Example sentences of "[adv] they [modal v] [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If such claims can not be " explained away " ; if they do not reduce to ascriptions of certain attributes to certain entities ; if furthermore they can not be paraphrased simply in terms of knowledge , or translated into claims about the syntactical properties of certain expressions , the question is , how exactly should they be interpreted ? |
| 2 | Perhaps they could not be trusted ; they might run away . |
| 3 | From a purist point of view if the terms of debate set by the study of an inner city problematic are illegitimate then perhaps they should not be addressed at all . |
| 4 | Obviously they can not be expected to vet all the publications they sell , and it would be grossly unfair to hold them responsible for libels of which they could have no knowledge . |
| 5 | Obviously they could n't be ridden on a mountain , but magazine articles and newspaper features began treating them as a status symbol , and so every airhead on a salary of over £20,000 a year rushed out to buy one and take it up a mountain . |
| 6 | I , produced a list of what 's already inside here , er , these calculate are the files registered , they 're not numbered so they would n't be registered , but they would surely |
| 7 | so they would n't be allowed to join |
| 8 | There may be a good relationship between management and employees in most companies , but if people are not prepared to go down the road together they will not be allowed to go down the road at all . |
| 9 | Now remember they 're not they ca n't be counted as your boss |
| 10 | If not they will not be accepted . |
| 11 | In the past , some purists have said that all surface decoration applied to designed objects — all ornament , in other words — must be based on motifs which look flat , ie. they must not be drawn with a third dimension : you are allowed to make a pattern out of squares , so to speak , but not cubes . |
| 12 | For , not only must these systems perform the required service in a timely and efficient manner , but also they must not be exposed to the threat of failure or interference . |
| 13 | An inspection of the table reveals overlaps between the three trends , and clearly they should not be seen as mutually exclusive . |
| 14 | They think of their children 's warm squirming bodies and entreat that as they grow up they will not be hurt as they have been — ; |
| 15 | Once this process is underway they can not be dislodged by flushing the uterine horns . |
| 16 | Often they can not be practised on the home site because they are not acceptable on a busy airfield . |
| 17 | As for polyunsaturated fats , these are a preferable substitute in our diet , but even they should not be regarded as totally beneficial . |
| 18 | If there are no old forms around they can not be used . |
| 19 | Having looked at a number of hypothetical fossil records varying in degree of completeness , they state that ‘ Sometimes fossils can be used in phytogenetic reconstruction without reference to stratigraphy : sometimes they can be used in combination with stratigraphy : sometimes they can not be used at all ; and sometimes phylogeny is in principle not reconstructible . ’ |
| 20 | Er , so that 's okay to an extent , but obviously we 've got an approved list of building societies and banks , which we never used to have , but we 've realized that er since B C C I p particularly and the housing market as bad as it is , there are some building societies and banks who may be in difficulties , and if they go down erm then they may not be taken over . |
| 21 | Sometimes better ( > ) for passive motion ; they want to be carried the whole time but even then they may not be quietened for long and will demand to be carried by someone else . |
| 22 | So up to that point and if if none of you take advantage of their offer then they wo n't be paid at all . |
| 23 | Er er , I 've , er I just I 'm just saying that , er , that , that last year er , when I made a few remarks that they were misquoted by Reuters and we did leave the meeting and the share price dropped by er , several P and we had to send out a correcting statement so this year we 've taken the precaution of issuing a press release er , at the same time as er , er , I 'm making these remarks so I hope at least they wo n't be misinterpreted . |
| 24 | There was n't too much room , but at least they could n't be seen . |
| 25 | He compared different sources on the same event , indicates when they can not be reconciled , supplies cross-references , and edits his material to increase its clarity . |
| 26 | Yet they must not be regarded merely as ‘ difficulties ’ in the text . |
| 27 | He acted out of moral considerations yet they could not be regarded as principles in the Kantian sense because they were principles or considerations involved in what Winch calls ‘ ‘ the perspective' ’ of the action' . |
| 28 | It would be exaggerating to say that the basic capabilities of the electronic spreadsheet have reached the point where they ca n't be improved on . |
| 29 | They took their drinks out on to the verandah where they would not be disturbed . |
| 30 | erm and in a position really where where they would n't be challenged |