Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Responsibility for mountain searches should not just lie with the local police . |
| 2 | Curtains and blinds can form a focal point in a room , and should not only harmonize with the overall interior decor but also enhance it . |
| 3 | But there are other contributory factors , for example , the close identity between each medical school and ‘ its ’ hospital which leads to having specialties in every hospital and the well-intentioned efforts of trustees of ‘ teaching hospitals and special health authorities who marshal sometimes huge wealth in support of priorities which may not always accord with the health needs of the population . ’ |
| 4 | As we came upon the moving picture with its ability not only to entertain us but also to analyse what we could not easily see with the unaided eye , we began to recognize that we had new tools for discovery ; we now knew exactly how a horse used its feet in galloping , what an explosion was like in slow motion , what a street looked like to the condensed eye of the time-lapse camera . |
| 5 | On the one hand , an individual minister should resign if he could not publicly agree with the policy of the Cabinet as a whole . |
| 6 | Most of them had no English and those that did could not possibly cope with the linguistic circles that no doubt would have been run round them . |
| 7 | They could n't half do with a goal now . |
| 8 | The trouble was , Alexandra thought , walking into her kitchen wrapped in a bath sheet , the trouble was that you could n't really go with the flow until you 'd had time to work out which way it was going . |
| 9 | And anyway , a department store could n't really compete with a specialist shop like the Rose Bowl . |
| 10 | After Lamb had blown the whistle on the Pakistanis Dexter seemed to want to wash his hands of anything Lamb was doing — suggesting that the Northants captain 's forthright comments would not just end with a fine and a suspension from his County bosses . |
| 11 | Such legalisation would not magically dispense with the need for policemen , but it would make the needed policing more manageable . |
| 12 | I hasten to add that I would not lightly disagree with the findings of the Committee , but I am firmly of the view that the developments to which I shall later refer — interconnection , increased fuel diversity , competition within the system , downward pressure on cost , environmental benefits and energy efficiency — are all a direct result of our proposals to restructure the electricity industry and change the conditions under which it operates . |
| 13 | This would not necessarily conflict with the picture of word-meaning developed so far if a single superordinate sense could be found which covered all the variants . |
| 14 | And I think that whereas erm we would not necessarily argue with a case for providing criteria at a strategic plan at a structure plan level erm to put some flesh on what is meant and maybe clarify some of the explanatory memorandum in a more positive way , simply should ensure that the policy does not dilute , sorry that whatever changes emerge , does not dilute the mode intention of the policy . |
| 15 | There 's a pleasing roughness to proceedings which one would n't instantly equate with the Muses ' ( supposedly ) more careful instincts . |
| 16 | Oh , I would n't even bother with the headline , quite honestly . |
| 17 | Now that the spectre of pregnancy is out of the way , is there any reason why we ca n't just continue with the relationship begun on Gullholm ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ But you ca n't always travel with the apple of your eye . ’ |
| 19 | However , how does that come about , I mean if supposing you were a , a member of a very large group like the Catholic Church getting on to a billion people say , well you ca n't possibly identify with a billion other people you ca n't meet them in one lifetime let alone ties with them , so how does , how does narcissistic libido unify the members of vast groups like the Catholic Church ? |
| 20 | Although many pubs , shopping centres , garden centres and schools have stepped into the breach , their play areas ca n't really compare with a good adventure playground in the local park . |
| 21 | The Fender ca n't really cope with the 335 at high volumes because it 's such a powerful guitar , so the Hartke adds a hard kind of edge and it keeps the bottom end really tight and sharp . ' |
| 22 | All I 'm saying is at the moment , she ca n't apparently cope with the demand on her for bags . |
| 23 | They will not normally sing with the boys , but are to sing services by themselves on Wednesdays and with the lay vicars both on Mondays and for one of the four services over weekends , by rotation . |
| 24 | Therefore it will not normally proceed with an accreditation visit until at least one cohort of students has completed the course of study . |
| 25 | It is my feeling that competitive advantage will not necessarily lie with the company whose television advertising builds the best brand image , or whose direct marketing agency hires the best creative brains . |
| 26 | But it is tied to the capitalist social order and therefore it can not strategically deal with the causes of discrimination ( this is as true of discrimination against women , against black people , against those with disabilities ) . |
| 27 | The time has come when the fact ought to be generally admitted that the amount of government … which is necessary to the welfare or even to the existence of a civilised community , can not permanently co-exist with the effective belief that deference to public opinion is in all cases the sole or the necessary basis of a democracy . |
| 28 | However , one can not really argue with a mathematical theorem . |
| 29 | Many historians have tended to stress the instrumental nature of sexual relationships and the conflicts inherent in working-class patterns of life , and no doubt much of this was often true ; but because we can not now identify with the exact meanings given to activities , this does not mean that strong feelings of warmth and mutual support did not exist . |
| 30 | For instance , I can not actively engage with a book unless I am mentally free to give myself to it — if my mind is on other practical affairs while I am reading or if my reading competence is inadequate then I shall not be able to submit to the experience . |