Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not be [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the claim is made in third party proceedings in the context of a denial by the third defendant that he has conspired against the plaintiffs or defrauded them must not be allowed to conceal the fact that the claim for contribution from the third party necessarily asserts the contrary , albeit on a contingent basis . |
| 2 | ‘ I may not be allowed to stay here , ’ the woman said . |
| 3 | Yet I must not be understood to rely on any so-called growth dividend . |
| 4 | Though they were spoken for my benefit , I could not be assumed to share the same norms . |
| 5 | I was reminding the golfing spirits that I could not be caught napping . |
| 6 | I will not be spoken to like that … ’ |
| 7 | I can not be said to have a life outside these four walls . |
| 8 | And , if she has a sister who is going out of her mind , I have had a mother eighty-nine years old and senile , I can not be said to deserve any further burdens nor to have failed in carrying out my duty . |
| 9 | My favourite statistic of the match , however , is that six of the England team have the middle initial A. I can not be bothered to check whether this has ever happened before , but I doubt it . |
| 10 | I can not be expected to monitor these statements . |
| 11 | It is notable , however , that many of those who form the audience for these books have continued to regard generic he as ‘ just a rule of grammar ’ which should not be altered to suit the transient whims of feminists , though they may feel under some pressure from certain quarters to use nonsexist forms in their writing . |
| 12 | However , these are generalities which should not be allowed to prejudice us . |
| 13 | Another factor was raised in a case in which the government did not properly consult local authorities ( as required by statute ) before making some regulations : by the time the application to revoke the regulations was heard , they had been in operation for some time and to revoke them would have caused considerable administrative inconvenience which could not be justified given that no real complaint was made about the substance of the regulations . |
| 14 | Individuals on the other side of the water would pay five or seven hundred pounds to procure their discharge , which could not be expected to continue if they could be released by other means . |
| 15 | Imprudence which could not be pardoned had blighted his life . |
| 16 | More than one in five of the requested items which could not be supplied had been sent for binding . |
| 17 | It is possible that these correspond to alkaline reflux , which would not be detected using the gold standard test of intraoesophageal pH monitoring . |
| 18 | However , in this case the patinated metal is zinc , which would not be expected to turn black on pickling as zinc has no black corrosion products . |
| 19 | It provided for ( i ) free movement of goods , services and labour ; ( ii ) a common monetary system and central banking system ; ( iii ) no federal taxation but a unified tax rate for taxes common to all republics ; ( iv ) agreed limits to republics ' budget deficits and a community budget which would not be allowed to have a deficit ; and ( v ) price reform , with controlled prices for key goods and services . |
| 20 | There are certain words which can not be pronounced using the GPC route , however , and these are words with irregular grapheme-to-phoneme correspondences . |
| 21 | As always , however , these are nicely balanced by examples of people who have gone ‘ a bridge too far ’ , stuck with totally unobtainable ambitions and allowed the whole company to be pushed into the pursuit , usually , of a product dream which the market has quite clearly rejected and which can not be made to fly . |
| 22 | However , there do appear to exist examples of gradual variation which can not be made to share a superordinate ; in such cases the absence of boundaries between senses is an embarrassment . |
| 23 | The re-emergence of feminism , which began as a flash of vision , and continued with an examination of the evils and gross distortions of patriarchy , and led to a whole variety of campaigns on behalf of women , now needs to concentrate on the differences between us as women which have divided us under patriarchy and which can not be allowed to divide us as feminists . |
| 24 | Notwith-standing the relativity of the concept , this situation surely indicates a lack of clarity or mutual agreement about the nature of special educational needs , which can not be allowed to continue . |
| 25 | Nor , more modestly , does it provide any reason why the Treasury , responsible for the ultimate public obligation to pick up the bill for public bodies which can not be allowed to default , should exercise a prudential interest in its performance . |
| 26 | He described the celebration of saints ' days and festivals as manifestations of the ‘ splendid outward dignity of our religion , forcible witnesses of ancient truth , provocations to the exercise of all piety , shadows of our endless felicity in heaven … wherein they which can not be drawn to hearken unto what we teach may only by looking upon that we do , in a manner read whatsoever we believe ’ . |
| 27 | Because the interdependence of these parties forms a complex pattern which can not be reduced to exchange relations alone , breakdowns of trust and reliance can jeopardize the existence of the entire retail operation . |
| 28 | For example , you may not be allowed to study , say , economics unless you also take statistics or computing . |
| 29 | Any edition of it , in good condition , will suit the collector , who should not be persuaded to pay a high price for it . |
| 30 | You should not be made to feel inferior or unusual because you have respect for your considerable responsibilities . |