Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [modal v] not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last year , a random search for 194 titles revealed 109 could not be located . |
| 2 | I mean that ca n't be right . |
| 3 | he 's retired , but he 's , he 's been quite busy with this Festival , but I , I said to him , now what I 'll do is maybe come and you and him and Jane maybe kind of will just sort of have a quick confab sometime just talk about what he wants , and he will be kind of happy to do that with obviously we 'd have to find a drop of money to pay for the tapes , I mean that would n't be huge and expensive . |
| 4 | I mean this might not be a good time to chat about it . |
| 5 | We considered buying a coffee bar and being a presence in the market place , but we realised this would not be a suitable place for Sunday worship , and our attempts to buy a suitable shop were consistently blocked . |
| 6 | The couple say that should n't be their responsibility . |
| 7 | More seriously , he quoted Synod 's resolution on sexuality , and argued that an organisation whose beliefs and aims contradicted this should not be allowed to use church premises . |
| 8 | ‘ But what looks good might not be and we can only speculate . |
| 9 | Mr Devine could face up to 300 lashes for the offence , his MP says that can not be allowed to happen . |
| 10 | File management systems can and should be directed to ensuring that no work is done that will not be paid for by the Legal Aid Board . |
| 11 | ‘ But I hope that wo n't be necessary . |
| 12 | Well I hope that wo n't be necessary . |
| 13 | The deposit is ten thousand pounds and the company says this will not be repaid if orders are cancelled . |
| 14 | The people who have done this will not be at peace for years to come . |
| 15 | Many of our friends thought us too independent and adventurous to leave the shores of old England , and thus plunge into foreign countries not beneath Victoria 's sway , with no protecting relatives , but we can only say that we hope this will not be our last excursion of this kind . |
| 16 | I hope this will not be too much Verdi for you . ’ |
| 17 | Equally , common sense demands that the operated transsexual should not be able to avoid prosecution and conviction for soliciting or importuning , as the case may be , by suddenly adopting for the duration of the trial the prior and now abandoned sex . |
| 18 | The stylishly inclined have always maintained that looking good need n't be a costly exercise . |
| 19 | The morning engagements Thrush Green could readily understand , for a man living alone could not be expected to polish and clean , to cook and scrub , and to wash and iron for himself ; though , as Ella pointed out , plenty of women lived alone and did all that with one hand tied behind them , and often went out to work as well into the bargain , and no one considered it remarkable . |
| 20 | The supply of SDRs to be made available would not be disturbed by the vagaries of industrial demand , Russian gold sales or speculation . |
| 21 | WAIT 1 can not be overlapped , except with separate functions of this or some other program . |
| 22 | Certainly the the re-use of er adaptation of existing buildings and would have thought that would n't be er er something which the county council would want to prevent . |
| 23 | ‘ I suspect that may not be possible , ’ Edward told her . |
| 24 | They were still interested in affiliating to the Labour Party , though under the Labour Party rules this could not be recognised until 1940 . |
| 25 | His worry when NVQ 's began was the question of who made the awards and could ‘ NVQers ’ practise as embalmers. replied this would not be the case . |
| 26 | Moreover , good housekeeping and husbandry practices in respect of storing , transporting and handling materials which are or may become odorous must not be overlooked in any type of trade or industry , whether or not additional odour abatement methods are required . |
| 27 | I 'm not paying another month 's rent , I know that wo n't be two hundred and fifty quid would buy enough curtains |
| 28 | I know that ca n't be true , but — |
| 29 | But let's hope that will not be necessary . |
| 30 | But he fears that may not be possible . |