Example sentences of "[modal v] not be [verb] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lists of names of authors should not be differentiated according to gender , by using first names for female writers but only family names for male writers ( as in " Shakespeare , Milton , Jane Austen , Hardy " ) . |
| 2 | It also highlights that functional deterioration , particularly in those with progressive disorders , may not be detected owing to inadequate or infrequent reassessments , or both . |
| 3 | The car was then marketed as ‘ Lagonda , designed under the supervision of W. O. Bentley ’ , but the flood of orders could not be met owing to the postwar shortage of steel . |
| 4 | The sociology of knowledge was not founded on an epistemology but this meant only that its empirical analyses could not be interpreted according to a pre-established system . |
| 5 | There are no specific hydrophobic contacts to thymine methyl groups such as those observed in other complexes , but there are sites in the operator where a mutation to thymine could not be accommodated owing to steric hindrance . |
| 6 | Er so much so , you see that er er er people who did have employment in the industry would not , would not be seen talking to left-wing Labour party people , or members of the Communist party , because they readily understood , you know , that here was a risk that they were running , whereby they may indeed lo er er lose their employment . |
| 7 | The dioecious Xerospermum noronhianum ( ‘ X intermedium' , Sapindaceae ) in West Malaysia has a prolonged sequential development of flowers on each inflorescence as well as the sequential development of the inflorescences themselves , making a small number of flowers available at any one time but ensuring economy by not producing excess flowers within a short period ( these would not be pollinated owing to the low density of pollinators ) . |
| 8 | It is about morality , and morality can not be judged according to the quality of our intentions , or according to whether a practice is socially sanctioned . |