Example sentences of "[coord] their [noun sg] [vb mod] not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trade unions are only as strong as their membership allows them to be and their leadership can not be expected to perform miracles . |
| 2 | The extra contingents would come mainly from France , the United Kingdom and Canada , and their cost would not be borne by the UN budget . |
| 3 | But , as will also be discussed later , the problems they will pose and their cost can not be predicted with such certainty . |
| 4 | For one thing , those intervening formulations have been profoundly determining of our own culture and consciousness , and their influence can not be erased ; even deconstructed , they continue to exert an influence . |
| 5 | The gap between him and his pursuers widened ; and at the same moment , though they were invisible and their volley could not be followed by eye or ear , the Welsh archers deployed all along the rim of the forest loosed their shafts together . |
| 6 | One reason for this approach is that the design issues and their treatment may not be the same in both cases , although we would be advised to look for similarities . |
| 7 | These measures were " pump-priming " , not a bold new programme , and their value should not be exaggerated . |
| 8 | The Funding Council shall not — ( a ) be regarded as the servants or agents of the Crown ; ( b ) have any status , immunity or privilege of the Crown , and their property shall not be regarded as property of , or held on behalf of , the Crown . |
| 9 | Women are forgetful , and their testimony can not be considered reliable . |
| 10 | Individual saints may testify to God 's supernatural provision , but their experience can not be universalised . |
| 11 | The red thing A is colour-similar — as distinct from shape-similar or size-similar , although it can be all of these to the red thing B. But their colour can not be defined in terms of their colour-similarity . |
| 12 | Presuppositions are the silent partners in thought , but their silence must not be mistaken for their absence . |