Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [modal v] not be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The talks between Electronic Data Systems Corp and British Telecommunications Plc about a possible alliance have cooled , the Wall Street Journal believes : rather surprisingly , the paper says that British Telecom had been considering buying 25% of General Motors Corp 's Class E shares , which simply pay dividends tied to the computer services subsidiary 's performance ; it had been assumed that British Telecom would not be interested in holding a significant minority interest in an automaker just to cement an alliance with one of its subsidiaries . |
| 2 | The division of Glamorgan allowed each of the former county boroughs to be placed in a separate county though in terms of total area or population a unified Glamorgan would not be unusual in an English context . |
| 3 | The 28-year-old Gittens would not be available for the Rumbelows League Cup semi-final against Manchester United should he agree to the move . |
| 4 | My hon. Friend must also recognise that the Thameslink lines under central London would not be capable of taking the proposed high-speed trains which will come across from the channel tunnel . |
| 5 | Consequently , early systems were unsuccessful , and the realisation that effective MT would not be possible without fundamental work on text understanding led to a cutback in funding . |
| 6 | Their ground-sharing scheme with non-League Dartford would not be acceptable under the proposed changes . |
| 7 | Although Rod Wallace opened the scoring from Strachan 's pull-back 10 minutes into the second half , nervous , unconvincing Leeds could not be sure of victory until both Lee Chapman and Cantona scored in a hectic final three minutes . |