it can not be regarded as an exclusion clause . |
| 28 | ‘ But given the nature of his activities it can not be excluded that this was a political attack . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ the notion of public interest has its limitations and in many cases it will not be served by dissemination of information about a person charged with a criminal offence or it must yield to the need to secure a fair trial for such a person . |
| 30 | The language presented to them may be a genuine record of native speaker behaviour , genuine , that is to say , as textual data , but to the extent that it does not engage native speaker response it can not be realized as authentic discourse . |