Example sentences of "[modal v] not [be] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This seems to indicate that the igfet should not be of much use and , indeed , this is the case at low frequencies of operation . |
| 2 | She desired that the legacy should not be in any way altered by the pope nor any other person . |
| 3 | This absolute privilege is founded on the principle that it is advantageous for the public interest that the citizen should not be in any way fettered in his statements , and where the public service or due administration of justice is involved he shall have the right to speak his mind freely … |
| 4 | Highly intelligent and academically minded children should not be in this school … |
| 5 | We did n't want there to be any confusion so that people would automatically put us all into public services , because the majority of our members should n't be in that section . |
| 6 | He fell asleep , but hours later he woke up and felt again — as he 'd felt for a moment in the hall when he 'd arrived — that he should n't be in this house . |
| 7 | The FCC 's cleverly contrived technical contest may have helped accelerate the move to digital broadcasting , but that may not be of much help to the terrestrial TV broadcasters it had hoped to escort into the digital age , nor give much of an edge to American equipment makers . |
| 8 | In opposition to centrally imposed ‘ local economic strategies ’ , these initiatives of the left explicitly recognize that what is appropriate in one place , may not be of much use in another . |
| 9 | Although baby universes may not be of much use for space travel , they have important implications for our attempt to find a complete unified theory that will describe everything in the universe . |
| 10 | In any case , as we shall see in Chapter 8 , strengths very greatly in excess of I per cent of the Young 's modulus may not be of much interest in practical engineering . |
| 11 | Method ( 2 ) , as discussed in chapter 3 , may not be of much value if managers do not stay long enough in one position . |
| 12 | ‘ Go on , Wilson , though it may not be of any use . ’ |
| 13 | With two votes West Germans are in a different position , even though their first vote may not be of any use . |
| 14 | So until that comes out I can not actually confirm what may or may not be in that manifesto . |
| 15 | Mm it it may it may not be in that nature because the nature of of supply teaching work of course is that |
| 16 | Consideration of these facts should be enough to alert us to the possibility that the totality of our being may be much more than just the physical body , and that we may not be in any sense only machines . |
| 17 | The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Lion might not be on this book list , but in the short sub-section of ‘ Finance and Government ’ were old conspiratorial favourites : F.J. Irsigier 's Who Makes Our Money ? , |
| 18 | Half-way through the twentieth century it was becoming clear to the more perceptive analysts that , whatever the political limitations might or might not be to that form of growth , there were ecological limitations looming on the horizon . |
| 19 | We might not be in this situation now . |
| 20 | The Governor , Sir David Wilson , has argued for a general ‘ right of entry ’ to Britain — though such a ‘ right ’ could not be of much value if it were not ordinarily convertible into full citizenship . |
| 21 | Sorry I could n't be of more help . |
| 22 | Now we could n't be in any doubt that some people were not to be trusted . |
| 23 | The occasional hairline crack in external brickwork need not be of any significance , but should be observed over a period to see if it extends or widens . |
| 24 | ‘ Since you 're not involved in the project , ’ he muttered tersely , ‘ it need n't be of any concern to you . ’ |
| 25 | It would not be of much help to him , and it would alert any intruder that he was on his way . |
| 26 | In either case , it would not be of much use as a source of heat and light for life on Earth . |
| 27 | She would not be on this earth much longer . |
| 28 | Mrs Thatcher 's heart would not be in that approach , any more than the Labour Party has yet taken the need for high interest rates to its bosom . |
| 29 | As for sociable hours , I would not be in this trade if I expected to work nine to five , Monday to Friday . |
| 30 | ‘ I accept that the local authority and the social workers behaved in the way in which they did in error , but it is an important constitutional matter , and to mark the position , and so that local authorities shall not be under any misapprehension about their powers , I order that the costs of this application be paid by the local authority . |