Example sentences of "they [modal v] not be [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Children below school leaving age would also be excluded as they could not be expected to live independently in the community in any case . |
| 32 | In fact in its original Hebrew setting the shepherd referred to a totally different picture — one who actually cared for and was perhaps even prepared to give his life for the sheep , protecting them from very real danger from which they could not be expected to protect themselves . |
| 33 | Because we had evidence that memories of the exercise tended to fade quickly , it was decided to exclude schools which had submitted reports at the very earliest stage ( autumn 1980 to summer 1981 ) , and schools which were not due to submit reports until the last stage of the first cycle ( autumn 1985 to early 1986 ) were also excluded because they could not be expected to have made much of a start on the process . |
| 34 | In diplomatic exchanges , at least , the French accepted American reservations about unregenerate colonialism in Vietnam although , as the French pointed out , they could not be expected to assist in or condone the establishment of a government of Vietnam which would not follow democratic principles ‘ as these are understood in the West ’ . |
| 35 | The technical nature of the work meant that they could not be expected to check it had been satisfactorily done . |
| 36 | In addition , some lords , both ecclesiastical and secular , were privileged ( privilegiati ) in that they could not be forced to transfer their allegiance to another lord against their will . |
| 37 | It was in the interests of the Great Powers that they could not be held bound by a treaty to which they had not formally become a party while , as will be seen , a number of the exceptions to the classic rule enabled them to impose their will upon weaker entities . |
| 38 | Other courts might not agree that the rent was fair but unless there was a right of appeal , they would not be empowered to intervene . |
| 39 | Interior Minister Carlos Saavedra Bruno announced on July 17 a 120-day amnesty period for drug traffickers to surrender voluntarily in return for a guarantee that they would not be extradited to stand trial in the United States . |
| 40 | As for their children , they would not be allowed to live in Britain for any length of time , and while they were here they would be prevented from attending school . |
| 41 | Journalists who reported to Gaza Barracks at 7.15am as instructed were told they would not be allowed to witness the exercise , which involved 24 Airmobile Brigade , North Yorkshire Police , fire and ambulance services , the county emergency planning department and ‘ casualties ’ from Longlands College , Middlesbrough . |
| 42 | However , the four Basque deputies elected in October for United People ( HB ) had still not taken up their seats , and the Constitutional Court confirmed in a ruling on March 29 that they would not be permitted to do so unless they swore the conventional oath of allegiance to the Constitution [ see p. 37135 ] . |
| 43 | If there was trouble of any kind whatsoever that day , either the lighting of fires or leaving the rectory garden for a single instant , they would not be permitted to attend the Easter Fete . |
| 44 | Advertisements for the bonds in the USA had assured prospective buyers that they would not be required to disclose their identities or the source of their funds . |
| 45 | And interrogatories may be administered to determine on which of certain prescribed grounds the directors have acted , but not as to their reasons for rejecting on these grounds , and not if the articles provide , as they often do , that they shall not be bound to state their reasons . |
| 46 | Wagstaff argues that the hypnotist , like a counsellor , helps motivate people to try to remember by reassuring them that they will not be made to feel upset , guilty , or embarrassed if they describe what they have seen . |
| 47 | Very often there are schools , just across the road , full of children who will very probably become unemployed when they leave because they will not be equipped to fill any of the jobs that are available . |
| 48 | Now this also could mean that under a future Labour government if they wish to support certain industries , they will not be allowed to do so by the European community . |
| 49 | They will not be allowed to use the new equipment or the new buildings . |
| 50 | There may be a good relationship between management and employees in most companies , but if people are not prepared to go down the road together they will not be allowed to go down the road at all . |
| 51 | Sussex secretary Nigel Bett warned : ‘ If they refuse to interview our captain they will not be allowed to report our matches . ’ |
| 52 | In it he proposes the closure of at least one college at year that they reopen after three years and that they will not be allowed to employ anyone who 's previously taught at an Oxbridge university . |
| 53 | To make matters worse for Rangers , they will not be allowed to attend the UEFA disciplinary hearing in Zurich later this month that will decide Hateley 's fate . |
| 54 | Those of the Church of England are very glad to get rid of Popery , but they will not be contented to Part with their Church into the bargain … |
| 55 | The bishop and the blacksmith may travel third class together , and chat by the way ; but they will not be permitted to take luncheon side by side in the first-class refreshment room , if the blacksmith , like the bishop , wears the apron of his calling . |
| 56 | Staff may , therefore , begin looking for alternative employment in the local area so that they will not be forced to make the choice of a job with their employer or no job at all . |
| 57 | The ‘ stepped pyramids ’ may be characteristic of the Cornish landscape , but they can not be said to sit naturally in it . |
| 58 | On the right , while Italian and German agents were active in Spain and sympathetic to the Spanish right , they can not be said to have exerted pressure upon it or materially to have assisted it in subverting the Republic . |
| 59 | Since such orders are not the product of a directing intelligence they can not be said to have a particular purpose . |
| 60 | Though the novels of the Quartet are linked by common characters and motifs , they can not be said to have a continuous story line . |