Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] not be [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the claim is made in third party proceedings in the context of a denial by the third defendant that he has conspired against the plaintiffs or defrauded them must not be allowed to conceal the fact that the claim for contribution from the third party necessarily asserts the contrary , albeit on a contingent basis . |
| 2 | ‘ I may not be allowed to stay here , ’ the woman said . |
| 3 | Yet I must not be understood to rely on any so-called growth dividend . |
| 4 | Though they were spoken for my benefit , I could not be assumed to share the same norms . |
| 5 | I was reminding the golfing spirits that I could not be caught napping . |
| 6 | I will not be spoken to like that … ’ |
| 7 | I can not be said to have a life outside these four walls . |
| 8 | And , if she has a sister who is going out of her mind , I have had a mother eighty-nine years old and senile , I can not be said to deserve any further burdens nor to have failed in carrying out my duty . |
| 9 | My favourite statistic of the match , however , is that six of the England team have the middle initial A. I can not be bothered to check whether this has ever happened before , but I doubt it . |
| 10 | I can not be expected to monitor these statements . |
| 11 | For example , you may not be allowed to study , say , economics unless you also take statistics or computing . |
| 12 | You should not be made to feel inferior or unusual because you have respect for your considerable responsibilities . |
| 13 | If you have n't got the skill you should not be asked to undertake that task until you are trained or supervised . |
| 14 | Such feelings are understandable but she must not be allowed to brood on them . |
| 15 | She should not be encouraged to share it with too many people . |
| 16 | Under her contract of employment Mrs Lee was ‘ not mobile ’ ( i.e. she could not be required to move ) and the employer had committed a fundamental breach of the contract . |
| 17 | He or she could not be expected to emerge simply as the result of exposure to the properly approved values , though such exposure was crucial , hence the importance of suitable club workers , in particular those with a public-school background . |
| 18 | He 'd made it abundantly clear that Hari was of no account in the community , that she could not be trusted to carry any weight with lawyers and the like . |
| 19 | Told by the judge , Lord Coulsfield , that she could not be compelled to testify , Heather Hepburn , 29 , of Argyll Street , Alloa , said she was willing to give evidence . |
| 20 | Perhaps she 'd not be required to answer . |
| 21 | ‘ You could not be expected to foresee how he would turn out . ’ |
| 22 | She would not be forced to invent further spurious reasons for contacting the victim 's widow . |
| 23 | ‘ If she was pregnant , ’ Corbett cryptically replied , ‘ she would not be allowed to leave . ’ |
| 24 | This was to ensure that he or she would not be pressurized to publish things against their judgement or be got rid of in favour of an outsider who would change the paper 's political line . |
| 25 | If you are hit on the head by a pot of paint whilst walking under a ladder you would not be asked to show the precise act of negligence that caused the paint to fall ; it goes without saying that someone had been negligent . |
| 26 | If you are called for an interview with a local authority , you would not be expected to answer detailed questions relating to local government law . |
| 27 | This level of command was fixed ie as General Dwight Eisenhower you would not be expected to fly planes into combat , nor as the jockey of a M1 Abrams tank could you try and effect changes in grand strategy . |
| 28 | However , the basic National Insurance retirement pension by itself is not enough to bring her above the point where tax begins to be charged , so if she has no other income apart from this , she will not be asked to pay tax . |
| 29 | JANET watches , knowing she will not be allowed to help . |
| 30 | You will not be asked to undergo a medical . |