Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Control to rest with the officer commanding L Detachment and not with any outside body superimposed for the purpose of coordination , the need for which will not arise should effect be given to the present proposals … .
2 What I think the public did not appreciate and I do not think would have appreciated clearly from the consultation leaflet , was quite how big a difference there was between the level of relief afforded by the inner relief roads and the outer relief roads , and in that context , I think that to say that the outer relief roads afford relief of between twenty and thirty percent is a little misleading in two respects .
3 I 'll give you one story that you may not think could have been cut down , but , the headline read , ‘ War Declared ’ .
4 My hon. Friend is right to draw attention to that good example of the special skills and capabilities that the British defence industry still has , and which I do not doubt will serve it well in future in both domestic and export markets .
5 To write about a place I did not know might seem to be breaking one of the most quoted warnings to the novice author : " Write about what you know " .
6 Leaseholders who live in a block which does not qualify will have a new right to buy an extended lease .
7 The strength of functional assessment is to point out that an elder who can not dress will require the same care , irrespective of whether this condition results from a stroke , severe arthritis , an obsessional neurosis , or a low self-esteem .
8 The prognostic value of this parameter might have been higher if the follow up of our patients had been longer , since some of the patients with high upper crypt labelling indeces who did not relapse might have experienced later recurrences .
9 As a young professional with Fulham some 30 and more years ago , he prospered hugely from advice offered in no uncertain terms by Joe Bacuzzi , a redoubtable professional of the old school and a firm believer in the unassailable principle that full-backs who can not defend should seek alternative employment .
10 My hon. Friend is right to say that the local income tax is not an alternative to council tax which commends itself to Conservative Members — or even to most Opposition Members , and he is right to say that anybody interested in knowing why local income tax will not work could do no better than to read the report of our proceedings in Committee .
11 Those who did not sign would forfeit some legal rights .
12 The ship that does not float will sink ;
13 If , contrary to this sworn determination , the defence of justification is not proceeded with when the matter comes to trial , his conduct in recklessly signalling a defence which does not materialise can inflate the damages alarmingly .
14 And so , er , when th the reapers were gathering in the harvest they were not allowed to go right to the edge of the field , they had to leave a border , they were not to go right into the corners , they were to leave those areas , so that the poorer members , so that those who did not have could come and could gather what was left behind .
15 ‘ Those who can not hear must feel the rod of correction , ’ she declaimed , raising the stick as she advanced , Martha let out a shriek , leaped to her feet and , barely aware of her action , hit the old woman as hard as she could on the side of the head , knocking her against the wall .
16 Some babies affected like this die in the first year of their life , those who do not die can face a lifetime of handicap .
17 Some babies affected like this die in the first year of their life , those who do not die can face a lifetime of handicap .
18 A company which has a subsidiary undertaking to which these requirements do not apply must take all reasonable steps to secure that the subsidiary keeps such records as will enable the directors of the parent company to ensure that any balance sheet and profit and loss account prepared under Part VII complies with the Act 's requirements .
19 They would say that walking has been , and always will be , the principal method of human transport , yet during the current motorised interlude those that can not or will not ride must step aside — literally — for those that do .
20 Which Royal suggested parents who can not read should go back to school with their children ?
21 Any people who have ever suffered from itches that they can not scratch will sympathize with the dilemma of the de-clawed cat .
22 But , of course , Dorothy knows in those particular circumstances it was not a risk — the mental parameters fixed by the first half of the lesson controlled the freedom of the second half — and any individual child who could not cope could turn it into a ‘ reporting to the boss at the manhole ’ game .
23 But for that he would have got his sword out of its scabbard , and the fight they could not afford would have been on in earnest .
24 He also warned conservative elements that " whoever does not reform will have to leave the stage " .
25 if I do n't Labour will make the Queen
26 Er which I do n't think would make the focus for a new settlement proposal .
27 The only thing which I do n't think would happen in this book would be Simon 's actions .
28 It might be a surprise that she did n't think would displease him .
29 I see some of these big photo-ops , the Berlin Wall , revolution in Prague — I did n't think would come out , but I 'll talk about it — I just see that it 's a manipulation of the press ; photographers all know to stay in one spot so we 're not in each other 's shot .
30 ‘ Gazza has won the fans ' hearts and even if he had n't scored that late goal — and although they would have turned against the side — I do n't think would have turned against him .
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