Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [not/n't] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these two examples , we are reminded that what cloze is measuring is the predictability , or more accurately , the redundancy within a passage , and this may or may not be closely related to its comprehensibility . |
| 2 | Unlike true appendages , processes of the body-wall are by no means invariably represented by embryonic counterparts ; they may or may not be segmentally arranged , they may be originally paired or unpaired , and more than a single pair is sometimes borne on a segment . |
| 3 | The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner , but that they reflect a certain underlying order , which may or may not be divinely inspired . |
| 4 | It typically presents the graphic designer with the formidable task of squeezing quarts into pint pots : a lengthy , formal statement that ca n't be edited down ; legally required fine-print detail and tables of crucial figures that may or may not be felicitously depicted as graphs , pie-charts or bar-charts of one sort or another . |
| 5 | Ideally some of the training centres should be phased out with a view to developing more flexible training arrangements for a wider range of young people who may or may not be mentally handicapped . |
| 6 | All groups are invited to send resolution which may or may not be actually debated but erm , we , we do n't normally send one in , but some , some groups they send them in , no , no one 's thinking |
| 7 | As " designer " , synthetic illegal drugs became progressively more powerful , there is no end to the argument of where one should draw the line between what should or should not be legally prescribed . |
| 8 | Consequently , more time can be spent by the clearinghouse personnel on the sophisticated and time-consuming enquiries which require information and material that has not been or can not be conveniently added to the database , an those which are of an advisory nature . |
| 9 | By far the most effective arrangements presently available are those which : ( 1 ) provide for the continuing partners to have the option to acquire the share in the firm of an outgoing partner ( which overcomes the tax problems noted in Chapter 10 and offers some desirable freedom of manoeuvre to the continuing partners without ordinarily causing any disadvantage to the outgoing partner ) ; ( 2 ) finance the purchase of the share of a partner who dies before retirement by way of insurance effected on the lives of each of the partners the proceeds of which are declared to be held on trust for the partners for the time being ; ( 3 ) finance by endowment insurance the purchase of the shares of partners whose retirement can be predicted ; ( 4 ) ensure that in any case which is not or can not be sufficiently covered by available insurance ( eg payments to a partner who is expelled or who otherwise leaves the firm before normal retirement date ) payment of any capital sum is spread over a period so to reduce the burden on the continuing partners without imposing any great hardship on the outgoing partner or his estate ; and ( 5 ) impose on each partner an obligation ( Clause 14.02 ) to take out adequate ( as discussed with all the partners from time to time ) retirement provision for the benefit of himself and his familyso as not to impose any burden in that respect on the firm , which in former times would have accepted responsibility . |
| 10 | The disparity between groundmass compositions reconstructed by and and the Haiti glass trend suggests that the selective clast melting and alteration are important effects that may not be easily circumvented when attempting to decipher impact melt petrogenesis . |
| 11 | What Ferguson had found and what the left just could not see was that when Hollywood really tried they produced a thing that ought not be pedantically analysed for ‘ the thing exists by itself for its moments on the screen , unquestionable ’ . |
| 12 | At about this time a hitherto unsuccessful fortune-teller living on the other side of the block chanced to glance into her scrying bowl , gave a small scream and , within the hour , had sold her jewellery , various magical accoutrements , most of her clothes and almost all her other possessions that could not be conveniently carried on the fastest horse she could buy . |
| 13 | If these were things that could not be fully understood or controlled , then they were all the more menacing because they could not be avoided . |
| 14 | By 1914 the Liberal party was on the ropes and the Unionists could look forward confidently to the election that could not be long delayed . |
| 15 | At once she set a tone that would not be easily wrested from her . |
| 16 | Eleven days ago these sides contrived to conjure up one of the really memorable Croke Park finals that wo n't be easily forgotten by those fortunate enough to have been present . |
| 17 | So at low enough temperatures , with the gate voltage , Vg , chosen to put EF in a mobility gap , all the current is in effect carried by electrons that can not be dissipatively scattered , and the resistance falls to zero . |
| 18 | The current then comprises mobile electrons that can not be dissipatively scattered , and which of course have exactly balanced transverse forces to give longitudinal motion without sideways deflection . |
| 19 | We therefore have to face the fact that there are structural differences between rat and monkey cortex that can not be simply attributed to differences in size . |
| 20 | They are therefore viewed as costs that can not be justifiably carried forward to future periods because they do not represent future benefits or the future benefits are so uncertain as to defy measurement . |
| 21 | As with anything that can not be easily quantified , it is difficult to determine the point where the benefits of additional information exceed the costs . |
| 22 | The public choice school once more offers explanations for economic phenomena that can not be easily explained by traditional public finance theory . |
| 23 | It can be argued that the interests of the various groups affected by company decision making — employees , local communities , consumers , and all of us , through our interest in the environment , for example — are invested with a moral significance that can not be adequately captured within the relatively finite external legal controls that are currently relied on to regulate the terms on which wealth is created . |
| 24 | There are many baffling viral diseases that can not be readily explained as the result of an acute infection or the integration of viral genes into chromosomes . |
| 25 | The second group consists of ‘ public goods ’ that can not be directly allocated to particular individuals ( e.g. , defence ) . |
| 26 | One issue that can not be fully resolved in the present paper concerns the continued existence of the higher order dynamic wealth terms in ( 2.3 ) . |
| 27 | When new information arrives that can not be satisfactorily accepted by the existing algorithm or model , then it must be adjusted or a search for a more comprehensive algorithm commences . |
| 28 | This could provide an open opportunity for women to exploit couples who are desperate for a child by persuading them to hand over a substantial sum of money in lieu of a service that can not be legally enforced . |
| 29 | ( Both executives have also received considerable stock options that can not be accurately valued until exercised ) . |
| 30 | No , even that fell short of truth ; there are degrees that can not be accurately plotted . |