Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] because the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Although he supported the formation of a steering group Mr McLaughlin said the Department could not join because the Government could not get involved in planning and running rail services . |
2 | Bob carried out immediate treatment and reassured the client that the infestation would not recur because the drainage system had been replaced . |
3 | And , it would not work because the arrangement 2x + y does not provide a means of bringing accountability to bear on the performance of management : for it is highly improbable that a group of people which is primarily a derivative from two opposed and irreconcilable interests can effectively be called to account by either ; and the addition of a third group accountable to no one further confounds the confusion . |
4 | It will not happen because the House can not reform itself ; it can only act with the permission of the executive . |
5 | Section 740 will not apply because the relief in provision in s740(5) will apply . |
6 | I will not flee because the wolf is on the prowl . ’ |
7 | These days , that can not happen because the case is unlikely to be listed and , if it is listed , it will be adjourned , so a local authority has no means of carrying out its responsibilities . |