Example sentences of "[modal v] not [be] [adj] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should not be too much to ask them to forgive the miserable uncertainty of a young man at Oxford 23 years ago , and it should not be impermissible to say that they are in the wrong if they refuse . |
| 2 | He should remind himself that he has a duty of confidentiality to his client and he should not be afraid to say so to the police . |
| 3 | Like Mexican cuisine , it should not be difficult to say no to the rather sweet and sickly Indian desserts . |
| 4 | Dent Town is really no more than a village , although it may not be prudent to say so in the hearing of the residents . |
| 5 | There are things about irony which it may not be possible to say ironically ; so an ironic essay on irony will fail to address such issues . |
| 6 | We may not be able to say no to those people ourselves , because we imagine that they are as susceptible and sensitive to rejection as we are . |
| 7 | ‘ I may not be able to say very much to the mother and her kids , but I sympathise with them so much because of what my own family went through , ’ he says . |
| 8 | It would not be unkind to say this movie revels in despair . |
| 9 | And so it would not be right to say that we 're not looking after the local element of the population . |
| 10 | However the picture is not absolutely clear , as will be obvious from Figure 6.8 , since some of the ellipses are rather large and some overlap : without additional information it would not be possible to say which of the pair ( or more ) of overlapping quarries was the true source . |
| 11 | The usual instruction was to ‘ provide what is customary ’ , though this attitude led to extreme financial hardship for the poorer classes , though it would not be unreasonable to say that it was they who helped to perpetuate the meaningless and elaborate ritual well into the early decades of the twentieth century . |
| 12 | Most people would not be afraid to say if they preferred tea or coffee , a vegetarian or a steak meal . |
| 13 | It would not be unfair to say that God , far from being superhuman , appears to be inhuman . |
| 14 | It would not be true to say that they were well received at Holywell Haugh that evening . |
| 15 | It would not be true to say that Death smiled , because in any case His features were perforce frozen in a calcareous grin . |
| 16 | They shall not be able to say it . |
| 17 | " I run a similar institution for the Madam in London , but I would n't be ashamed to say Iran this one . " |
| 18 | They would n't be able to say I was having sex with you then , not if you were n't here . |
| 19 | About the only thing you would n't be able to say about it is that it ‘ washes whiter ’ . |
| 20 | Without democracy we would n't be able to say who should rule , with democracy we can we can say these people because we voted for them and that 's it , we ca n't say these people interests we ca n't say that these people act in common good although if they do very badly we 'll try and recall them , all we can say is they 're there we need , what we need is authority structures , we need the structures more than the people occupying the roles , someone 's got to occupy the roles and this is the only way we 've got of appointing them . |
| 21 | I 'm , but I would n't , I would n't be able to say whether it was or not so |
| 22 | ‘ It would n't be fair to say . |
| 23 | It ca n't be true to say that we chose our friends , |
| 24 | It will not be possible to say whether validation has been effective in ensuring that the Council 's courses are truly fulfilling their aims until the first graduates start entering industry but we have already started to review the operation of the validation process . |
| 25 | The approach taken in the Act can lead to difficulties because , in many cases of works produced with the aid of a computer , it will not be possible to say with any certainty whether the work has a human author . |
| 26 | It is exceptionally difficult to make predictions about the effect of the DR-shift with any accuracy ; and it is a matter of concern to the University that even when the shift has been completed it will not be possible to say ( either at this University or , probably , at any other university ) how much is being recovered as additional direct costs . |
| 27 | IT IS probable that , unless your particular county was involved , you will not be able to say which county won the Refuge Assurance League of 1988 or 1990 , to take two years at random . |
| 28 | The teapot , milk jug , sugar basin and tongs will require cleaning with Goddard 's powder before midday , so that all will be proper , and the visitors will not be able to say that this house is a slum inside , even if there is one outside . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ But then he wo n't be able to say his lines , ’ said Carrie . |
| 30 | ‘ But we wo n't be able to say what happened until we have looked at the area in daylight . ’ |