Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's no reason why they should n't be able to develop their own dishes . |
| 2 | ‘ I may be against this on principle but I do n't see why I should n't be able to make a little bit of capital , ’ he added . |
| 3 | There is no earthly reason why I should n't be able to move like these young athletes . |
| 4 | Perhaps it was more merciful that , protected by his innocence , he should n't be able to . |
| 5 | Modules , in this sense , do not have access to the contents of other modules and , in Carl Hewitt of MIT 's immortal words , ‘ modules should n't be able to dicker around with the insides of their neighbours ’ . |
| 6 | Actually some friends of mine were quite confused about what , why they should n't be able to throw their cooking oil away in their bin . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's just that I thought you should n't be able to turn people out of places they 've lived in for years , it does n't make sense . |
| 8 | Provided we take enough water with us there 's no reason why we should n't be able to hold out for a considerable time in the banqueting hall , which is in a far better situation for defence … and let me remind you that with every passing day , relief comes nearer … perhaps as much as twenty miles nearer with every day 's march … |
| 9 | It was inconceivable that she should n't be able to throw him off , but she could n't . |
| 10 | I know we should n't be able to meet again . |
| 11 | really what the crunch is , the price should be , they should n't be able to be cheaper . |
| 12 | But now women are meant to go along on an even keel and when something upsets them they think tha e , I should n't be able to express this any more , so I 'll go to the G P and he 'll give me something and then the emotions will go away , but unfortunately they do n't go away , they just go wandering , they 'll come back again at another point . |
| 13 | An MP says social workers should n't be able to spend public money in such a way . |
| 14 | I do n't see any reason why they should n't be able to sue i if it can be proved that er the employer has caused undue stress on on an employee . |
| 15 | Now if , well , certainly there 's a lot more complicated things in complex numbers , you should , all you really done , is to , this thing about the complex you get them work out some algebra , you go out and Z square some algebra and then you 've done the complex with some algebra and with the use of plus and minus signs in there , it 's a little bit tricky , but nothing , that , that , at A level that you should n't be able to handle , right , and once you 've got that you look for some new , just , working and the least , and deciding what happened when you 've actually got . |
| 16 | Ee ee he should n't be able to buy them cos he 's only just gone down ! |
| 17 | so if you get to the shop you should n't be able to buy them from unless you took |
| 18 | That should actually be our benchmark , I see no reason why we should n't be able to achieve that . |
| 19 | But erm I mean th th the debate yesterday was , was as , as budget issues always are I mean when you 're talking about budget no matter , even in boom years you 're always still talking oh we have n't got enough money erm but it was positive in the sense that it was A we 're coming off the back of some good performance , and that 's important to remember , and all I 'm saying is there 's no reason why we should n't be able to maintain our performance , even if we ca n't improve it in the next two or three months erm from , to where we actually think we should have been given that the systems come in last year . |
| 20 | I should n't be able to do that , ah . |
| 21 | We 're hoping he wo n't be there long but they thought he might n't be able to manage in big classes . |
| 22 | ‘ Were n't you worried when Mr Trueman said that the residents would have to pay more and might n't be able to stay if they became ill ? |
| 23 | That brought tears to my eyes and I turned away so that Jeff would n't be able to see them , then fought them back . |
| 24 | I would n't be able to stretch out , but at least I could sit there . |
| 25 | They had refused to go with me , claiming they would n't be able to face their friends after that . |
| 26 | Victor Saville joined together with the story editor of Gaumont-British and worked out that filmmakers who took all the BBFC 's rules seriously would n't be able to make Cinderella . |
| 27 | Actors were very superstitious , so surely she would n't be able to resist bait like that ? |
| 28 | ‘ We would have converted it to run off the engine , but the trouble is that if the engine broke down , you would n't be able to get the bonnet up to look at it ! ’ |
| 29 | Otherwise you would n't be able to carry on behind the Führer 's back . |
| 30 | ‘ Otherwise the pigs in England would n't be able to walk . ’ |