Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [not/n't] [be] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For , not only must these systems perform the required service in a timely and efficient manner , but also they must not be exposed to the threat of failure or interference . |
| 2 | County freeholders , often indiscriminately styled ‘ barons ’ , as indeed some of them were , whose estates had been erected into free baronies by a crown charter , were gentlemen landowners of the shire , the direct vassals of the crown , and most of them were fully conscious of holding a social position which demanded that they should not be seen to be in any man 's pocket . |
| 3 | The Libyan quarrel was referred to Bishop Dionysius of Alexandria , a very well-educated man , who sided with those theologians who stressed the distinctness of Father and Son ; they should not be said to be of one being but to be as distinct as the husbandman and the vine . |
| 4 | If any are in the category of persons provided for in Section D of Department 's 279 of March 31 they should not be repatriated to the Soviet Union unless they affirmatively claim Soviet citizenship " [ this referred to Balts and Poles ] . |
| 5 | Pickets handing out leaflets to passers by may thereby cause harassment , alarm or distress , but they should not be held to be guilty of an offence on that account alone . |
| 6 | It is recognised that nurses must care for patients during recognised holidays but they should not be expected to be in the classroom . |
| 7 | They should not be introduced to a culture that was alien to them , but instead should be taught and guided through their own ‘ working-class ’ culture , in which they could succeed . |
| 8 | Newton would assign equal and opposite spins to A and B. Their values would be fixed at the moment of separation even if they might not be known to an observer until he had actually measured them . |
| 9 | One day , soon after he arrived in the dale he had reason to go to another farm and overheard a conversation between two old ladies.p They were lamenting that it was a sad day because outsiders were coming into the dale and taking over farms and was n't it a shame they could n't be let to locals . ’ |
| 10 | They could not be expected to be automatically loyal . |
| 11 | The problem , Richie explained , was that John and Angela had arrived at Heathrow Airport on a flight from Vienna , but as they had no passports they could not be admitted to the country . |
| 12 | They need not be subjected to obtrusive or distressing questions that may have no relevance to their illness , and no one will be singled out for discriminatory treatment . |
| 13 | One simple explanation , which is attractive and plausible , is that the strengthening enabled the ammonoid shell to withstand the hydrostatic pressure at relatively great depths in the ocean — they need not be confined to the surface waters or to relatively shallow depths . |
| 14 | They would not be tied to the goods of donor countries , and all funds from national sources should be in the form of grants ( already the case for a majority of donors ) . |
| 15 | They surrendered at Rome airport on Aug. 30 after receiving assurances they would not be deported to Ethiopia , where they claimed that they had suffered political persecution . |
| 16 | Bikenibeu Paeniu , the Prime Minister of Tuvalu , said that the Forum countries had , in accepting the inclusion of Taiwan , decided that they would not be dictated to by outsiders . |
| 17 | A government decree issued on Oct. 8 offered drug traffickers a guarantee that they would not be extradited to the United States to face drug charges if they surrendered to the authorities . |
| 18 | A communiqué passed to the government on Nov. 22 by a group of prominent citizens known as " the notables " , believed to mediating between the government and the Medellín drug cartel , contained an offer from the cartel that between 200 and 300 of their members would surrender to stand trial if they received official assurances that they would not be extradited to another country . |
| 19 | They rightly feared that they would not be appointed to judicial posts which carried executive responsibilities . |
| 20 | ‘ This place we 're going to , it 's in Mariánské Láznë ? ’ she thought she should enquire , since it seemed they would not be walking to this lunchtime venue . |
| 21 | We got a call from them recently and , apparently they 've managed to come up with a program that WILL allow for a hundred Lemmings on-screen at once — although they would not be animated to any degree whatsoever . |
| 22 | Mr G. has sent many specimens in spirits , ’ wrote Prince to Jardine , ‘ none of which have been opened as it is his wish that they shall not be shewn to anyone until his return . ’ |
| 23 | They will not be coming to the cinema , and I was like , what time are they gon na come , and he was like , hang on , I have n't finished yet . |
| 24 | His silence about Megara is not complete : Pericles is described as telling the Athenians that they will not be going to war over a trifle , if they refuse to rescind the Megarian decree as the Spartans demand . |
| 25 | I hope they wo n't be writing to her in God ! |
| 26 | They , they , they exist erm , princ a very common finding in psychoanalysis is that things will , will , will exist as word representations , with no feeling representation , or they wo n't be connected to , to er they 'd be completely isolated . |
| 27 | They wo n't be allowed to . |
| 28 | By the way , they wo n't be coming to school any more , when from next term . |
| 29 | This will account for the fact that although it is the obvious lesson of Darwinism that species mutate , they can not be said to be aware of this nor in any sense to change themselves . |
| 30 | This , together with the self–selecting nature of the sample , means that while the findings can aid understanding of the factors involved they can not be generalised to the wider population . |