Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [modal v] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will not be pressurised as to what they should put on or should not put on . |
| 2 | At its July meeting the Council heard some members complain that the proposals did not go far enough and would not lead to greater freedoms for institutions , and heard others wonder if the long-term aim was in fact ‘ complete autonomy ’ . |
| 3 | You can pick up the laddered stitches you go but in some cable patterns this amy not be necessary , the loops will begin to draw in and will not show . |
| 4 | The electric kettle broke down and will not work unless somebody stands beside it holding in the knob . |
| 5 | If a yacht on flotilla breaks down and can not travel due to a major failure which is not your fault , and a substitute is not available , we pay for each 24 hrs or each full sailing day ( 1000 to 1700 ) the yacht is immobile . |
| 6 | 15.1 This agreement is an executory agreement only and shall not operate or be deemed to operate as a demise of the Premises An executory agreement is an agreement to be followed by a lease , usually after various preliminary matters have been dealt with or some future act has been done , eg works have been completed . |
| 7 | Mrs Cresson 's appointment may have helped the Socialists somewhat but can not have done much for the Communists . |
| 8 | Instead they agreed to stay together but would not sleep with each other . |
| 9 | He did so but could not get it to work . ’ |
| 10 | For this reason , walking becomes rather a difficult experience as you can feel your feet moving along but can not see where they are going . |
| 11 | As we have seen , the trade union movement either could not or would not show the forbearance required , in the national interest , of a great and powerful institution ; nor , for that matter that sense of enlightened self-interest which would have told it that the morality of forbearance was its own best policy . |
| 12 | It was clear that Chancery was doing work which the Common Law Courts could not or would not do , and without which men 's rights could not be sufficiently protected . |
| 13 | Alternately , this interest might demonstrate the excitement and enjoyment gained from reading about and watching that which we ourselves could not or would not do ; a sort of substituted excitement . |
| 14 | If a biologically grounded disposition showed up simply in the form of what human beings could not or would not do , then there would be no real problem of alternative behaviours . |
| 15 | All his life he had sought her pardon for the failure which she either could not or would not spell out for him . |
| 16 | I then learned from the media that these payments would make up for the loss of revenue caused by people who could not or would not pay the community charge … |
| 17 | In many districts headmen could not or would not undertake their new duties . |
| 18 | But we know something else about the bishop 's motive which he could not or would not say to Ramsey . |
| 19 | Although it welcomed the extension of home ownership , it also recognized the problems of families who could not or would not take on the responsibility of home purchase ( Department of the Environment 1977b ) . |
| 20 | Why was her own heart starting to beat so hard again , frantically , as if it was trying to tell her something she could not or would not hear ? |
| 21 | Furthermore , if by the nature of the goods and/or the work , any defects therein or any failure thereof to conform as aforesaid does not or would not become apparent ( despite the carrying out of any examination and/or such tests ) until after use we may reject the same even after a reasonable period of use . |
| 22 | And King Henry , alone in his chamber , held his head between his hands for fear it should burst with anger and chagrin , and something else which he did not or would not recognise for pure hatred . |
| 23 | I cry to release huge waves of feelings which can build up , especially when I can not or dare not put feelings into words . |
| 24 | A guarantee is a promise by a third party which , if properly drawn up , will make that party legally liable to pay you if your own debtor can not or will not settle . |
| 25 | If , for some reason the nominated appointor can not or will not make an appointment , the court is likely to provide alternative machinery for determining the rent ( Sudbrook Trading Estate Ltd v Eggleton [ 1982 ] 3 All ER 1 ) . |
| 26 | Because they have seen the future they can not or will not speak of what they know so the Phoenix Guard are a silent order , pledged not to allow a single word to pass their lips in all the time they spend as guardians of the shrine . |
| 27 | It costs £700 a year to keep a child in a council day-nursery , and only children in real need — i.e. those whose mothers can not or will not care for them adequately at home — will get a place . |
| 28 | The Department of Health publishes tar tables to encourage smokers who can not or will not give up smoking to switch to lower tar brands on the grounds that this may at least lower their risk of lung cancer . |
| 29 | Even point-blank questioning may fail since people often can not or will not explain their feelings or attitudes . |
| 30 | This method is perhaps more acceptable for those who can not or will not cope with blood testing or who have very stable diabetes because of some residual β-cell function . |