Example sentences of "[modal v] not be put " in BNC.
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| 31 | At 19 of the locations , flames could not be put out easily , if at all , because of poor access to hoses . |
| 32 | Hence the weedkiller train could not be put into the loop and had to remain on the main line , being put right up to the buffer stop because a passenger train was due . |
| 33 | Last year it was decided that even less toxic paints could not be put in the ground . |
| 34 | And plagiarism is often the result of an admiration for the wording of the original — a feeling that such ideas could not be put better . |
| 35 | That vision could not be put into practice if Highland were to be governed by an authority the size of Belgium . |
| 36 | No , there was nothing wrong with their uniforms that could n't be put right , as far as Vi was concerned . |
| 37 | What right did he have to come back into her life like this , trying to shatter it into little pieces that could n't be put back together for a second time ? |
| 38 | ‘ I was in Reception when she phoned , but the call could n't be put through to you , as your line was engaged . |
| 39 | Mr Wallis said there was ‘ no way we want to see miners out of jobs ’ but PowerGen 's own survival would not be put at risk by limiting its range of suppliers . |
| 40 | Antonio Cellini would not be put off so easily . |
| 41 | Tim would not be put off . |
| 42 | Of would not be put aside , would not falter . |
| 43 | She suspected that the good doctor might be laying it on a little thick , but she would not be put off , and said in her stiffest voice , ‘ Yes , I understand all that , and I am prepared to work hard , ’ and she added for good measure , ‘ You need not worry about followers . |
| 44 | But she would not be put down ; she would not . |
| 45 | I am very conscious of what I would not be putting forward but I would include Rachel Whiteread for her contribution to Documenta : I 'm watching Anya Gallachio who has just shown at the ICA , and I would include Angela Bulloch who has been understood abroad more than here . |
| 46 | But I shall not be putting any money on the men in white . |
| 47 | Nell would n't be put off . |
| 48 | More than half say they would n't be put off a woman if they knew she carried condoms ; only 17% would regard it as a turn-off . |
| 49 | And she hoped I would n't be put off like she was . |
| 50 | But she would n't be put off . |
| 51 | ‘ I got Nell to tell his father that if Sheridan came to breakfast we would n't be putting on our scene , and it did the trick . |
| 52 | He 'd known he would n't be putting on the act as soon as the boy had handed him the carrier . |
| 53 | ‘ Yes — feelings ca n't be put into words . ’ |
| 54 | ‘ This is a technology , ’ says the UK Genetics Forum , ‘ which should be looked at from the point of view that if something goes wrong , it ca n't be put right . |
| 55 | The precautionary principle suggests that , as the future damage done by pollution is often more costly than the extra expense of avoiding it in the first place and in any case it is often unacceptable , even if a money cost ca n't be put on it , then prevention is better than cure . |
| 56 | But there it is : poor Willy left his intellect spattered across a dry-stone wall in the Cotswolds and , like Humpty Dumpty , ca n't be put back together again . |
| 57 | ‘ People ca n't be put at risk like this . |
| 58 | You ca n't be put into |
| 59 | Besides , they will not be put off because they know a bargain when they see one . |
| 60 | I am advised that local authorities seeking simply to provide the public with access to a comprehensive range of artistic and literary materials will not be put at risk by this provision . |