Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The green of the spring grass and of the new leaves upon the trees was so intense that even riding through it for hours could not dim John 's sense of wonder . |
| 2 | This would be in tune with the general desire of the council officials that we as researchers should not set about asking direct questions about incomer and Shetlander relations . |
| 3 | In 1914 , one commentator rashly predicted that the fad for adaptations would n't last much longer . |
| 4 | Omar 's information that the country below the escarpment would be suitable for camels could not have been more misleading . |
| 5 | In the last chapter we introduced the free-rider problem when discussing why bribes and compensation for externalities might not occur . |
| 6 | The SSI is concerned that a small number of authorities could not show they had abided by this ruling and would require some further investigation by the SSI and the Audit Commission . |
| 7 | An influential research study from the Bournville Village Trust in Birmingham , When we build again ( 1941 ) , proclaimed the message that it was vital to ensure that the redevelopment of cities should not perpetuate the faults of the old cities . |
| 8 | Canadian Pound told a breakfast press conference for journalists : ‘ The best of riders can not win without a good horse — you could put a dog on a horse and it would still win . ’ |
| 9 | But millions of Germans will not forget the voice of Winfried Wolk , a leader of the hitherto tame East German Christian Democrat party , almost breaking as he warned over Western television on Wednesday night that East Germany 's ferment could end like that in China . |
| 10 | Where matrix structure exists it is important that the authority of superiors should not overlap and areas of authority must be clearly defined . |
| 11 | But when this is the only method of recruitment used , or if the ‘ friend ’ is waved through without a formal impartial interview , then the standard of recruits can not rise and the social catchment area of the volunteer base will not be broadened . |
| 12 | Such a dramatic movement of peoples could not have been undertaken by any other contemporary transportation method , and must reflect remarkable activity at the hundreds of newly built stations throughout the system . |
| 13 | With a sinking knowledge of the inevitable , Manville accepted the fact that one spare wheel and a set of spanners would not cope with three slashed tires and a shattered windshield . |
| 14 | Except for that last year , when the blurred skelter of images would n't stay in their frames and played about with a kaleidoscopic frenzy . |
| 15 | The general run of shoppers would not believe that the two girls came from the same family . |
| 16 | In June 1989 the government refused to grant the fundamentalist Islamic Nahdah movement ( Mouvement de la renaissance ) legal recognition as a political party , on the grounds that by law founders and leaders of parties must not have been convicted of offences warranting more than three months ' imprisonment or six months ' suspended sentence ; 15 Nahdah leaders , although at liberty , still had current convictions dating from September 1987 ( see p. 36633 ) . |
| 17 | The number of repetitions should not exceed 6 ; even this is high for true strength training . |
| 18 | But an accumulation of words will not show you what it is like . |
| 19 | However , the number of units need not remain fixed . |
| 20 | It was a costly investment requiring several years to come to fruition and the vast majority of growers could not afford the necessary equipment . |
| 21 | A lot of cichlids will not like the water movement created by the powerheads . |
| 22 | Hotel rooms will be smaller than their US equivalents , the park itself is on a smaller scale and , although plans are already being drawn up for Phase Two , incorporating a European MGM Studio theme park , the initial range of attractions wo n't rival Disney World in Florida . |
| 23 | The register of supporters would n't work . |
| 24 | It follows that the conditions laid down for the registration of vessels must not form an obstacle to freedom of establishment within the meaning of articles 52 et seq . |
| 25 | ‘ Thousands of kids wo n't have as much as that in a life-time . |
| 26 | There were only 500,000 TV sets ( 1957 ( and 50 per cent of Frenchmen could not pick up the one black-and-white channel : but politicians perceived the potential of what was to become — under de Gaulle — a mass medium . |
| 27 | So long as an apparatchik continued to be invited to join the Ceauşescus at play , even the ceaseless rotation of offices could not disguise his continuing status as one of the leaders . |
| 28 | Any such translocations will depend on adequate population data to ensure that the removal of rhinos will not endanger the Ujung Kulon population , and also on good protection of the potential receiving sites . |
| 29 | Your lists of goals should not put undue pressure on you ; you should not feel stressed . |
| 30 | If such changes were made , the board of directors would not consist of all previous partners , but only of those who have been elected to the executive committee or their current equivalents . |