Example sentences of "who [modal v] [not/n't] be [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any edition of it , in good condition , will suit the collector , who should not be persuaded to pay a high price for it . |
| 2 | Most were casual or self-employed workers who could not be made to retire , and many were also small property-holders — an important factor which also made their position stronger for continuing at work . |
| 3 | In the case containing the arrow is a silver chain mail bag , containing ten silver shillings , the traditional ransom paid to medieval archers who could not be trusted to return it . |
| 4 | On the British side of the Atlantic there were many who tended to dismiss the Americans as moralizers who would be generous with advice and opinions but who could not be trusted to back up their words with actions . |
| 5 | They already knew that he was a man who could not be trusted to preserve the Union and to safeguard the social superiority of Protestant culture . |
| 6 | It is not surprising that at independence most governments identified the international companies from the former colonial power as potential agents of neo-colonialism , who could not be trusted to operate with the interests of African countries at heart . |
| 7 | Working with a group of trainee student teachers and a class of 6 year olds , he began a graphic story of a fictional medieval knight living in a castle who could not be bothered to lock the postern gate one dark , cold , rainy night . |
| 8 | Folly nodded , trying not to show her distaste , even though she privately thought that any man who could n't be bothered to remember his wife 's birthday did n't deserve to be married . |
| 9 | No doubt some of the same ‘ gentlemen ’ who could n't be bothered to remember their wives ' birthdays were equally glad to be relieved of the responsibility of remembering their mistresses ' . |
| 10 | I just wasted a whole day to see someone who could n't be bothered to turn up . |
| 11 | I tell the DI why ; I tell him about two more betrayals ; about the commanding officer who had let men die to cover up his own inadequacy ( or at least Andy believed he had , which was all that mattered ) , and I tell him about the locum doctor who could n't be bothered to attend a patient and then , when he eventually did pay a visit , just assumed her pain was something trivial . |
| 12 | I was her oafish idiot of a son who could n't be expected to make a success of anything — not even of his marriage . ’ |
| 13 | What was he doing , acting the liberal again , and in front of country people who could n't be expected to comprehend modern attitudes ? |
| 14 | The receipt of the Company for the purchase money shall be a good discharge to the Purchaser who shall not be bound to see to the application thereof and , after the name of the Purchaser has been entered in the register in purported exercise of the aforesaid powers , the validity of the proceedings shall not be questioned by any person . |
| 15 | The receipt of the Company for the purchase money shall be a good discharge to the Purchaser who shall not be bound to see to the application thereof and , after the name of the Purchaser has been entered in the register in purported exercise of the aforesaid powers , the validity of the proceedings shall not be questioned by any person . |
| 16 | The receipt of the Company for the purchase money , pursuant to such transfers , shall constitute a good and valid discharge to the Proposed Purchaser ( who shall not be bound to see to the application thereof ) and after the Proposed Purchaser has been registered in purported exercise of the aforesaid powers the validity of the proceedings shall not be questioned by any person . |
| 17 | Who ca n't be bothered to read health warnings on cigarette packets let alone tampon packets . |
| 18 | She sat there going well why should we have to pay for poor people who ca n't be bothered to get jobs , they 're so lazy ! |
| 19 | The 40-year-old woman from Wakefield , West Yorkshire — who can not be named to protect her child 's identity — was charged with murdering John William Lockwood ( 65 ) of Halton Road , Wakefield . |
| 20 | The man , who can not be named to protect the identities of his victims , pleaded guilty to five sample counts of rape , three indecent assaults , one charge of buggery and one of gross indecency . |
| 21 | The 38-year-old man , who can not be named to protect the identity of his victim , tortured her with an electric stun gun during the ordeal in front of their children , the court heard . |
| 22 | The long awaited guide to the Ormes , by Steve Meyers , has appeared , but one marvels at the arrogance of a publisher who can not be bothered to credit in full the first ascent teams . |
| 23 | Personal neglect , perhaps arising from social isolation , loneliness or depression , can lead to elderly people who can not be bothered to prepare good food , relying on quick and easy foods , thereby getting an unbalanced diet . |
| 24 | I have heard a lot of silly arguments from anglers who can not be bothered to learn touch legering . |
| 25 | The lazy undergraduate who can not be persuaded to read Trevor-Roper 's magisterial life of Archbishop Laud might fruitfully be propelled in the direction of the 20-page retrospect reproduced here . |
| 26 | This power is extremely useful when a supervision order is made in respect of a very young child who can not be expected to present himself for examination . |
| 27 | Statements from ten soldiers , who can not be compelled to appear , were read to the jury . |