Example sentences of "[modal v] not [coord] do not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pound was in all seriousness embarked on an epic poem ( which he defined , following of all unlikely authorities Rudyard Kipling , as ‘ the tile of the tribe ’ ) ; he could not and did not expect understanding from readers who supposed that the epic poem had died in the seventeenth century if not before , whose expectations therefore were conditioned by their experience of the brief or else extended lyric . |
| 2 | But the golden age could not and did not last . |
| 3 | They could not and did not keep his covenant . |
| 4 | We would not and do not like them ma manipulation and extortion of workers anywhere in the world . |
| 5 | The remainder would not or did not distinguish between these two aspects of their work ( Maud 1967 , Vol. 2 : 1 39 ) . |
| 6 | Such questions will not and do not go away , whatever the philosophers of education dictate . |
| 7 | Baynton v. Morgan shows , amongst other things , that this last contention may not always be relied on by the lessee ; and accordingly the position of the defendant is not put otherwise than favourably to himself if it is said that the measure of his liability here , that of a lessee after an assignment , is the performance or non-performance of the covenants in question by his assignees when he can not and does not aver any performance by himself . |
| 8 | This should be as much for what it can not and does not achieve , as for what it does . |
| 9 | He can not and does not do everything . |
| 10 | The sacrifice of Jesus was ‘ for ever ’ and can not and does not need to be repeated or re-enacted . |
| 11 | Section 9 provides that where he can not or does not make the valuation , the contract is avoided . |
| 12 | 9 – ( 1 ) Where there is an agreement to sell goods on the terms that the price is to be fixed by the valuation of a third party , and he can not or does not make the valuation , the agreement is avoided ; but if the goods or any part of them have been delivered to and appropriated by the buyer he must pay a reasonable price for them . |
| 13 | McCallum assumes that the government decides its monetary and fiscal policies for period t at the end of period t - 1 and can not or does not change them in period t . |
| 14 | This does not mean that exploitation can not or does not exist . |
| 15 | Recurrent problems may be symptomatic of crises which the nurse can not or does not wish to share with her manager . |
| 16 | This category from the 1981 census has proved an excellent indicator , because it largely identifies young , single people living in multi-occupied houses who either can not or do not cook , or who do not have regular access to a kitchen . |
| 17 | This is because a major aim of public sector housing policy has been to provide a good standard of accommodation usually for the less well-to-do who can not or do not wish to buy their own homes . |
| 18 | According to the current secretary of state , this principle still applies : ‘ Health authorities have a responsibility under the NHS Act 1977 to provide nursing care for those who can not or do not wish to pay for it . |
| 19 | If you can not or do not wish to attend , but wish your views to be put before the Inspector , will you please send them in writing to reach the Department of the Environment , Room 13/16 , Tollgate House , Houlton Street , Bristol , BS2 9DJ , before the 23rd February , 1989 , quoting the appeal reference |